Lol Crawley
British cinematographer
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Laurie "Lol" Crawley (born 2 November 1974) is a British cinematographer, known for his Oscar-winning work on The Brutalist (2024).
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Crawley at the IFFR 2025 | |
| Born | 2 November 1974[1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England |
| Alma mater | Northumbria University |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | lolcrawley |
His other works also include Ballast (2008), Four Lions (2010), 45 Years (2015), The Humans (2020), and White Noise (2022) as well as the BBC Two series The Crimson Petal and the White (2011) and the Netflix series The OA (2016) and Black Mirror (2017).[2]
Education
Crawley attended Ysgol Llanfyllin.[3]
In the 1990s, he attended Northumbria University to study film and media production.[4][5]
Career
In 2013, he shot Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers.[6]
He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals,[7] and also has been nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards.[8]
Reception
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."[9]
Filmography
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Ballast | Lance Hammer | |
| Better Things | Duane Hopkins | ||
| 2009 | Wasted | Stuart Davids Caroline Paterson |
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| Four Lions | Chris Morris | ||
| 2010 | Donkeys | Morag McKinnon | |
| 2011 | On the Ice | Andrew Okpeaha MacLean | |
| Here | Braden King | ||
| 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | Roger Michell | |
| 2013 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Justin Chadwick | |
| 2015 | 45 Years | Andrew Haigh | |
| The Childhood of a Leader | Brady Corbet | 1st collaboration with 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 | |
| 2026 | Wicker | Alex Huston Fischer Eleanor Wilson |
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| DreamQuil | Alex Prager | ||
| 2027 | Untitled Damien Chazelle film † | Damien Chazelle | Filming |
Ref.:[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Reps | Andy Ross | |
| 2007 | Where There's a Will | Daniel Elliott | Documentary series |
| 2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Marc Munden | Miniseries |
| 2012 | Murder | Birger Larsen | Episode "Joint Enterprise" |
| 2014 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Rupert Wyatt | Episode "Pilot" |
| Utopia | Marc Munden Sam Donovan |
Season 2 | |
| 2016 | The OA | Zal Batmanglij | Season 1 |
| 2017 | Black Mirror | John Hillcoat | Episode "Crocodile" |
Ref.:[17]
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Music video
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Stay Too Long" | Plan B | [18] |
| "She Said" | |||
| "Love Goes Down" | |||
| "Hang With Me" | Robyn | ||
| 2011 | "Blind Faith" | Chase and Status | [19] |
| "Charlie Brown" | Coldplay | [18] | |
| "Take Another Ride" | Kassidy |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sundance Film Festival | Excellence in Cinematography | Ballast | Won | [7][20] |
| 2009 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | [20] | |
| 2010 | UK Music Video Awards | Best Cinematography | Plan B - "Stay Too Long" | Won | [18] |
| Design and Art Direction Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Woodstock Film Festival | Best Cinematography | On the Ice | Won | [21] |
| 2013 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Here | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Royal Television Society | Photography - Drama | Utopia | Won | [17] |
| 2017 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | The Childhood of a Leader | Nominated | |
| 2022 | The Humans | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Robby Müller Award | Won | [22][23] | |
| Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | The Brutalist | Won | [4][24] | |
| American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated | |||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | [25] | ||
| British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | Won | [23] | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |||