Anna Valdez Hanks

Director of Photography

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Assistant: Shannon Black

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Anna was the first cinematographer to be named by BAFTA as a Breakthrough Brit in 2015 (click here) and was selected as a Berlinale Talent in 2016. Anna's most recent film, HOPE GAP, starring Annette Bening, Bill Nighy and Josh O'Connor, premiered at 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. MILE END won best narrative feature at NYC Independent Film Festival in 2016, Best Cinematography at Filmmaker International Festival 2016 and was nominated for best British feature at Raindance Festival in 2015. 

Anna has been the lead director of photography on numerous high end dramas and was additional cinematographer on Pete Travis’s film ENDGAME. Her short films have won awards and screened at numerous festivals including GOBLIN MARKET, which also exhibited at Tate Britain and the Pushkin Gallery in Moscow, alongside its international film festival screenings. TO THE SEA won best experimental film at Aesthetica Film Festival, with a commendation for the film’s cinematography.

Anna's route to cinematography took her through clapper loading, focus pulling and camera operating on features and high end dramas, giving her the opportunity to learn from some of the best cinematographers and directors in the industry. Anna is a cinephile with a passion for films ranging from auteur and experimental films to commercial and genre cinema.

Television

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CULPRITS
EPS 5, 6 & 7

2023

Chapter 7 / Disney+

Dir: Claire Oakley
Prod: Morenike Williams
* Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival 2023

MAGPIE MURDERS

2021

Eleventh Hour Films / BritBox / PBS

Dir: Peter Cattaneo
Prod: Suzanne McAuley

TEMPLE
EPS 7 & 8

2019

Hera Pictures / Sky One

Dir: Lisa Siwe
Prod: Barney Reisz

CLIQUE
SERIES 2, EPS 1-3

2018

Balloon Entertainment / BBC Studios

Dir: Andrew Cumming
Prod: Neil Duncan

ENDEAVOUR
SERIES 5, EP 5 - "Quartet"

