A I D A N M O N A G H A N
Phone: +44 (0) 7887 563057
email: aidan@aidanmonaghan.com
With over 14 years of experience as a film still photographer, Aidan Monaghan has collaborated with some of the most acclaimed directors and actors in the industry. His recent credits include Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’, ‘Napoleon’ and ‘The Martian’, Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘The Northman’, and Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’.
Specialising in unit still photography, key art gallery poster shoots, portraiture, and underwater photography, Aidan consistently delivers visually captivating images that encapsulate the essence of the films he works on. He holds a HSE Commercial Diver Certification for underwater photography tank work.
Aidan is a postgraduate of the renowned Glasgow Mackintosh School of Art and brings his unique perspective and passion for both film and photography to each project. Operating across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and internationally, Aidan is committed to producing high-quality visuals with a distinctive style.
Aidan’s client roster includes Paramount Pictures, Apple Films, Focus Features, Twentieth Century Studios, Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, Netflix, HanWay Films, AMC, Film 4, and BBC.
F I L M O G R A P H Y
2024 GLADIATOR II (Film) - Still Photographer/ Key Art Gallery
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: John Mathieson
Cast: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger
Paramount Pictures
2023 - NAPOLEON (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, Ian McNeice, Tahar Rahim, Matthew Needham, Paul Rhys, Riana Duce, Mark Bonnar
Apple Films
2023 NOSFERATU (Film) - Still Photographer/Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Robert Eggers
Cinematographer: Jarin Blaschke
Cast: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin
Focus Features
2021 - DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (Film) - Still Photographer/Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Cinematographer: Barry Peterson
Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith & Sophia Lillis
Paramount Pictures
2020 - THE NORTHMAN (Film) - Still Photographer/Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Robert Eggers
Cinematographer: Jarin Blaschke
Writer: Sjón & Robert Eggers
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Claes Bang
New Regency, Focus Features, Universal Pictures
2021 - THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Film) - Still Photographer / US Key Art Poster Still photograph
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cinematographer: Ben Davis
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon
Searchlight Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2021 - THE WONDER (Film) Still Photographer/Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Sebastián Lelio
Cinematographer: Ari Wegner
Cast Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Brían F. O'Byrne, laine Cassidy
Netflix
2020 - EUROVISION (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: David Dobkin
Cinematographer: Danny Cohen
Writer: Will Ferrell, Andrew Steele.
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan.
Producers : Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy.
Netflix
2020 - PIXIE (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Barnaby Thompson
Cinematographer: John de Borman
Writer: Preston Thompson
Cast: Olivia Cooke, Ben Hardy, Alec Baldwin, Colm Meaney, Daryl McCormack.
Producers : Barnaby Thompson, James Clayton
Universal Pictures
2019 - ORDINARY LOVE (Film) - Still Photographer & /Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Directors: Lisa Barros D'Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Writer: Owen McCafferty
Cast: Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville
Universal Pictures
2019 - 47 METRES DOWN - UNCAGED (Film) -
Still Photographer /Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Directors: Johannes Roberts
Cinematographer: Mark Silk
Writer: Ernest Riera, Johannes Roberts
Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Sistine Rose Stallone,
Brianne Tju, John Corbett and Nia Long.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
2019 - THE INFORMER (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Andrea Di Stefano
Cinematographer: Daniel Katz
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Joel Kinnaman, Ana de Armas, Clive Owen.
Warner Brothers
2019 - BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL (Film) - Still Photographer /Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Chris Baugh
Cinematographer: Ryan Kernaghan
Cast: Jack Rowan, Nigel O'Neill, Louisa Harland, Fra Fee, Louisa Harland, Michael Hough.
2019 - WILDFIRE (Film) - Still Photographer /Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Cathy Brady
Cinematographer: Crystel Fournier
Cast: Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Martin McCann
2018 - HIS HOUSE (Film) - Still Photographer /Poster
Director: Remi weekes
Cinematographer: Jo Willems
Writer: Remi weekes
Cast: Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, Matt Smith, Javier Botet
New Regency
2018 - INTO THE BADLANDS Season 3 (TV Series) - Still Photographer - 16 episodes
Creators: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Directed by: Paco Cabezas, Toa Fraser, David Dobkin, Guy Ferland, Nick Copus, Stephen Fung, Tricia Brock, James Marshall, Miles Millar, Wayne Yip.
Cinematography by: Owen McPolin, Shane Hurlbut, Daniel Aranyó, Sam McCurdy, Nigel Willoughby, Denis Crossan, P.J. Dillon, Jean-Philippe Gossart.
