Hatti Beanland

With a background in Fine Art Hatti has worked professionally in camera departments for the last 13 years; she brings with her an artists sensibility and sensitivity, grounded in a strong technical training and a wealth of experience. Before setting out as a Director of Photography, Hatti had an established and multifaceted career. She worked her way up from the camera floor of a rental house to a freelance camera assistant working on TV drama, feature films, commercials and music videos working with many of the finest cameraman and crew in the UK. She is also a trained Steadicam operator, (trained with Steve TJ McGuire SOC, ACO) and went on to shoot Steadicam for documentaries all over Europe. Due to her understanding of digital formats, she worked as an onset digital imaging technician. Films include: Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki AMC, ASC) and RUSH (Anthony Dod Mantle BSC, ASC) and the opening of the 2012 London Olympics (helicopter sequence and Buckingham Palace). Past commercials include Chanel No.5, with Director Joe Wright and Director of Photography Seamus McGarvey BSC ASC working with live onset color correction (ARRIRAW/Truelight).

Hatti studied Fine Art at Glasgow school of Art, and Cinematography at The University For the Creative Arts before attending The American Film Institute, Cinematography MFA program in Los Angeles.

Hatti is also a member of The international Collective of Female Cinematographers WWW.ICFC.com