Known for Lighting
Jonathan Spencer is a British gaffer. He began his career in 1998 at BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting), where he learned the fundamentals of lighting in a traditional television studio environment. After six years, in 2004, he turned freelance, working as an electrician and generator operator. It was through this period that he gained practical experience with a variety of lighting equipment and production environments, learning his trade from seasoned professionals around him. In 2010, Spencer made the transition into the role of gaffer. Since then, he has built a distinguished career across both television and feature films. His early major credits include working as an electrician on films such as Hugo (2011) and gaining increasing responsibility in projects like Mr. Holmes (2014) and The Sense of an Ending (2016). Over the following years, Spencer served as chief lighting technician or gaffer on a wide range of high-profile productions. His selected credits include Spectral (2016), Pete’s Dragon (2016), American Assassin (2017), Murder on the Orient Express (second unit, 2017), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018), the TV series Hard Sun (gaffer, six episodes in 2018), and Angel Has Fallen (2019). In 2019, he also worked on Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) as chief lighting technician, His House, and as gaffer for second unit on Spider‑Man: Far From Home (2019). In 2023, he contributed to major films including Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) and Napoleon (2023). Spencer was born in Norwich, Norfolk, and educated at Broadland High School and West Herts College. He is known for his passion for family, Chelsea FC, the gym, cooking, and life in general.
Birthplace
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Filmography
35 films, 13 shows


Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · 2h 25m
country: United States
Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him—and the pressure of seeing his old friends move on without him—sparks a change in Peter Parker he may not have the power to control. But that transformation might also be the only thing that can stop a shocking new threat to the city and those he loves - a powerful villain no one can even see.


The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.


The Conjuring: Last Rites
2025 · 2h 16m
country: United States
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren take on one last terrifying case involving mysterious entities they must confront.


Napoleon
2023 · 2h 38m
country: United States
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.


My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
2023 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Following the death of their patriarch Gus, the Portokalos family travels to Greece for a family reunion, and to deliver Gus' journal to his old friends.


Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023 · 2h 14m
country: Canada
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.


The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.


His House
2020 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.


Angel Has Fallen
2019 · 2h 2m
country: United States
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.


Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.


Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.


Little River Run
2018 · 14m
country: United Kingdom
Two teenagers search for escape and solitude in inner-city London. But even as they find their moment of tranquillity, it’s impossible to escape society’s preconceptions.


Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · 1h 54m
country: United States
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.


London Town
2017 · 1h 32m
country: Germany
A 14-year old boy’s life changes forever when his estranged mother introduces him to the music of The Clash in 1979 London.


Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · 2h 9m
country: United States
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.


Ghost in the Shell
2017 · 1h 47m
country: China
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.


The Sense of an Ending
2017 · 1h 48m
country: United Kingdom
A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.


Mr. Holmes
2015 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
In 1947, long-retired and near the end of his life, Sherlock Holmes grapples with an unreliable memory and must rely on his housekeeper's son as he revisits the still-unsolved case that led to his retirement.


Spooks: The Greater Good
2015 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.


The Face of an Angel
2014 · 1h 40m
country: Italy
Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.


Keeping Up with the Joneses
2013 · 28m
country: United Kingdom
MP's wife Celia discovers her husband's true colours when she is taken hostage by his criminal business associates.


The Look of Love
2013 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.


Tower Block
2012 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival.


Cleanskin
2012 · 1h 48m
country: United Kingdom
While working undercover as a bodyguard to arms dealer Harry, former-soldier-turned-secret-service-agent Ewan survives a bloody shootout with a member of an Islamic terrorist cell who steals Harry's briefcase full of Semtex explosives and escapes. Ewan's spymasters task Ewan with hunting down the cell members and retrieving the briefcase.


1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
2010 · 13m
country: United Kingdom
Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to life.


Micro Men
2009 · 1h 24m
country: United Kingdom
In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.