Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC (born 2 February 1948)[1] is an English cinematographer. He is educated in Photography & Filmmaking at Harrow Technical College. He started his career as a camera trainee at BBC-TV's Ealing Studios. His work on Elizabeth (1998) won him awards for Best Cinematography from BAFTA and the British Society of Cinematographers, as well as a "Golden Frog" from Camerimage and an Academy Award nomination.[2][3] For his work on Elizabeth, he became the first black person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Remi Adefarasin | |
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Born | [1] London, England | 2 February 1948
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse | Jaya Adefarasin |
Adefarasin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to television and film.[4]
Personal life
editAdefarasin is married and has three sons.
Filmography
edit† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Film
editTelevision
editYear | Title | Director | Notes |
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1980 | The British Greats | Margaret Sharp Barry Norman Sue Mallinson |
5 episodes |
1980-1982 | BBC2 Playhouse | Mike Leigh Paul Bamborough |
Episodes "Grown-Ups" and "The Guest" |
1982-1984 | Play for Today | Mike Leigh Richard Wilson |
Episodes "Home Sweet Home" and "Under The Hammer" |
1983 | Jury | ||
1985-1986 | Big Deal | Jeremy Summers | Episodes "Guv'nor" and "The Chicken and the Egg" |
1986-1992 | ScreenPlay | Angela Pope Peter Smith Diarmuid Lawrence Simon Cellan Jones |
4 episodes |
1987 | Bergerac | Richard Bramall | Episode "Thanks for Everything" |
1988-1994 | Screen Two | 7 episodes | |
1990-1993 | Screen One | Les Blair Richard Loncraine Mike Ockrent |
Episodes "News Hounds", "Wide-Eyed and Legless" and "Money for Nothing" |
1993 | Chef! | John Birkin | 4 episodes |
1994 | The Fast Show | Arch Dyson | 6 episodes |
2024 | Mr Loverman | Hong Khaou |
Documentary series
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | Everyman | William Nicholson | Episode "Abide with Me" |
1979 | It's About Time | Chris Haws | TV special |
1982 | The World About Us | Julian Cooper | Episode "Eliza Doolittle Goes to Bombay" |
1984 | Omnibus | Episode "The Bristol Showboat Saga" | |
1985 | Open Space | Ray Hough | Episode "Cameron and Danny Go Flapping" |
1987 | Q.E.D. | John Lynch | Episode "Murder on the Bluebell Line" |
1988 | Horizon | James Burke | Episode "Thinking" |
1992 | Bookmark | James Runcie | Episode "Miss Pym's Day Out" |
TV movies
Year | Title | Director |
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1983 | The Last Day | Richard Stroud |
Stan's Last Game | Gavin Millar | |
The Case of the Frightened Lady | Christopher Menaul | |
1984 | Amy | Nat Crosby |
Four Days in July | Mike Leigh | |
1986 | Shoot for the Sun | Ian Knox |
1987 | Love After Lunch | Edward Bennett |
1989 | Dream Baby | Angela Pope |
1991 | The Lost Language of Cranes | Nigel Finch |
1996 | Emma | Diarmuid Lawrence |
1998 | Human Bomb | Anthony Page |
The Ebb-Tide | Nicholas Denton |
Miniseries
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1984 | All the World's a Stage' | Michael Elliott Bob Lockyer William Slater |
Episode "Prologue: Makers of Magic" |
1986 | The December Rose | Renny Rye | |
1988 | Christabel | Adrian Shergold | |
1989 | Summer's Lease | Martyn Friend | |
1991 | Sleeper | Geoffrey Sax | |
1992 | Goodbye Cruel World | Adrian Shergold | |
Black and White in Color | Isaac Julien | ||
1995 | The Buccaneers | Philip Saville | |
1996 | Into the Fire | Jane Howell | |
Cold Lazarus | Renny Rye | With Ashley Rowe | |
2000 | Arabian Nights | Steve Barron | |
2001 | Band of Brothers | Richard Loncraine Tom Hanks David Leland Tony To David Frankel |
5 episodes |
2010 | The Pacific | Tim Van Patten David Nutter Carl Franklin Tony To |
5 episodes |
2023 | Secret Invasion | Ali Selim |
Accolades
editYear | Award | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Elizabeth | Nominated |
BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||
American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Cinematography | Nominated | ||
2001 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series | Band of Brothers (For episode "The Patrol") |
Nominated |
2010 | The Pacific (For episode "Part 5") |
Nominated |
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b "Remi Adefarasin". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Film in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "BSC Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Release" (PDF). British Society of Cinematographers.
- ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 8.