Thomas Hogben is a Scottish-based filmmaker and Director of Photography working primarily in creative documentary, and co-founder of Edinburgh Documentary Films. He first gained recognition through the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme with his short film
Teeth (2016), which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, screened at Aesthetica, and won Best Documentary at the Scottish Short Film Festival. His DOP credits include the BFI-funded short Outlying, BBC Scotland’s Our Fathers, and his debut feature The Artist & The Wall of Death (2023), directed by Maurice O’Brien — funded by Screen Scotland and premiered at Glasgow Film Festival.
In January 2026, Thomas was selected as one of fifty international filmmakers for the Werner Herzog Experience in the Azores — an intensive residency in which Herzog personally mentored 25 director/cinematographer pairs through the filmmaking process.
Thomas is currently working on a number of feature and broadcast projects, including a new commission with the BBC; Nucleus (2027), an ongoing collaboration with director James Thomson exploring the global impact of nuclear testing; and Injustice (2027), directed by Hannah Currie, exploring the impact of miscarriages of justice within the UK legal system. He has also wrapped production on Ephemeral, exploring the international land art community, and She Sings Of Murder — both now in post-production, supported by Journeyman Pictures and Screen Ireland respectively, and hopefully in theatres soon.
