Adam Arkapaw | |
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Born | Bowral, Australia |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 2001–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Website | www |
Adam Arkapaw is an Australian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the television series Top of the Lake and True Detective , for which he has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He is also known for his collaborations with director Justin Kurzel, whom he worked with on Snowtown , Macbeth , and Assassin's Creed .
Arkapaw was born in Bowral, a New South Wales town south of Sydney, and attended Bowral High School. [1] He studied at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts, graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor of Film and Television. [2] [3]
In addition to numerous short films, Arkapaw photographed three Australian features over the next several years: Animal Kingdom (2010), Snowtown (2011), and Lore (2012). [4] He received a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in 2010 for his work on Animal Kingdom and in 2011 he was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". [1]
Arkawpaw next worked on Jane Campion's television miniseries Top of the Lake , which was filmed in New Zealand and broadcast in 2013. That year he won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. [4] In 2014 he won his second Emmy Award, for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series, in recognition of his work on the HBO television series True Detective . [3] True Detective was filmed in Louisiana and Arkapaw's cinematography received wide praise, especially for a six-minute single-take long take that was planned over months and took one and a half days to film. [5]
Arkapaw was the cinematographer of the 2015 film Macbeth , directed by Justin Kurzel, with whom Arkapaw previously worked on Snowtown. [2] He also photographed McFarland, USA , an American sports film released in 2015, [6] and the drama film The Light Between Oceans . He collaborated with Kurzel for a third time on the action-adventure film Assassin's Creed , which was released in the United States in December 2016. [7]
He is married to American cinematographer Autumn Durald; [8] the couple has one son, Aedan. [9]
Documentary films
Year | Title | Director |
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2007 | We Will Be Remembered For This | David Schmidt |
2010 | Return to Gaza | Michael Weatherhead |
The Ball | Jessica Leski |
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2009 | Blind Company | Alkinos Tsilimidos | |
2010 | Animal Kingdom | David Michôd | |
2011 | Snowtown | Justin Kurzel | |
2012 | Lore | Cate Shortland | |
2015 | McFarland, USA | Niki Caro | |
Macbeth | Justin Kurzel | ||
2016 | The Light Between Oceans | Derek Cianfrance | |
Assassin's Creed | Justin Kurzel | ||
2019 | Light of My Life | Casey Affleck | |
The King | David Michôd | ||
2022 | The Chess Game | Will Taylor | With Rob White |
2023 | Magazine Dreams | Elijah Bynum |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2013 | Top of the Lake | Jane Campion Garth Davis | 7 episodes |
2014 | True Detective | Cary Fukunaga | Season 1 |
2015 | Flesh and Bone | David Michôd | Episode "Bulling Through" |
2024 | Masters of the Air | Cary Fukunaga | Miniseries |
Award | Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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AACTA Awards | 2012 | Best Cinematography | Snowtown | Nominated |
2013 | Lore | Nominated | ||
2014 | Best Cinematography in Television | Top of the Lake | Won | |
2015 | Byron Kennedy Award | Adam Arkapaw | Won | |
2019 | Best Cinematography | The King | Won | |
ASC Awards | 2015 | Spotlight Award | Macbeth | Won |
Australian Film Institute Awards | 2006 | Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft | End of Town | Nominated |
2010 | Best Cinematography | Animal Kingdom | Nominated | |
British Independent Film Awards | 2015 | Best Technical Achievement | Macbeth | Nominated |
Manaki Film Festival | Silver Camera 300 | Won | ||
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2013 | Outstanding Cinematography | True Detective | Won |
2014 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | Won | ||
Stockholm International Film Festival | 2012 | Best Cinematography | Lore | Won |