Lol Crawley Explained

Lol Crawley
Birth Date:	2 November 1974^[1]
Birth Place:	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Occupation:	Cinematographer, director of photography

Laurie "Lol" Crawley (born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire^[2]), is an English cinematographer. His works include Ballast, Four Lions, and The Crimson Petal and the White.

In 2013, Crawley shot , which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival^[3] and has attracted critical attention for its cinematography.^[4] Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers.^[5] He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals,^[6] and also has been nominated for a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award.^[7]

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."^[8]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2008	Ballast	Lance Hammer		^[9]
2009	Four Lions	Chris Morris		^[10]
2011	Baby	Daniel Mulloy	Short film
	On the Ice	Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
2012	Hyde Park on Hudson	Roger Michell		^[11] ^[12]
2013		Justin Chadwick		^[13] ^[14]
2015	45 Years	Andrew Haigh		^[15]
	The Childhood of a Leader	Brady Corbet
	The Reflektor Tapes	Kahlil Joseph	Documentary
2018	Vox Lux	Brady Corbet
2019	Dau	Ilya Khrzhanovsky
2020	The Secret Garden	Marc Munden
	The Devil All the Time	Antonio Campos
2021	The Humans	Stephen Karam
2022	White Noise	Noah Baumbach
TBA	The Brutalist	Brady Corbet		^[16]

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
2011	The Crimson Petal and the White	Marc Munden	4 episodes	^[17]
2014		Rupert Wyatt	Episode: "Pilot"
	Utopia	Marc Munden Sam Donovan	6 episodes	^[18]
2016	The OA	Zal Batmanglij	8 episodes
2017	Black Mirror	John Hillcoat	Episode: "Crocodile"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2010	"Stay Too Long"		^[19]
	"She Said"
	"Love Goes Down"
	"Hang With Me"	Robyn
2011	"Blind Faith"	Chase and Status	^[20]
	"Charlie Brown"	Coldplay
	"Take Another Ride"	Kassidy

Awards

• 2008 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award for Ballast^[21]
• 2009 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography for Ballast (nomination)
• 2010 UK Music Video Awards Best Cinematography for Plan B - Stay Too Long (Music Video)^[19]
• 2010 Design and Art Direction Awards Best Cinematography (Nominated) for Plan B - Stay Too Long (Music Video)^[19]
• 2011 Woodstock Film Festival Best Cinematography for On the Ice^[22]
• 2014 Royal Television Society Photography - Drama for Utopia^[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lol Crawley - movies list, photos and biography. 6 May 2016. 31 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152650/http://moviesaz.org/celebs/united-kingdom/587931-lol-crawley/. live.
2. Web site: Movie Review: Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (12A) - Graham Young - Birmingham Mail . 3 January 2014 . 25 March 2014 . 25 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325235804/http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/movie-review-mandela-long-walk-6466728 . live .
3. Web site: ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ Review: Idris Elba Is Superb in CliffsNotes Biopic Variety . 9 September 2013 . 9 December 2017 . 5 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205123113/http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom-review-toronto-1200604107/ . live .
4. Web site: Aspect Ratio Film Reviews: Mandela . 25 March 2014 . 22 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140822024308/http://aspectratio.us/Reviews/Entries/2013/12/mandela/rev_mandela.html . live .
5. Web site: Lol Crawley, Daniel Landin and Christopher Ross The British Society of Cinematographers . 25 March 2014 . 21 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321081638/https://bscine.com/2013/07/lol-crawley-daniel-landin-and-christopher-ross/ . live .
6. Web site: The Brits making waves at Sundance – again – Telegraph . 3 April 2018 . 25 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925002754/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/8345500/The-Brits-making-waves-at-Sundance-again.html . live .
7. Web site: Lol Crawley Spirit Awards 2014 . 25 March 2014 . 29 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729200414/http://www.spiritawards.com/nominees13/lol-crawley-for-here . dead .
8. Web site: The Playlist < . 14 February 2017 . 25 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180425185035/https://theplaylist.net/rise-2016-20-filmmakers-watch-20160822/ . live .
9. Web site: Archived copy . 31 December 2011 . 26 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326235618/http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=3180 . dead .
10. Web site: Index to Motion Picture Credits – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 31 December 2011 . 25 March 2014 . https://archive.today/20140325211555/http://wwwdb.oscars.org:8100/servlet/impc.DisplayCredits?vetted=T&primekey_in=3945 . live .
11. Web site: Production Starts on Hyde Park on Hudson - ComingSoon.net . 31 December 2011 . 26 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326003307/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=80435 . live .
12. Web site: ARRI Group: News . 25 March 2014 . 25 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140325234731/http://www.arri.com/camera/digital_cameras/news/?article=1136&cHash=d7ba14f4959996ac1a4e1096500e901f . live .
13. Web site: Contender – Cinematographer Lol Crawley, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Below the Line . 3 January 2014 . 25 March 2014 . 26 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326011141/http://www.btlnews.com/awards/contender-cinematographer-lol-crawley-mandela-long-walk-to-freedom/ . live .
14. Web site: WASHINGTON FILM INSTITUTE FILM REVIEW: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom . 20 December 2013 . 25 March 2014 . 26 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326003404/http://dcfilminstitute.org/film-review-mandela-long-walk-to-freedom/ . live .
15. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141210143457/http://luxartists.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CRAWLEY-Lol_Lux-Artists_CV.pdf . 2014-12-10 .
16. Web site: March 9, 2023 . Lol Crawley, Dávid Jancsó & Kate Forbes on The Brutalist . Lux Artists . 21 March 2023 . 15 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315222750/https://luxartists.net/lol-crawley-david-jancso-kate-forbes-on-the-brutalist/ . live .
17. Web site: The Crimson Petal and the White (TV Mini-Series 2011) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb . . 30 June 2018 . 3 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170403231705/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384013/fullcredits . live .
18. Web site: RTS announces winners of the Craft & Design Awards 2014. 2 December 2014. 9 December 2014. 10 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141210000942/http://www.rts.org.uk/rts-announces-winners-craft-design-awards-2013-14. live.
19. Web site: Lol Crawley, BSC // Cv. 10 December 2014. 10 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141210151149/http://luxartists.net/lol-crawley/lol-crawley-bsc-cv/. live.
20. Web site: Lol Crawley, BSC // Music Video. 10 December 2014. 10 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141210150957/http://luxartists.net/lol-crawley/lol-crawley-bsc-music-videos/. live.
21. Web site: Ballast Festivals and Awards . 22 November 2011 . 15 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111015130326/http://ballastfilm.com/festivals . live .
22. Web site: WFF 2011 MAVERICK AWARD CEREMONY WINNERS . 22 November 2011 . 7 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007104316/http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/press/releases/2011_09_awardwinners.html . live .