‘The Brutalist’s’ Lol Crawley wins British Society of Cinematographers Feature Film Award

“The Brutalist’s” Lol Crawley has won the British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a feature prize.

Jody Lee Lipes won for his work at the BBC drama ‘The Listensers’. Lipes took the prize home in the television drama category (UK Terrestrial). In the television drama (International/Streaming) category, Benedict Spence won his first prize for his photography for “Eric” from Netflix.

Daniel Landin was called the winner for his work on the FKA Twig -music video “Eusexua” in the inaugural cinematography in a music video category.

Creeks with Variety For within the frame, Crawley described why he used the rare Vistavision format to shoot Brady Corbet’s film. Crawley said: “In contrast to the vertical pulling of the movie in a film camera, it actually pulls him horizontally over eight perforations at the same time. So you end with a larger size, and that means that you are not forced to shoot on wider corner lenses for a wider field of vision. “It was a format that was also adopted by Alfred Hitchcock that” to catch a thief “and” Vertigo “with that format shot. Crawley notes:” They were cinematic processes that competed with the arrival of television and a way Were to withdraw the audience to the cinema. ”

Other victories of the night went to Chris Plevin, Robert Patzelt and Michael Ole Nielson for HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country”.

The Operators Award, awarded by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Association of
Camera operators (ACO) and Guild or British Camera Technicians (GBCT) recognized Karsten Bloch
Jacobsen DFF and Simon Finney ACO Assoc BSC for their work on ‘Wicked’.

The evening, Dick Pope, who posthumously received the highest honor of the BSC – the Lifetime Achievement Award. Pope who worked with director Mike Leigh during his career and earned an Oscar nomination for his work lensing Leigh’s Biopic 2014 “Mr. Turner,” died last October.

The British Society of Cinematographers has also awarded two cinematographers for their work in short
Films, Edward Hamilton Stubber and Jon Muschamp. The Manaki Brothers International Film Festival was also recognized, while the Bert Easyy Technical Achievement Award was awarded to True Lens Services (TLS).

The prizes were held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London and organized by Edith Bowman.