Alan Stewart (cinematographer)

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Alan Stewart (born 1960) is a Scottish cinematographer.

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Born in Comrie, Perth and Kinross, [1] Stewart first served as a tea boy for the camera crew of various productions, before gaining work as a clapper loader and focus puller, and eventually a camera operator working under the likes of Ellen Kuras and Seamus McGarvey. [1] Stewart relocated to England in the mid-1990s, and in 1998, alongside Peter Middleton, was nominated for a BAFTA television award for his work on the BBC limited series Holding On . [2] Stewart would work in the camera department on such film and television projects as Band of Brothers , Into the Woods , Ready Player One and Mary Poppins Returns , [3] and was the second unit and third unit director for Elizabeth: The Golden Years , Fred Claus and Inkheart . [1]

Stewart's biggest foray into serving as cinematographer was for Guy Ritchie's live action remake of Disney's Aladdin . [3] Having previously worked in the camera department for Ritchie's films Sherlock Holmes , Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword , Stewart would serve as cinematographer for his next few films The Gentlemen , Wrath of Man and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre . [1] He was also the cinematographer for 2021's Tom & Jerry . [4] His will next work on the Netflix film Our Man from Jersey . [5]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2009Lab RatsSam Washington
2019 Aladdin Guy Ritchie
The Gentlemen
2021 Tom & Jerry Tim Story
Wrath of Man Guy Ritchie
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2024 The Union Julian Farino

Television

YearTitleNotes
2004 Murder City 1 episode
2005 The Rotters' Club Miniseries
2005 The Quatermass Experiment Television film

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alan Stewart BSC". British Society of Cinematographers . Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. "Television Craft: Photography And Lighting - Fiction in 1998". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Romanello, Linda. "Aladdin DP Alan Stewart". Post Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. Daro, John (7 May 2021). "Tom and Jerry: A Global Finish During a Global Pandemic". Sony Cine . Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Alan Stewart BSC". Independent Talent. Retrieved 1 March 2022.