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Des Whelan

Career

Active from 1994 to 2007, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for How About You...
How About You...
GoodWatch score51/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Des Whelan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    43
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    Upcoming

    1 title
    Jack of Spades
    Jack of Spades

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    2020s

    9 titles · average score 59
    Wild Horse Nine
    Wild Horse Nine (2026)
    GoodWatch score 74

    "A" Camera Operator

    Play Dirty
    Play Dirty (2025)
    GoodWatch score 49

    "A" Camera Operator

    The Woman in Cabin 10
    The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
    GoodWatch score 41

    "A" Camera Operator

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
    GoodWatch score 68

    "A" Camera Operator

    Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin
    Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)
    GoodWatch score 59

    "A" Camera Operator

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
    GoodWatch score 78

    "A" Camera Operator

    The Banshees of Inisherin
    The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
    GoodWatch score 83

    Camera Operator

    Roald Dahl's The Witches
    Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
    GoodWatch score 48

    Camera Operator

    The Turning
    The Turning (2020)
    GoodWatch score 30

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    2010s

    16 titles · average score 58
    Rambo: Last Blood
    Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
    GoodWatch score 46

    Camera Operator

    Dumbo
    Dumbo (2019)
    GoodWatch score 52

    Camera Operator

    Tomb Raider
    Tomb Raider (2018)
    GoodWatch score 54

    Camera Operator

    The Commuter
    The Commuter (2018)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Camera Operator

    Darkest Hour
    Darkest Hour (2017)
    GoodWatch score 77

    Camera Operator

    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
    Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Camera Operator

    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Camera Operator

    Fury
    Fury (2014)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Camera Operator

    Thor: The Dark World
    Thor: The Dark World (2013)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Camera Operator

    The Expendables 2
    The Expendables 2 (2012)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Camera Operator

    Dark Shadows
    Dark Shadows (2012)
    GoodWatch score 51

    Camera Operator

    Captain America: The First Avenger
    Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
    GoodWatch score 71

    Camera Operator

    2000s

    10 titles · average score 61
    Sherlock Holmes
    Sherlock Holmes (2009)
    GoodWatch score 68

    "A" Camera Operator

    How About You...
    How About You... (2007)
    GoodWatch score 51

    Director of Photography

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
    GoodWatch score 79

    Camera Operator

    Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
    Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006)
    GoodWatch score 63

    Camera Operator

    Deacon Blue: The Bigger Picture
    Deacon Blue: The Bigger Picture (2006)

    Camera Operator

    Rógairí
    Rógairí (2005)

    Cinematography

    Flight of the Phoenix
    Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
    GoodWatch score 47

    Camera Operator

    Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
    Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (2003)

    Cinematography

    The Escapist
    The Escapist (2002)
    GoodWatch score 55

    Second Unit Cinematographer

    The Tailor of Panama
    The Tailor of Panama (2001)
    GoodWatch score 65

    Camera Operator

    1990s

    6 titles · average score 61
    This Is the Sea
    This Is the Sea (1997)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Director of Photography

    Nothing Personal
    Nothing Personal (1996)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Camera Operator

    An Awfully Big Adventure
    An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
    GoodWatch score 50

    Camera Operator

    Words Upon the Window Pane
    Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)

    Director of Photography

    In the Name of the Father
    In the Name of the Father (1993)
    GoodWatch score 86

    Camera Operator

    The Playboys
    The Playboys (1992)
    GoodWatch score 62

    Camera Operator

    1980s

    1 title · average score 89
    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
    GoodWatch score 89

    Camera Operator