About Ian Livesey

With a passion for storytelling through both still and moving image, Ian’s work has taken him around the world, from Japan and Cuba to locations across Europe and beyond. His extensive travels have shaped a distinctive visual approach, combining a keen eye for detail with an instinct for capturing the atmosphere, character and emotion of every story.

Over the course of his career, Ian has filmed and photographed many internationally recognised figures, including the Dalai Lama, Fidel Castro, Sting, Pete Townshend, Bruce Dickinson, Daniel Craig, the Happy Mondays, Sir David Jason, Carlos Acosta and Erin O’Connor, among many others.

Ian Livesey is a renowned Director of Photography (D.O.P.) and photographer with over 30 years’ experience in cinematography and image-making. His diverse career spans drama, feature films, documentaries, documentary soap, music videos, commercials, broadsheets, album covers and fine art documentary photography.

His cinematography credits include dramas such as All the King’s Men and The Turn of the Screw, working alongside Dame Maggie Smith; feature films including Some Voices, starring Daniel Craig, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Born Romantic; and acclaimed documentaries such as The Life of Buddha for BBC Two and The Reluctant Ballet Dancer: Carlos Acosta for BBC One.

Ian’s early career saw him train under renowned D.O.P. David Odd and BAFTA-winning documentary director Dan Reed. He has since collaborated with leading cinematographers Mike Eley, Roger Chapman and Steve Robinson, as well as directors Angus Macqueen, Jane Treays and Lucy Blakstad.

Alongside his work in cinematography and photography, Ian has exhibited his fine art and documentary photography in major galleries throughout the UK. His practice continues to move fluidly between film and stills, driven by a lifelong commitment to visual storytelling.

Ian’s recent work includes serving as Director of Photography on a documentary featuring Hollywood actor Adrian Grenier for TRT, Turkish television. The project is expected to reach a global audience of potentially billions of viewers, reflecting the international scale and ambition of his latest work.