Chuck Finch

Chuck Finch

Lighting 1978–2025 (47 year career)
6.4 avg rating

Biography

Chuck Finch is a British gaffer. Beginning his career in the early 1990s, he served as gaffer or chief lighting technician on a range of productions, including Patriot Games (1992), This Boy’s Life (1993), Son of the Pink Panther (1993), and Hamlet (1990). Despite the often behind-the-scenes nature of his work, Chuck Finch has been praised by prominent cinematographers for his artistry and dependability. Seamus McGarvey described him as “one of the rare gaffers who is as happy on a tiny set, pa…

Known For

Filmography

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Movies (87)

Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025

Chief Lighting Technician

6.3
Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024

Gaffer

6.6
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

2022

Gaffer

7.2
Cruella

Cruella

2021

Gaffer

8.0
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Gaffer

8.1
Men in Black: International

Men in Black: International

2019

Gaffer

5.9
Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

Gaffer

6.9
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018

Gaffer

6.8
Justice League

Justice League

2017

Gaffer

6.1
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

2017

Gaffer

6.5
Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

2017

Gaffer

7.4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

Gaffer

7.3
Jupiter Ascending

Jupiter Ascending

2015

Gaffer

5.5
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

2015

Gaffer

7.1
Pan

Pan

2015

Gaffer

6.0
Edge of Tomorrow

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

Gaffer

7.6
Half of a Yellow Sun

Half of a Yellow Sun

2013

Gaffer

4.9
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

2012

Gaffer

6.1
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

2012

Gaffer

6.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

Gaffer

8.1
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011

Gaffer

7.1
W.E.

W.E.

2011

Gaffer

6.3
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Gaffer

7.7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

Gaffer

7.7
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

2009

Gaffer

7.2
Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009

Gaffer

6.0
City of Ember

City of Ember

2008

Gaffer

6.3
Inkheart

Inkheart

2008

Gaffer

6.3
10,000 BC

10,000 BC

2008

Gaffer

5.5
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

2008

Gaffer

6.8
Across the Universe

Across the Universe

2007

Chief Lighting Technician

7.1
Eragon

Eragon

2006

Gaffer

5.1
The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

2006

Gaffer

6.3
Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

Gaffer

7.0
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

2005

Gaffer

7.2
Troy

Troy

2004

Gaffer

7.2
Sylvia

Sylvia

2003

Gaffer

5.7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Gaffer

7.7
The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

2002

Gaffer

6.6
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

2001

Gaffer

5.8
Iris

Iris

2001

Gaffer

6.4
Zoe

Zoe

2001

Gaffer

3.0
Chocolat

Chocolat

2000

Gaffer

7.0
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change

2000

Gaffer

5.8
Not I

Not I

2000

Gaffer

5.4
Stardom

Stardom

2000

Gaffer

5.2
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

2000

Gaffer

5.5
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

1999

Electrician

6.0
The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1999

Chief Lighting Technician

6.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999

Gaffer

5.4
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil

1999

Gaffer

5.2
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

1999

Gaffer

5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom

1999

Gaffer

6.0
Felicia's Journey

Felicia's Journey

1999

Gaffer

6.3
Lost in Space

Lost in Space

1998

Gaffer

5.4
Little Voice

Little Voice

1998

Gaffer

6.5
G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane

1997

Gaffer

6.5
The Odyssey

The Odyssey

1997

Gaffer

8.0
Daylight

Daylight

1996

Gaffer

6.1
White Squall

White Squall

1996

Gaffer

6.3
Braveheart

Braveheart

1995

Gaffer

7.9
Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys

1995

Chief Lighting Technician

7.6
Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

Gaffer

6.5
First Knight

First Knight

1995

Gaffer

6.1
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Gaffer

6.4
The Line, the Cross & the Curve

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

1994

Gaffer

7.1
This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

1993

Chief Lighting Technician

7.1
Shadowlands

Shadowlands

1993

Gaffer

6.9
Son of the Pink Panther

Son of the Pink Panther

1993

Gaffer

4.6
Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992

Gaffer

6.7
Shining Through

Shining Through

1992

Gaffer

6.5
Year of the Comet

Year of the Comet

1992

Gaffer

5.7
Eye of the Widow

Eye of the Widow

1991

Gaffer

3.0
Mister Johnson

Mister Johnson

1991

Gaffer

6.1
London Kills Me

London Kills Me

1991

Gaffer

5.7
Hamlet

Hamlet

1990

Gaffer

6.6
Memphis Belle

Memphis Belle

1990

Gaffer

6.7
Batman

Batman

1989

Gaffer

7.2
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987

Gaffer

6.9
Instant Justice

Instant Justice

1986

Gaffer

3.6
Brazil

Brazil

1985

Best Boy Electric

7.7
Wetherby

Wetherby

1985

Gaffer

5.9
Blame It on Rio

Blame It on Rio

1984

Gaffer

5.7
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983

Gaffer

7.3
The Missionary

The Missionary

1982

Gaffer

5.5
Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment

1981

Electrician

5.8
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

Electrician

6.7