Simon Thirlaway

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Simon Thirlaway is a director of photography.

In 2008 he was nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography on Katy Perry — "I Kissed a Girl" (Director of Photography: Simon Thirlaway).MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography{{cite news |title=MTV Full list of Nominees |date=18 March 2009 |publisher=news.com.au |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/mtv-full-list-of-nominees/story-e6frfn30-1111117423009}}

Thirlaway's cinematographic work includes commercials, music videos, live concerts, and feature-length films. He has filmed commercials for brands such as Fanta, Coffee-Mate, Kindle books, and Doritos.{{fact|date=December 2024}} His cinematography in music videos, includes "Chillin" by Wale and featuring Lady Gaga, Rob Thomas' "Little Wonders", John Mayer's "Half of My Heart", and Jason Derulo's "Ridin' Solo".{{fact|date=December 2024}} He worked on live concerts for Muse, Metallica, and John Tesh and was directed by Wayne Isham.{{fact|date=December 2024}} Thirlaway began his career in London, engaging in lighting and electrician capacities on film productions. He was electrician on the 1997 Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere video documentary. In 1999, he was best boy for the Tim Roth-directed drama The War Zone and in 2005 he was electrician for the Hollywood film Hard Candy.{{fact|date=December 2024}} Thirlaway gained recognition in 2008 for his work in utilising a Red One digital camera.{{fact|date=December 2024}} He had previously utilised digital cameras such as Thomson's Grass Valley Viper and Sony's F950 and F900 CineAlta models, but the Doritos cinema ad represented the first such use of The Red One camera.{{fact|date=December 2024}} He filmed the 30-second teaser in a number of different environments, including a paparazzi-filled crowd and a live-concert venue. He has since filmed a number of projects utilising The Red One, including commercials for Der Wienerschnitzel, Ford/American Idol, Toyota, POM, and Guitar Hero 5.{{fact|date=December 2024}}