Born in Chertsey, Surrey, in 1965, he began his career shooting commercials in Australia before moving into dramatic filmmaking. He subsequently worked as a second-unit cinematographer on several feature films, including productions photographed by Anthony Dod Mantle, before establishing himself in television drama and film.
Wood’s early screen credits include work in the camera department on Dark City (1998). He later contributed to a range of major feature productions as a second-unit director of photography, including Rush (2013), Ron Howard’s Formula One racing drama; In the Heart of the Sea (2015); Our Kind of Traitor (2016); Woman in Gold (2015); and Radioactive (2019). These productions involved complex action, location work and additional photography supporting the principal cinematography.
Alongside his feature-film work, Wood developed an extensive television career. His credits include the action series Strike Back, the period drama A Christmas Carol (2020), Riviera, We Hunt Together and Grace. He served as director of photography on Whitstable Pearl (2021), the British crime series starring Kerry Godliman, and on the Amazon action-adventure series Citadel (2023). He also photographed episodes of the live-action adaptation of One Piece (2023), bringing experience in large-scale production and action cinematography to the fantasy series.
Wood’s documentary credits include McCullin (2012), the portrait of war photographer Don McCullin, and Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story (2014). His work on music and performance documentaries includes The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years (2016) and Pavarotti (2019).