Toby Tomkins

Senior Colourist Toby Tomkins is behind the intricate looks for some of entertainment’s top titles. He collaborates with globally respected,…

Toby Tomkins

Senior Colorist

About

Senior Colourist Toby Tomkins is behind the intricate looks for some of entertainment’s top titles. He collaborates with globally respected, multi-format directors and DPs.

Recent credits include award-winning productions such as the BAFTA winning and Emmy nominated Netflix/Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World, The HPA nominated Netflix series, Eric, Columbia Pictures’ Karate Kid: Legends, Channel 4’s BAFTA winning We Are Lady Parts, BBC/AMC’s critically acclaimed This Is Going To Hurt, and Michael Morris’ Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

Toby also has an extensive portfolio of short and feature films, including As I Am, the BIFA-winning The Machine, and “Stutterer” which won the Oscar for best short.

With expertise in colour and film emulation, Toby invests much of his energy and time into research and development, with all efforts consistently focused towards enhancing emotion and story – everything in service of the work. This fascination has led Toby to develop unique tools and techniques which directly contribute to the success of his clients’ creative projects.

Toby founded the highly successful London-based picture finishing studio, CHEAT in 2015. In 2022, CHEAT was acquired by Harbor and remains one of the leading shortform colour grading facilities in the UK. 

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Karate Kid: Legends — A Timeless [Not Retro] Look

BFI London Film Festival 2025

CREATING IMPRESSIONS OF ’80S NEW YORK FOR NETFLIX’S ERIC

BY DAYLIGHT AND CANDLELIGHT: EMBRACING THE DARKNESS OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Grade Expectations – Definition Magazine, Toby Tomkins on Great Expectations

WE ARE LADY PARTS — “TBD” Episode TBD — Pictured: (l-r) — (Photo by: Parisa Taghizadeh/Peacock/NBC Internatiional/C4)

Q&A with CINEMATOGRAPHER DIANA OLIFIROVA and COLOURIST TOBY TOMKINS

#16: The Language Of Colour – Toby Tomkins on Now Then Talks

HARBOR ACQUIRES LONDON-BASED STUDIO CHEAT FOR PREMIUM ADVERTISING COLOR GRADING

The 49th British Arrows Awards Ceremony at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, London
Picture by Ben Peters for British Arrows
27/03/2024

This event was photographed by two tutors and a student from Accumulate, The Art School for the Homeless. For more information about Accumulate, please contact Marice Cumber marice@accumulate.org.uk

British Arrows Winners 2025

Creative Circle 2025 – Shortlists

D&AD Winners 2025

Gold and Bronze at Creative Circle for Harbor Colourists

Sweetpea Q&A with DP Nick Morris & Colorist Toby Tomkins

shots Awards EMEA 2024 Jury – Toby Tomkins

Televisual Commercials 30

Riches at the end of the Rainbow: Colour Grading with Depth and Dynamism

2025 BAFTA TV nominations

(6) Harbor Artist Nominations – HPA 2024 Creative Category Awards

Harbor Readies Six Films for Cannes Film Festival

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS RECAP COMMERCIAL