Biography
Ian Wilson was a British cinematographer. Born in London in 1939, he studied graphic design and photography at the Nottingham School of Art and the London International Film School. He began working in film in 1966 after earlier documentary work for the United Nations.
Wilson's early features included Private Right (1966). He received a BAFTA nomination for the television series The Flame Trees of Thika (1981). From the mid-1980s he collaborated regularly with director David Leland on films such as Wish You Were Here (1987).
His other notable credits as director of photography include Erik the Viking (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Backbeat (1994), Emma (1996) and Below (2002). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for A Christmas Carol (1999). Wilson died in London in 2021.
