British cinematographer
Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director .[ 1] Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass . He worked on Kathryn Bigelow 's 2008 war film The Hurt Locker ,Captain Phillips BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography . In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers .
Life and career
Ackroyd was born in Oldham , England. He received a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography for The Lost Prince The Wind That Shakes The Barley Paul Greengrass 's take on the 9-11 disaster, United 93 Kathryn Bigelow -directed Iraq War film, The Hurt Locker [ 2]
Teamwork and group effort is the Loach modus operandi . Loach has denied his status as an auteur director. Unlike most directors who routinely overstate the importance of their personal achievements, Loach celebrates the contributions of his crew, such as frequent collaborator, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd.[ 3]
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."[ 4]
In 2016, he reunited with Greengrass for the fourth time for the fifth Bourne
Filmography
Television
TV movies
TV series
Feature film
Key
†
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Short film
Documentary works
Short film
Year
Title
Director
1989
Lake Baikal: The Sacred Sea
Irina Mishina
Film
TV movies
Year
Title
Director
Notes
1986
Inside the Labyrinth
Desmond Saunders
With Rafi Rafaeli and John Warwick
1989
The View from the Woodpile
Ken Loach
With Robin Probyn
Angkor Wat Under Siege
Shari Robertson
1990
Inside the Khmer Rouge
With Ned Johnston and Prasit Sangrungrueng
1992
Too White for Me
Nick Broomfield
1997
Boogie Nights in Suburbia
Edmund Coulthard
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 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
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Year
Category
Title
Result
2006
Best Cinematography
United 93
Nominated
2009
The Hurt Locker
Won
2013
Captain Phillips
Nominated
American Society of Cinematographers
Other awards
References
External links
Awards for Barry Ackroyd
1953–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
International National People Other
