Lol Crawley

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.

Lol Crawley
Born	(1974-11-02) 2 November 1974 (age 49)[1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, director of photography

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]

Filmography

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2008	Ballast	Lance Hammer		[6][9]
	Better Things	Duane Hopkins
2009	Wasted	Stuart Davids Caroline Paterson
	Four Lions	Chris Morris		[10]
2010	Donkeys	Morag McKinnon
2011	On the Ice	Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
	Here	Braden King
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
2018	Vox Lux
2019	Dau	Ilya Khrzhanovsky	With Manuel Alberto Claro and Jürgen Jürges
2020	The Secret Garden	Marc Munden
	The Devil All the Time	Antonio Campos
2021	The Humans	Stephen Karam
2022	White Noise	Noah Baumbach
2024	The Brutalist	Brady Corbet		[16]
TBA	DreamQuil	Alex Prager

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	One Night in Turin	James Erskine
2011	From the Ashes		With Joel Devlin and Richard Malins
2015	The Reflektor Tapes	Kahlil Joseph	With Autumn Durald Arkapaw and Malik Hassan Sayeed
2021	Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan	Alma Har'el	Concert film

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2003	Reps	Andy Ross
2007	Where There's a Will	Daniel Elliott	Documentary series
2011	The Crimson Petal and the White	Marc Munden	Miniseries	[17]
2012	Murder	Birger Larsen	Episode "Joint Enterprise"
2014	Turn: Washington's Spies	Rupert Wyatt	Episode "Pilot"
	Utopia	Marc Munden Sam Donovan	Season 2	[18]
2016	The OA	Zal Batmanglij	Season 1
2017	Black Mirror	John Hillcoat	Episode "Crocodile"

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2010	"Stay Too Long"	Plan B	[19]
	"She Said"
	"Love Goes Down"
	"Hang With Me"	Robyn
2011	"Blind Faith"	Chase and Status	[20]
	"Charlie Brown"	Coldplay	[19]
	"Take Another Ride"	Kassidy

Awards

• 2008 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award for Ballast^[6][21]
• 2009 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography for Ballast (nomination)^[21]
• 2010 UK Music Video Awards Best Cinematography for Plan B - Stay Too Long (Music Video)^[19]
• 2010 Design and Art Direction Awards Best Cinematography (Nominated) for Plan B - Stay Too Long (Music Video)^[19]
• 2011 Woodstock Film Festival Best Cinematography for On the Ice^[22]
• 2014 Royal Television Society Photography - Drama for Utopia^[18]

References

1. "Lol Crawley - movies list, photos and biography". Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
2. "Movie Review: Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (12A) - Graham Young - Birmingham Mail". 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
3. "'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' Review: Idris Elba Is Superb in CliffsNotes Biopic | Variety". 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
4. "Aspect Ratio Film Reviews: Mandela". Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
5. "Lol Crawley, Daniel Landin and Christopher Ross | The British Society of Cinematographers". Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
6. "The Brits making waves at Sundance – again – Telegraph". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
7. "Lol Crawley | Spirit Awards 2014". Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
8. "The Playlist <". Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. "Index to Motion Picture Credits – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
11. "Production Starts on Hyde Park on Hudson - ComingSoon.net". Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
12. "ARRI Group: News". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
13. "Contender – Cinematographer Lol Crawley, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Below the Line". 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
14. "WASHINGTON FILM INSTITUTE | FILM REVIEW: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom". 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
15. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. "Lol Crawley, Dávid Jancsó & Kate Forbes on The Brutalist". Lux Artists. 9 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
17. "The Crimson Petal and the White (TV Mini-Series 2011) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb". IMDb. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
18. "RTS announces winners of the Craft & Design Awards 2014". 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
19. "Lol Crawley, BSC // Cv". Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
20. "Lol Crawley, BSC // Music Video". Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
21. "Ballast Festivals and Awards". Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
22. "WFF 2011 MAVERICK AWARD CEREMONY WINNERS". Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

External links

• Lol Crawley at IMDb