Lol Crawley

Laurie "'Lol" Crawley', B.S.C. is an English cinematographer, known for his collaborations with director Brady Corbet on such films as The Childhood of a Leader, Vox Lux, and The Brutalist, the latter earning him the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
His other works also include Ballast, Four Lions, 45 Years, The Humans, and White Noise as well as the BBC Two series The Crimson Petal and the White and the Netflix series The OA and Black Mirror.

Career

In 2013, Crawley shot Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and attracted critical attention for its cinematography. Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers. He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals, and also has been nominated for four Film Independent Spirit Awards.
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. 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.''''

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."

Personal life

Lol Crawley was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and grew up in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Wales, with his parents and two older sisters, one of whom is the writer and historian Fay Bound Alberti. He attended Ysgol Llanfyllin and Oswestry College and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Audio Visual Studies at The North East Wales Institute, before studying at Northumbria University, where he earned a BA Hons.
He is seen as an inspiration to the pupils of Ysgol Llanfyllin, with the current headmaster, Dewi Owen, quoted in the Borders Counties Advertizer as saying:
"Lol’s journey from a pupil at Ysgol Llanfyllin to an internationally celebrated cinematographer is an inspiration to our students and the wider community. His success highlights the incredible potential of young people from our school and local area to achieve greatness in the creative industries and beyond."
In the 1990s, Crawley attended Northumbria University to study Film and Media Production.

Filmography

Feature film

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Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	One Night in Turin	James Erskine
2011	From the Ashes	James Erskine	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

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