Kate McCullough explained

Kate McCullough is an Irish cinematographer. She is best known for working on The Quiet Girl for which she received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer.^[1]

Early Life

Kate McCullough spent her childhood on a dairy and onion farm in Meath, Ireland. She first became interested in film when she was home sick from school and her mother rented a movie to entertain her.

Education

Kate McCullough went to Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. Post-graduation, she attended Lodz Film School in Poland, for which she learned how to speak Polish.

Nominations

• Oscar nominee Best International Feature Film 2022
• BAFTA Nominee Film not in the English Language 2022
• ASC Spotlight Award Nominee 2023
• Girls on Film Nominee Best Cinematographer 2022
• Best Cinematography Nominee, Irish Film TV Awards 2020
• Emmy Nominee Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design 2018
• Best Cinematography Nominee, Irish Film TV Awards 2014

Awards

• European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2022
• Best Cinematorgraphy award at Sundance 2010
• Donal Gilligan Award Best Cinematography Galway Film Fesitval, Ireland 2011
• Donal Gilligan Award Best Cinematography Galway Film Fesitval, Ireland 2016
• Súil Eile Award, Best Cinematography Irish Film Festival, London, UK 2017
• Emmy Winner Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary 2018
• Golden Frog for Best Cinematography Docudrama Energa Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Torun, Poland 2018
• Best Cinematography Irish Film +TV Awards 2021

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview: Kate McCullough ISC.