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Barry Ackroyd

Camera

Born May 12, 1954 · Manchester, England, UK

Biography

Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film, The Hurt Locker, and with Greengrass on the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Ackroyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • BAFTA AwardBest Cinematography · 2010
  • European Film AwardBest Cinematographer · 2006
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 2010 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Cinematographer · 2006 · nominated

Filmography43 titles

The Newsroom

2012Camera Operator

Concert for George

2003Camera Operator

Anne Frank Remembered

1995Cinematography

Inside the Labyrinth

1986Cinematography

Captain Phillips

2013Director of Photography

The Big Short

2015Director of Photography

Detroit

2017Director of Photography

The Hurt Locker

2008Director of Photography

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

2006Director of Photography

Land and Freedom

1995Director of Photography

The Lost Prince

2003Director of Photography

My Name Is Joe

1998Director of Photography

Ladybird Ladybird

1994Director of Photography

The Old Guard

2020Director of Photography

United 93

2006Director of Photography

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022Director of Photography

Sweet Sixteen

2002Director of Photography

The Angels' Share

2012Director of Photography

The Navigators

2001Director of Photography

Raining Stones

1993Director of Photography

The Sympathizer

2024Director of Photography

Bombshell

2019Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Outlaw King

2018Director of Photography

Carla's Song

1996Director of Photography

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

1992Director of Photography

Riff-Raff

1991Director of Photography

Sweet Girl

2021Director of Photography

Green Zone

2010Camera Operator, Director of Photography

The Special Relationship

2010Director of Photography

Looking for Eric

2009Director of Photography

Stella Does Tricks

1997Director of Photography

A House of Dynamite

2025"A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Jason Bourne

2016Director of Photography

Parkland

2013Director of Photography

Contraband

2012Director of Photography

Battle in Seattle

2007Cinematography, Director of Photography

Under the Skin

1997Director of Photography

The Old Guard 2

2025Director of Photography

Dark Places

2015Director of Photography

Coriolanus

2011Director of Photography

The Last Face

2016Director of Photography

Dust

2001Director of Photography

The Escort

1999Director of Photography