2018

Mammoth

Dir: John Phillips
Prod: Geoffrey Sax

ACKLEY BRIDGE
SERIES 1, EPS 1, 2, 5 & 6

2017

The Forge / Channel 4

Dir: Penny Woolcock, Jon East
Prod: Alex Lamb

LINE OF DUTY
SERIES 4, EPS 1-3

2017

World Productions / BBC

Dirs: Jed Mercurio, John Strickland
Prod: Cáit Collins

CRAZYHEAD
SERIES 1, EPS 4-6

2017

Urban Myth / E4

Dir: Declan O'Dwyer
Prod: Gareth Williams

STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN

2016

Carnival / Sky

Dir: David Caffrey
Prod: Chris Clough

THE NIGHTMARE WORLDS OF HG WELLS
A DEVOTEE OF ART
THE LATE MR ELVESHAM
THE PURPLE PILEUS
THE MOTH

2015

Clerkenwell Films / Sky Arts Playhouse

Dir: Adrian Shergold
Prod: Charlie Leech

THE SYNDICATE
SERIES 3, EPS 3-4

2015

Rollem Productions

Dir: Dominic LeClerc
Prod: Yvonne Francas, Kay Mellor

CLEAN BREAK
EPS 1 & 4

2015

CBK Productions

Dir: Gillies McKinnon
Prod: Suzanne McAuley

IN THE CLUB
EPS 5-6

2014

Rollem / BBC

Dir: Sarah O'Gorman
Prod: Yvonne Francas

UNDENIABLE

2013

ITV / TXTV

2nd Unit Director of Photography

Dir: John Strickland
Prod: Jeremy Gwilt

LOVE/HATE IV

2013

Octagon Films / RTE

Replacement Director of Photography, Episode 4

Dir: David Caffrey
Prod: Steve Matthews

THE VILLAGE

2012

Company Productions / BBC

Director of Photography 2nd Unit

Dir: Antonia Bird
Prod: Emma Burge

THE SYNDICATE
SERIES 1

2012

Rollem / BBC

Director of Photography 2nd Unit

Dir: Kay Mellor
Prod: Yvonne Francas

PRISONERS WIVES

2011

Tiger Aspect / BBC

Director of Photography Titles & 2nd Unit

Dir: Damon Thomas
Prod: Anna Ferguson

WHITECHAPEL II

2009

ITV

Replacement Director of Photography - Dailies

Dir: David Evans
Prod: Marcus Wilson

OCCUPATION

2009

Kudos / BBC

B Cam Operator. Director of Photography: 2nd Unit

Dir: Nick Murphy
Prod: Laurie Bourg

Film

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TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING

2022

Canon and Morley Productions / Metro International Entertainment

Dir: Carol Morley
Prods: Cairo Cannon, Ameenah Ayub Allen

HOPE GAP
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

2019

Origin Pictures / Protagonist Pictures

Dir: William Nicholson
Prods: Sarada McDermott, David M. Thompson

MILE END
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

2015

Detour East Films

Dir/Prod: Graham Higgins
* Nominated: Jury Prize, Best UK Feature, Raindance Film Festival 2015
* Won: Best Narrative Feature, New York City Independent Film Festival 2016
* Won: Best Film, San Antonio Film Festival 2016
* Won. Best Film, Melbourne Indie Film Festival 2016

ENDGAME
ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

2008

Daybreak Pictures / Channel 4

Dir: Pete Travis
Prod: Hal Vogel

Short Films

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FAMILIAR PHANTOMS

2022

Film and Video Umbrella

Dirs: Larissa Sansour & Soren Lind
Prod: Ali Roche

AS IF NO MISFORTUNE HAD OCCURRED IN THE NIGHT

2021

Artist Film

Dir: Larissa Sansour
Prod: Ali Roche

IN VITRO

2019

Spike Island

Dirs: Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind
Prod: Ali Roche
* Nominated: Short Film Award, BFI London Film Festival 2019

NOTHING IMPORTANT

2018

Dir: Tara Fitzgerald
Prod: Georgina French

THE KNACKERMAN

2017

Creative England / BFI

Dir: Tom Shrapnel
Prod: Rebecca Wolff

THE EXPIRATION

2015

Lotus Productions

Dir/Prod: Lotus Hannon

EVIL EYE & I'M IN ESSEX GIRL

2014

Artist Film / "Waterhouse" exhibition at TAP Gallery

Artist: Renee Sutherland
Prod: Sophie Sleigh-Johnson

CRUELTY

2014

BFI/Creative England

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford

TO THE SEA

2012

Fallen Films

Director of Photography & Co-Director

Dir: Anna Valdez Hanks & Anna Blandford
Prod: Monika Kocian

DUENDE

2011

Galizia Films

Director of Photography

Dir: Louisa Galizia

GOBLIN MARKET

2010

Fallen Films

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford
Prod: Michael Berliner

SHADOW OBSERVERS

2009

BBC

Director of Photography

Dir: Josh Alward

SHISH

2009

Fletcher Wilson

Director of Photography

Dir: Lynsey Miller
Prod: Rob Fletcher

LOOKING FOR MARILYN

2008

Reverse Films

Director of Photography, Co-Director

Dir: Anna Valdez Hanks
Prod: Michael Berliner

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY

2008

Cut Both Ways/C4

Director of Photography

Dir: Lara Leslie

THE BEACHCOMBERS

2008

Silvertip/Film London

Director of Photography

Dir: Chris Croucher

BOYS

2007

White Label Films

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford

SLOW

2007

White Label Films

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford

Commercials

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PLAYSTATION PS4

2013

Fallen Films/MoFilm

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford

FRISKIES

2013

Fallen Films/MoFilm

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford

DINERS CLUB

2013

Fallen Films/MoFilm

Director of Photography

Dir: Anna Blandford