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Lol Crawley
Born (1974-11-02) 2 November 1974 (age 50) [1]
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, director of photography

Laurie "Lol" Crawley (born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] ) is an English cinematographer. His works include Ballast , Four Lions , and The Crimson Petal and the White .

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In 2013, Crawley shot Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom , which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival [3] and has attracted critical attention[ vague ] for its cinematography. [4] Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers. [5] He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals, [6] and also has been nominated for a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award. [7]

In 2016 The Playlist profiled Crawley in their filmmakers on the rise stating that, "British DP Lol Crawley isn’t quite a brand new name — he’s been doing some remarkably impressive work in features for nearly a decade now. But of late, he’s gone from an extraordinarily impressive cinematographer to staking his claim at being one of the best in the world." [8]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotesRef.
2008 Ballast Lance Hammer [6] [9]
Better Things Duane Hopkins
2009WastedStuart Davids
Caroline Paterson
Four Lions Chris Morris [10]
2010 Donkeys Morag McKinnon
2011 On the Ice Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Here Braden King
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson Roger Michell [11] [12]
2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick [13] [14]
2015 45 Years Andrew Haigh [15]
The Childhood of a Leader Brady Corbet
2018 Vox Lux
2019 Dau Ilya Khrzhanovsky With Manuel Alberto Claro and Jürgen Jürges
2020 The Secret Garden Marc Munden
The Devil All the Time Antonio Campos
2021 The Humans Stephen Karam
2022 White Noise Noah Baumbach
2024 The Brutalist Brady Corbet [16]
TBA DreamQuil Alex Prager

Documentary film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2010 One Night in Turin James Erskine
2011From the AshesWith Joel Devlin and Richard Malins
2015 The Reflektor Tapes Kahlil Joseph With Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Malik Hassan Sayeed
2021 Shadow Kingdom:
The Early Songs of Bob Dylan
Alma Har'el Concert film

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotesRef.
2003RepsAndy Ross
2007Where There's a WillDaniel ElliottDocumentary series
2011 The Crimson Petal and the White Marc Munden Miniseries [17]
2012 Murder Birger Larsen Episode "Joint Enterprise"
2014 Turn: Washington's Spies Rupert Wyatt Episode "Pilot"
Utopia Marc Munden
Sam Donovan
Season 2 [18]
2016 The OA Zal Batmanglij Season 1
2017 Black Mirror John Hillcoat Episode "Crocodile"

Music video

YearTitleArtistRef.
2010"Stay Too Long" Plan B [19]
"She Said"
"Love Goes Down"
"Hang With Me" Robyn
2011"Blind Faith" Chase and Status [20]
"Charlie Brown" Coldplay [19]
"Take Another Ride" Kassidy

Awards

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