Kyle McBurnie

Primetime Emmy nominee

Kyle McBurnie is an award-winning cinematographer and a National Geographic Explorer. He serves as a freelance DP / camera operator for global networks including the BBC, Netflix, National Geographic, and Disney+. While he predominantly operates underwater in environments ranging from polar to tropical seas, Kyle also has extensive experience documenting remote cultural stories. He is also recognized for his technical expertise in near-dark imaging of underwater bioluminescence.

What are Kyle McBurnie's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight

Survival

29%

Ideas

25%

Bonds

15%

Self

13%

Society

13%

Power

5%

Survival4 Nature3 Family bonds2 Community3 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative

5

Hopeful

3

Tense

3

Warm

1

Triumphant

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking5 Hopeful5

How their films end

Happy1
Ambiguous2
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 Kyle McBurnie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Kyle McBurnie's 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

6 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.

Reef Builders(2025)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Our Living World(2024)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Our Oceans(2024)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Planet Earth III(2023)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Sky Sharks(2022)
Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Our Planet(2019)
Show Cinematographer
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across their 6 MovieCove titles from 2019 to 2025.

Highest rated

Our Planet (2019)

Midcredits 98^th

By role

only this rolewith another role

Cinematography6 of 6 · 85^th

By decade

2010s1 · crew2020s5 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; 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, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 2024, Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program.

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.

Who does Kyle McBurnie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kyle McBurnie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ted Giffords shares the most, 3.