Gale Tattersall is a British Born American filmmaker, cinematographer and founder of the HDD SLR Workshops in Santa Monica, California. He is the cinematographer for The Commitments

The Commitments (film)

The Commitments , the soundtrack for the film, was released on 13 Aug 1991. "Mustang Sally" was released as a single. Most of the songs on the album are performed by the cast band, but two are by Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh.-Track listing:-Chart positions:-The Commitments, Vol...

 and Tank Girl

Tank Girl (film)

Tank Girl is a 1995 science fiction action film loosely based on the Tank Girl comic book created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and stars Lori Petty as Rebecca Buck, aka the eponymous Tank Girl, who had originally appeared in the UK comic magazine...

 and the director of photography on over thirty House

House (TV series)

House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...

episodes. He is currently mentoring upcoming filmmakers on the art of cinematography and film making.

Early life and education
Gale Tattersall's childhood and education were split between the outskirts of Liverpool, England, and boarding school in Darjeeling in the Himalayas in India, his father being an engineer at a steel company in Bombay, (Mumbai).

At the age of sixteen, he left home in Liverpool, to make his life in London. The beginnings of his journey to becoming a filmmaker really started as a photographer at the Architectural Association School Of Architecture in London. A visit by Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor, futurist and second president of Mensa International, the high IQ society....

, the renowned American architect and philosopher, in the summer of 1967, caused him to pick up a Bolex

Bolex

Bolex is a Swiss company that manufactures motion picture cameras and lenses, the most notable products of which are in the 16 mm and Super 16 mm formats. The Bolex company was initially founded by Jacques Bogopolsky in 1927. Bolex is derived from his name. He had previously designed cameras for...

 to document his visit. He became so enchanted by the film making process that he enrolled at the London Film School for the two-year course. At the time of Graduation, he received a grant from the British Film Institute

British Film Institute

The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...

 to make a short film called “Value For Money”, inspired by a dream, and featuring Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp , was an English writer and raconteur. He became a gay icon in the 1970s after publication of his memoir, The Naked Civil Servant.- Early life :...

, later to become famous for “The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant is the title of two biographical works, both based on the life of Quentin Crisp:*The Naked Civil Servant is Crisp's 1968 autobiographical book...

”.

External links

• Gale Tattersall at the Internet Movie Database
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• Gale Tattersall Official Website
• Gale Tattersall at HD DSLR Workshops