Anna Valdez Hanks BSC
Director of Photography
Photograph: Lorenzo Levrini
Heads of Department
Heads of Department
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
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
MISSING YOU 2024 | Quay Street Productions | Dir: Sean Spencer |
CULPRITS 2023 | Chapter 7 / Disney+ | Dir: Claire Oakley |
MAGPIE MURDERS 2021 | Eleventh Hour Films / BritBox / PBS | Dir: Peter Cattaneo |
TEMPLE 2019 | Hera Pictures / Sky One | Dir: Lisa Siwe |
CLIQUE 2018 | Balloon Entertainment / BBC Studios | Dir: Andrew Cumming |
ENDEAVOUR 2018 | Mammoth | Dir: John Phillips |
ACKLEY BRIDGE 2017 | The Forge / Channel 4 | Dir: Penny Woolcock, Jon East |
LINE OF DUTY 2017 | World Productions / BBC | Dirs: Jed Mercurio, John Strickland |
CRAZYHEAD 2017 | Urban Myth / E4 | Dir: Declan O'Dwyer |
STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN 2016 | Carnival / Sky | Dir: David Caffrey |
THE NIGHTMARE WORLDS OF HG WELLS 2015 | Clerkenwell Films / Sky Arts Playhouse | Dir: Adrian Shergold |
THE SYNDICATE 2015 | Rollem Productions | Dir: Dominic LeClerc |
CLEAN BREAK 2015 | CBK Productions | Dir: Gillies McKinnon |
IN THE CLUB 2014 | Rollem / BBC | Dir: Sarah O'Gorman |
UNDENIABLE 2013 | ITV / TXTV | 2nd Unit Director of Photography Dir: John Strickland |
LOVE/HATE IV 2013 | Octagon Films / RTE | Replacement Director of Photography, Episode 4 Dir: David Caffrey |
THE VILLAGE 2012 | Company Productions / BBC | Director of Photography 2nd Unit Dir: Antonia Bird |
THE SYNDICATE 2012 | Rollem / BBC | Director of Photography 2nd Unit Dir: Kay Mellor |
PRISONERS WIVES 2011 | Tiger Aspect / BBC | Director of Photography Titles & 2nd Unit Dir: Damon Thomas |
WHITECHAPEL II 2009 | ITV | Replacement Director of Photography - Dailies Dir: David Evans |
OCCUPATION 2009 | Kudos / BBC | B Cam Operator. Director of Photography: 2nd Unit Dir: Nick Murphy |
Film
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
KINDOKI WITCH BOY 2024 | Mardoche Yembi Productions | Dir: Penny Woolcock |
TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING 2022 | Canon and Morley Productions / Metro International Entertainment | Dir: Carol Morley |
HOPE GAP 2019 | Origin Pictures / Protagonist Pictures | Dir: William Nicholson |
MILE END 2015 | Detour East Films | Dir/Prod: Graham Higgins |
ENDGAME 2008 | Daybreak Pictures / Channel 4 | Dir: Pete Travis |
Short Films
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
KINDOKI WITCH BOY 2024 | Mardoche Yembi Productions | Dir: Penny Woolcock |
FAMILIAR PHANTOMS 2022 | Film and Video Umbrella | Dirs: Larissa Sansour & Soren Lind |
AS IF NO MISFORTUNE HAD OCCURRED IN THE NIGHT 2021 | Artist Film | Dir: Larissa Sansour |
IN VITRO 2019 | Spike Island | Dirs: Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind |
NOTHING IMPORTANT 2018 | Dir: Tara Fitzgerald | |
THE KNACKERMAN 2017 | Creative England / BFI | Dir: Tom Shrapnel |
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 |
CRUELTY 2014 | BFI/Creative England | Director of Photography |
TO THE SEA 2012 | Fallen Films | Director of Photography & Co-Director |
DUENDE 2011 | Galizia Films | Director of Photography |
GOBLIN MARKET 2010 | Fallen Films | Director of Photography |
SHADOW OBSERVERS 2009 | BBC | Director of Photography |
SHISH 2009 | Fletcher Wilson | Director of Photography |
LOOKING FOR MARILYN 2008 | Reverse Films | Director of Photography, Co-Director |
PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY 2008 | Cut Both Ways/C4 | Director of Photography |
THE BEACHCOMBERS 2008 | Silvertip/Film London | Director of Photography |
BOYS 2007 | White Label Films | Director of Photography |
SLOW 2007 | White Label Films | Director of Photography |
Commercials
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
PLAYSTATION PS4 2013 | Fallen Films/MoFilm | Director of Photography |
FRISKIES 2013 | Fallen Films/MoFilm | Director of Photography |
DINERS CLUB 2013 | Fallen Films/MoFilm | Director of Photography |