Esko Nevalainen (10 May 1925 – 23 July 2008) was a Finnish film cinematographer . His career started in 1945 when he began to work as an assistant for a production company called Filmitaito.

Nevalainen got his first major job as a cinematographer in a Matti Kassila film Elokuu (1956). For this film, he also received his first of four a Jussi Award for best cinematography. Nevalainen and Kassila collaborated several times over the years, in such movies as Punainen viiva (1959), Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961) and Natalia (1979).