Barry Ackroyd
British cinematographer
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Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer[1] and former president of the British Society of Cinematographers.
Barry Ackroyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 May 1954 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | barryackroyd |
He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Kathryn Bigelow's war film The Hurt Locker.
Life and career
Ackroyd was born in Oldham, England. He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography for The Lost Prince. His latest credits are on Ken Loach's award-winning feature, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Paul Greengrass's take on the 9-11 disaster, United 93, and the Kathryn Bigelow-directed Iraq War film, The Hurt Locker.[2]
Film reviewer Jack Matthews of the New York Daily News remarked about the filmmaking behind The Wind That Shakes The Barley: "Beautifully shot, both in darkened homes and on the misty green Irish landscape by Loach's frequent cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, "Wind" has a you-are-there intensity and intimacy about it that make it nearly overwhelming."[3]
Filmography
Television
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Big George Is Dead | Henry Martin |
| 1996 | Hillsborough | Charles McDougall |
| 1997 | Bumping the Odds | Rob Rohrer |
| 2002 | Sunday | Dominic Savage |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Stephen Poliakoff |
| Eroica | Simon Cellan Jones | |
| 2005 | Friends and Crocodiles | Stephen Poliakoff |
| Gideon's Daughter | ||
| 2010 | The Special Relationship | Richard Loncraine |
| 2011 | The Miraculous Year | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 2013 | The Missionary | Baltasar Kormákur |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Spender | Ian Knox | Episode "Retreat" |
| ScreenPlay | Les Blair | Episode "The Merrihill Millionaires" | |
| 1995–1996 | Screen Two | Tim Fywell Michael Whyte |
Episodes "Life After Life" and "Flowers of the Forest" |
| 2012 | The Newsroom | Greg Mottola | Episode "We Just Decided To" |
| 2024 | The Sympathizer | Fernando Meirelles | Episode "Give Us Some Good Lines" |
Feature film
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Documentary works
Film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Hunters and Bombers | Hugh Brody Nigel Markham |
| 1991 | The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife | Nick Broomfield |
| 1992 | Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer | |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Jon Blair |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 40 Minutes | Sam Organ | Episode "Diary of a Frontliner" |
| 1989 | Dispatches | Shari Robertson | Episode "Return to Year Zero?" |
| Split Screen | Ken Loach | Episode "Time to Go" | |
| 1988–1989 | Byline | Marjorie Wallace David Collison |
Episodes "Whose Mind Is It Anyway?" and "Johnny and Alf Go Home" |
| 1993 | Nova | Dave Duncan | Episode "The Real Jurassic Park" |
| 1996 | Modern Times | Ken Loach | Episode "The Flickering Flame" |
| 2003 | The Blues | Mike Figgis | Episode "Red, White and Blues" |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
| 2006 | BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | United 93 | Nominated |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Won | ||
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Nominated |
Other awards