Barry Ackroyd
Barry Ackroyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 May 1954 Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Occupations | Cinematographer, president of British Society of Cinematographers |
| Known for | The Hurt Locker Captain Phillips |
| Website | barryackroyd |
Barry Ackroyd (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, and with Greengrass on 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.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]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]
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."[3]
In 2016, he reunited with Greengrass for the fourth time for the fifth Bourne movie.
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]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" |
Feature film
[edit | edit source]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Documentary works
[edit | edit source]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 | Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer | |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Jon Blair |
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" |
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
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
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Outstanding Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | Nominated |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Nominated |
Other awards
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- National Film and Television School "Barry Ackroyd BSC"
- Barry Ackroyd at IMDb
- Barry Ackroyd at the BFI's Screenonline
- "Ken Loach" by Mike Robbins
- New York Daily News, Jack Matthews "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" review quote
- May 21, 2008 Picks & Pans - Movies "Battle in Seattle" - Seattle Weekly
- United 93
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