# David Tattersall

David Tattersall (born 14 November 1960) is a British cinematographer. He has worked on many big-budget films and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his cinematography on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series. Three of his most noted collaborations include having worked with film directors George Lucas, Frank Darabont and Martin Campbell.
Tattersall studied at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys before moving on to Goldsmiths College in London, receiving a first class BA in Fine Arts. He went on to study at Britain's National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | Predator: The Quietus | Leslie McCarthy | |
| 1992 | The Bridge | Sydney Macartney | |
| 1994 | Radioland Murders | Mel Smith | |
| 1995 | Theodore Rex | Jonathan R. Beutel | |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Pen Densham | |
| 1996 | The Wind in the Willows | Terry Jones | |
| 1997 | Con Air | Simon West | |
| 1998 | Soldier | Paul W. S. Anderson | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | George Lucas | |
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Peter Hewitt | |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Frank Darabont | |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Martin Campbell | |
| 2001 | The Majestic | Frank Darabont | |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | Lee Tamahori | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | |
| 2003 | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life | Jan de Bont | |
| 2005 | The Matador | Richard Shepard | |
| 2005 | XXX: State of the Union | Lee Tamahori | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | George Lucas | |
| 2006 | Zoom | Peter Hewitt | |
| 2007 | Next | Lee Tamahori | |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Richard Shepard | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | The Wachowskis | |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Scott Derrickson | |
| 2010 | Tooth Fairy | Michael Lembeck | |
| 2010 | Gulliver's Travels | Rob Letterman | |
| 2011 | Seeking Justice | Roger Donaldson | |
| 2012 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Brad Peyton | |
| 2013 | Paranoia | Robert Luketic | |
| 2013 | Romeo and Juliet | Carlo Carlei | |
| 2014 | Flight 7500 | Takashi Shimizu | |
| 2014 | Some Kind of Beautiful | Tom Vaughan | |
| 2015 | The Longest Ride | George Tillman Jr. | |
| 2017 | Death Note | Adam Wingard | |
| 2017 | The Foreigner | Martin Campbell | |
| 2021 | The Protégé | Martin Campbell | |
| 2022 | Memory | Martin Campbell | |
| 2023 | Big George Foreman | George Tillman Jr. | With John Matysiak |
| 2024 | Dirty Angels | Martin Campbell | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1992–1999 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Jim O'Brien Carl Schultz Rene Manzor Simon Wincer Vic Armstrong Terry Jones Nicolas Roeg Gillies MacKinnon Mike Newell Robert Young Dick Maas | 21 episodes |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Frank Darabont | Episode "Days Gone Bye" |
| 2013 | Mob City | Frank Darabont | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | Outcast | Adam Wingard Howard Deutch Craig Zobel | 5 episodes |
| 2024 | Interview with the Vampire | Levan Akin | 2 episodes |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1995 | Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | Carl Schultz | Part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
| 2000 | My First Adventure | Jim O'Brien Michael Schultz | Part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
| 2000 | Passion for Life | René Manzor Carl Schultz | Part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
| 2013 | Reckless | Martin Campbell | |

## Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography (For "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues") | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Nominated |
| 1993 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (For episode "Istanbul, September 1918") | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Nominated |