| Barry Ackroyd | |
| Birth Date: | 12 May 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer and President of BSC |
| Known For: | The Hurt Locker and Captain Phillips |
| Website: | http://www.barryackroyd.com |
Barry Ackroyd, BSC (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director.[1] Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film The Hurt Locker as well as the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers.
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]
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 movie.
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" |
| Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fever | Carine Adler | |
| 1997 | The Butterfly Man | Himself | |
| 1998 | Amazing Grace | Maeve Murphy | |
| 2012 | I Missed My Mother's Funeral | Ben Quinn | |
| 2013 | Dr. Easy | Jason Groves Chris Haring Richard Kenworthy | |
| 2022 | Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather | Michael Shevloff |
Short film
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 | |||
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Jon Blair |
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 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" |
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Cinematography | United 93 | |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | ||
| 2013 | Captain Phillips |
American Society of Cinematographers
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Outstanding Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips |
Other awards