Lol Crawley | |
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Born | [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England | 2 November 1974
Occupation(s) | Cinematographer, director of photography |
Laurie "Lol" Crawley BSC (born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] ), is an English cinematographer. His works include Ballast , Four Lions , and The Crimson Petal and the White .
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]
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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2008 | Ballast | Lance Hammer | [6] [9] | |
2009 | Four Lions | Chris Morris | [10] | |
2011 | Baby | Daniel Mulloy | Short film | [6] |
On the Ice | Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | [6] | ||
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 | |||
The Reflektor Tapes | Kahlil Joseph | Documentary | ||
2018 | Vox Lux | Brady Corbet | ||
2019 | Dau | Ilya Khrzhanovsky | ||
2020 | The Secret Garden | Marc Munden | ||
The Devil All the Time | Antonio Campos | |||
2021 | The Humans | Stephen Karam | ||
2022 | White Noise | Noah Baumbach | ||
TBA | The Brutalist | Brady Corbet | [16] |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Marc Munden | 4 episodes | [17] |
2014 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Rupert Wyatt | Episode: "Pilot" | |
Utopia | Marc Munden Sam Donovan | 6 episodes | [18] | |
2016 | The OA | Zal Batmanglij | 8 episodes | |
2017 | Black Mirror | John Hillcoat | Episode: "Crocodile" | |
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2010 | "Stay Too Long" | Plan B | [19] |
"She Said" | [19] | ||
"Love Goes Down" | [19] | ||
"Hang With Me" | Robyn | [19] | |
2011 | "Blind Faith" | Chase and Status | [20] |
"Charlie Brown" | Coldplay | [19] | |
"Take Another Ride" | Kassidy | [19] |
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