Cinematographer

JJ Rolfe ISC

Selected credits

  • Tall Tales and Murder Chris Addison | Avalon TV, Metropolitan Pictures
  • The Walsh Sisters Ian Fitzgibbon | Cuba Pictures, Metropolitan Pictures
  • Kin S2BRON Studios/Headline Pictures
  • The Hardacres Rachel Carey & Kieron J Walsh | Playground Entertainment/Red Berry/ New Grange
  • The Night Caller Diarmaid Goggins | Channel 5/Story Films/Samson Films/All3Media
  • Witness No. 3 Diarmuid Goggins | Story Films/All3Media International
  • Smother 3Dathaí Keane | Treasure Entertainment | BBC Studios
  • Dublin Oldschool Dave Tynan | Element Pictures/IFB/Warrior/MDV

About

JJ is a highly sought after cinematographer working across features and TV drama. He is the President of the Irish Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

 

He is currently shooting the highly anticipated new TV drama  Tall Tales and Murder, with director Chris Addison.

Recent TV credits include Kin series 2 for BRON/AMC (Nominated for an IFTA for Best Cinematography 2024),  Upcoming TV drama The Walsh Sisters for Cuba Pictures/Metropolitan Pictures, period drama The Hardacres for Playground Entertainment/Red Berry/ New Grange,  The Night Caller for Channel 5/Story Films, Blackshore for RTÉ/Treasure Entertainment, Smother series 3 for BBC/Treasure Entertainment,   and Witness No.3  for Story Films/Channel 5/Netflix.

 

JJ’s feature credits include Dublin Oldschool, The Bright Side,  and IFTA nominated Deadly Cuts,

Other notable work includes IFTA winning short films Heartbreak and Rockmount, and the documentary Liam Gallagher: As It Was.

Featured work

Kin

Series 2
Eps 3,4,7,8

Nominee for Best Cinematography IFTA 2024

Production Company
AMC+/ BRON Studios/ RTÉ

Producer
James Flynn

Director
Felix Thompson

Writers
Ciaran Donnelly, Peter McKenna

The Hardacres

Production Company
Playground Entertainment/Red Berry/
New Grange

Producer
Alex Jones

Directors
Rachel Carey & Kieron J Walsh

Writers
Liz Lake, Loren Mclaughlan, Emma Reeves, Amy Roberts

The Night Caller

Production Company
Channel 5/ Story Films/ All3Media

Producer
Alex Jones

Directors
Diarmuid Goggins

Writer
Nick Saltrese

Witness No.3

Production Company
Story Films/  Channel 5

Producers
Sam Tipper-Hale, David Collins

Director
Diarmuid Goggins

Writer
Thomas Eccleshare

The Bright Side

Production Company
Deadpan Pictures, Playground Pictures

Producer
Tony Deegan

Director
Ruth Meehan

Smother

Series 3

Production Company
BBC Studios / Treasure Entertainment

Producers
Robert Walpole, Rebecca O’Flannagan

Director
Dathaí Keane

Writers
Kate O’Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Sinéad Collopy, Nessa Wrafter, Marcus Fleming

Dublin Oldschool

Element Pictures Distribution

Production Company
Element Pictures, MDV, Warrior Films

Producers
Dave Leahy, Michael Donnelly

Director
Dave Tynan

Heartbreak

IFTA - Best Short Film

Production Company
MDV, Warrior Films

Producers
Liam Ryan, Michael Donnelly, Dave Leahy

Director
Dave Tynan

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