Lol Crawley
British cinematographer
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Laurie "Lol" Crawley, BSC (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 |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | lolcrawley |
Career
In 2013, Crawley shot Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival[2] and attracted critical attention[vague] for its cinematography.[3] Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers.[4] He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals,[5] and also has been nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards.[6]
In 2025, Crawley won Best Cinematography at both the 97th Academy Awards and the 68th British Academy Film Awards for his work in the film The Brutalist.[7] The film also won him numerous other awards and nominations at other events, such as the Robby Müller Award and Best Cinematography from the British Society of Cinematographers.[8][9]
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."[10]
Personal life
Lol Crawley attended Ysgol Llanfyllin.[11] In the 1990s, Crawley attended Northumbria University to study film and media production.[7][12]
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| DreamQuil | Alex Prager | ||
| TBA | Untitled Damien Chazelle film | Damien Chazelle |
Ref.:[5][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
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" |
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Music video
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | "Stay Too Long" | Plan B | [23] |
| "She Said" | |||
| "Love Goes Down" | |||
| "Hang With Me" | Robyn | ||
| 2011 | "Blind Faith" | Chase and Status | [24] |
| "Charlie Brown" | Coldplay | [23] | |
| "Take Another Ride" | Kassidy |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sundance Film Festival | Excellence in Cinematography | Ballast | Won | [5][25] |
| 2009 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | [25] | |
| 2010 | UK Music Video Awards | Best Cinematography | Plan B - "Stay Too Long" | Won | [23] |
| Design and Art Direction Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Woodstock Film Festival | Best Cinematography | On the Ice | Won | [26] |
| 2013 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Cinematography | Here | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Royal Television Society | Photography - Drama | Utopia | Won | [22] |
| 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 | [8] | |
| Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | The Brutalist | Won | [7] | |
| American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated | |||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | [7] | ||
| British Society of Cinematographers | Best Cinematography | Won | [9] | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |||