The letter

One letter a week, starting soon.

The week's signal, what the makers shipped and what the reviewers found, and the editor's note. No tracking, no ads, nothing else.

We keep your address, your language and the date you joined, nothing else. Every letter has a one-click unsubscribe link that deletes the record.

CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1974 · UNITED KINGDOM

Lol Crawley

Monumental imagery and intimate independent drama.

Born
1974
Country
United Kingdom
Field
Cinematographer
Lol Crawley
Portrait: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0

KNOWN FOR

  1. 2024The Brutalist
  2. 2008Ballast
  3. 201545 Years

WHY THEY MATTER

Won the Academy Award for The Brutalist; member of the British Society of Cinematographers; four Independent Spirit Award nominations.

THE LIFE

Crawley attended Ysgol Llanfyllin and studied film and media production at Northumbria University in the 1990s. His films include Ballast, Four Lions, 45 Years and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. He has also shot television, including The Crimson Petal and the White, The OA and Black Mirror. His work on The Brutalist won the Academy Award.

Source: Wikipedia

Also born 1960 on

born 1961 · China · Cinematographer

Zhao Fei

Formal, disciplined compositions of Fifth Generation cinema.

Raise the Red Lantern, 1991Source: Wikipedia

Helene Louvart

born 1964 · France · Cinematographer

Helene Louvart

Intimate, textured film naturalism for European and international directors.

Happy as Lazzaro, 2018Source: Wikipedia