Cast: Daniel Wu, Emily Beecham, Ally Ioannides, Orla Brady, Aramis Knight, Nick Scott, Sherman Augustus, Babou Ceesay, Lorraine Toussaint,
AMC
2017 - ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
Cast: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg
Scott Free Productions, TriStar Productions
2017 - THE KEEPER (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Cinematographer: Daniel Gottschalk
Cast: David Kross, Freya Mavor, Harry Melling
Lieblingsfilm Zephyr Films.
2017 - THE TERROR (TV Series) - Still Photographer - 10 episode
Creator: David Kajganich
Cast: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Ciarán Hinds
AMC, Scott Free Productions
2017 - DERRY GIRLS (TV Series) - Still Photographer - 6 episodes
Creator: Lisa McGee
Cast: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell,.
CHANNEL 4 Hat Trick Productions
2017 - THE BOOKSHOP (Film) - Still Photographer /Poster Gallery - Marketing shoot
Director: Isabel Coixet
Cinematographer: Jean-Claude Larrieu
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson
Jaguar Distribution Company Zephyr Films
2016 - ZOO (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Colin McIvor
Cinematographer: Damien Elliott
Cast: Toby Jones, Ian McElhinney, Penelope Wilton.
Metro International Entertainment Samuel Goldwyn Films
2016 - WILL (TV Series) - Still Photographer - 5 episodes
Creator: Craig Pearce
Cast: Laurie Davidson, Olivia DeJonge, Ewen Bremner
TNT
2016 to 2018 - LINE OF DUTY (TV Series) Still Photographer - 8 episodes
Creator: Jed Mercurio Cast: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar.
BBC Drama Productions World Productions
2016 - BAD DAY FOR THE CUT (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Chris Baugh
Cinematographer: Ryan Kernaghan
Cast: Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski
2016 - THE FALL (TV Series) - still photographer - 3 episodes
Creator: Allan Cubitt
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch
BBC Drama Productions Artists Studio
2015 - THE MARTIAN (Film) – Additional Still Photographer
Director: Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Dariusz Wolski
Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Sean Bean, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Jeff Daniels, Donald Glover.
Twentieth Century Fox.
2015 - THE LOST CITY OF Z (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: James Gray
Cinematographer: Darius Khondji
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen.
Paramount Pictures , Plan B Entertanment
2015 - HIGH RISE (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Luke Scott
Cinematographer: Laurie Rose
Cast: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook.
Twentieth Century Fox.
MORGAN (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Luke Scott
Cinematographer: Mark Patten
Cast: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Paul Giamatti, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook.
Twentieth Century Fox.
2014 - HALO NIGHTFALL (TV Series) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Cinematographer: Gavin Struthers
Cast: Mike Colter, Steven Waddington, Christina Chong.
Bounder & Cad
2014 - SWUNG (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Colin Kennedy
Cinematographer: Jean-François Hensgens
Cast: Elena Anaya & Owen Mc Donnell
Sigma Films, Boudica Films
2014 - ROBOT OVERLORDS (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: John Wright
Cinematographer: Fraser Taggart
Cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Gillian Anderson, Callan Mc Auliffe
Pinewood Studios, British Film Company, Tempo Productions Limited.
2013 - STARRED UP (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: David MaKenzie
Cinematographer: Michael McDonough
Cast: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend
Sigma Films, Film4.
2013 - SLR (Film Short) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Stephen Fingleton
Cinematographer: Luke Bryant
Cast: Liam Cunningham, Richard Dormer, Amy Wren.
Stigma Films
2012 - KEITH LEMON - THE FILM (Film) - Still Photographer
Director: Paul Angunawela
Cinematographer: Julian Court
Cast: Keith Lemon, Kelly Brooke, Verne Troyer.
Generator Entertainment, Lionsgate UK.
2011 - STAND OFF (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Terry George
Cinematographer: Des Whelan
Writers: Thomas Gallagher, Terry George
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Colm Meaney, Martin McCann, David O'Hara, Conleth Hill
Generator Entertainment
2011 - THE SHORE (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: Terry George
Cinematographer: Michael McDonough
Writers: Terry George
Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill, Anthony Brophy, Maggie Cronin, Packy Lee
2011 - BEHOLD THE LAMB (Film) - Still & Specials Photographer
Director: John McIlduff
Cinematographer: Steeven Petitteville
Writer: John McIlduff
Cast: Aoife Duffin, Nigel O'Neill, Sandra Ni Bhroin
Adoramatv: Published on Aug 4, 2016. Aidan Monaghan Part 1: Out of the Darkroom Interview with Ruth Medjber
Adoramatv: Published on Aug 18, 2016. Aidan Monaghan Part 2: Out of the Darkroom Interview with Ruth Medjber