Neil Oseman

Neil Oseman

A lifelong fan of space travel and genre fiction, Neil spent his teenage years making terrible amateur films that were heavily inspired by the likes of "Quantum Leap", "Star Wars" and “Back to the Future". He has subsequently worked for over 25 years as a director of photography on films ranging from the unofficial "Doctor Who" spin-off "Daemos Rising" to the critically acclaimed 2024 "Hamlet" adaptation starring Sir Ian McKellen.

He also served as the showrunner for two seasons of the multi-award-winning short-form fantasy series "Ren: The Girl with the Mark". Based in Cambridge, UK, Neil has written for RedShark News, Doctor Who Magazine, and Infinity, and is a regular contributor to British Cinematographer Magazine.

Latest articles by Neil Oseman

How Jules Verne predicted the Artemis 2 mission to the moon almost 160 years ago

By Neil Oseman published

Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the Moon" were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule on a free-return trajectory around the moon.

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