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Paul Jenkins

Cinematographer

BAFTA Award nominee

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 39 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 12% in 30 days

What are Paul Jenkins' films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.

Genres

Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
24%
Ideas
18%
Morality
15%
Society
14%
Self
13%
Power
9%
Bonds
7%
Truth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themePower4 titles, browse their movies with this themeNature2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMortality2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Contemplative
11
Dread
6
Hopeful
7
Thrilling
5
Other
11

How their films linger

Thought-provoking15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7
  • Cyclical3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Paul Jenkins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on discovery+ (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Paul Jenkins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

39 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • True Haunting(2025)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Married to Evil(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • The Three Musketeers(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Maid Marian(2022)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Caught in the Net(2022)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Strangest Things(2021)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Geheimnisvolle Mumien(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Camera Operator · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Belsen: Our Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Cinematographer

  • Enslaved(2020)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • What Lies Beneath(2018)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • 89(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • China's Emperor of Evil(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • No Man Left Behind(2016)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Cinematographer

  • Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Cinematographer

  • Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery.(2015)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • First Peoples(2015)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Mayday: The Passenger Who Landed a Plane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • JFK: The Lost Tapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Additional Camera

  • Rise of the Continents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Camera Operator

  • Ice Age Giants(2013)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Kanji Ishiwara: The Man Who Triggered the War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • The Man Who Stopped WW3: Revealed/The Man Who Saved the World(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Wonders of the Solar System(2010)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Clash of the Dinosaurs(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Moonshot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • The Incredible Human Journey(2009)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions(2008)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Diana: Last Days of a Princess(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Medium Rare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Cinematographer

  • Inside the Twin Towers(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial(2006)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • The Hungerford Massacre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • Slaves of the Sword: Ariel Sharon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Director

  • Dive to Bermuda Triangle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • D-Day 6.6.1944(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Nureyev Unzipped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 1998 to 2023.

Biggest box office

The Three Musketeers (2023)

$31K worldwide

Highest rated

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Strangest Things (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 22: 2 only directing, 0 with another roleCinematography17 of 22: 17 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score43rdOther crew3 of 22: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s8 · crew2010s8 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2010, Best Photography (Factual).

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Paul Jenkins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · cinematographer

Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. (2015)

90th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 40/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 62, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Paul Jenkins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paul Jenkins' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Dale shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles