Russell Boyd | |
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Born | Russell Stewart Boyd 21 April 1944 Victoria, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 1966–present |
Organization(s) | Australian Cinematographers Society American Society of Cinematographers |
Russell Stewart Boyd, AO , ACS, ASC, (born 21 April 1944) is an Australian cinematographer. He rose to prominence with his highly praised work on Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the first of several collaborations with director Peter Weir. Boyd is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society since 1975 and the American Society of Cinematographers since 2004.
Boyd served as cinematographer for Tender Mercies , a 1983 film about an alcoholic country singer played by Robert Duvall. Boyd largely utilized available light to give the film a natural feeling which director Bruce Beresford said was crucial to the movie. Actress Tess Harper said Boyd was so quiet during filming that he mostly used only three words: "Yeah, right and sure." [1]
For his work on the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World , Boyd won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2021, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to the visual arts as a cinematographer of Australian feature films and television productions" in the Queen's Birthday Honours. [2]
Feature film
Documentary films
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1980 | A Club With Three Members | Frank Heimans | |
1988 | Street of Dreams - Mirror Musical Maze | Martin Sharp | With Geoff Burton, Tom Cowan, Michael Edols, David Sanderson and Simon Smith |
Year | Award | Title | Result |
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2003 | Best Cinematography | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Won |
Year | Award | Title | Result |
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1975 | Best Cinematography | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Won |
2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Nominated |
Australian Film Institute Awards
Year | Award | Title | Result |
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1977 | Best Cinematography | Break of Day | Won |
1978 | The Last Wave | Won | |
1980 | The Chain Reaction | Nominated | |
1983 | The Year of Living Dangerously | Nominated | |
1986 | Burke & Wills | Nominated | |
1988 | Raymond Longford Award | Won | |
1990 | Best Cinematography | Blood Oath | Nominated |
Australian Cinematographers Society
Year | Award | Title | Result |
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1976 | Cinematographer of the Year | Between Wars | Won |
1982 | Gallipoli | Won | |
1998 | Hall of Fame Award | Won | |
Other Awards
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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1976 | British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Nominated |
1979 | Saturn Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | |
2002 | FCCA Award | Special Achievement Award | Won | |
2003 | Camerimage | Special Award for Duo Cinematographer-Director | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Won |
Golden Frog | Nominated | |||
American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated | ||
2004 | Golden Satellite Awards | Best Cinematography (shared with Sandi Sissel on second unit) | Nominated | |
2005 | Kodak Award | Excellence in Cinematography | Won | |
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