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Dirk Nel

Career

Active from 2003 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Maigret
Maigret
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dirk Nel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.0, average 4.8
  • Dark Humor
    1.4, average 2.8
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 71
Bad Parenting
Bad Parenting (2026)

Director of Photography

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection
Titanic: The Digital Resurrection (2025)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Al-Jabriya Flight 422
Al-Jabriya Flight 422 (2023)

Cinematography

2010s

8 titles · average score 49
Kids in Love
Kids in Love (2016)
GoodWatch score 42

Director of Photography

A Plea for Grimsby
A Plea for Grimsby (2015)

Director of Photography

Common
Common (2014)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Our Lad
Our Lad (2013)

Cinematography

Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story (2012)

Camera Operator

Swinging with the Finkels
Swinging with the Finkels (2011)
GoodWatch score 20

Director of Photography

Foster
Foster (2011)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Too Fast to be a Woman?: The Story of Caster Semenya
Too Fast to be a Woman?: The Story of Caster Semenya (2011)

Camera Operator

2000s

6 titles · average score 55
Endgame
Endgame (2009)
GoodWatch score 62

Second Unit Director of Photography

The Passions of Vaughan Williams
The Passions of Vaughan Williams (2008)

Cinematography

Confetti
Confetti (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

Camera Operator

Conflict Tiger
Conflict Tiger (2006)

Cinematography

Fantastic Mr. Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Dahl (2005)

Camera Operator

Being Considered
Being Considered (2000)

Cinematography

1990s

1 title
Twins: The Divided Self
Twins: The Divided Self (1997)

Additional Camera