Biography
Laurie "Lol" Crawley (born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English cinematographer. His works include Ballast, Four Lions, The Crimson Petal and the White, and The Brutalist. In 2013, Crawley shot Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. It has attracted critical attention for its cinematography. Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers. He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals. Also, he has been nominated for a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award. In 2016, The Playlist profiled Crawley in their Filmmakers on the Rise, stating that "British "P 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 of being one of the best in the world." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lol Crowley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2025
- BAFTA Award — Best Cinematography · 2025
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography · 2025 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Black Mirror
Utopia
The OA
The Devil All the Time
Ballast
The Brutalist
The Crimson Petal and the White
Four Lions
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
45 Years
The Secret Garden
On the Ice
The Humans
The Childhood of a Leader
Vox Lux
White Noise
Hyde Park on Hudson
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