Anthony Dod Mantle
Anthony Dod Mantle, DFF, BSC, ASC (born 14 April 1955) is a British cinematographer and still photographer. He won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Other accolades include two Bodil Awards, two European Film Awards, and four Robert Awards.
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| Born | 14 April 1955 Witney, Oxfordshire, U.K. |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | National Film School of Denmark |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Website | Official website |
Dod Mantle is considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking through his collaborations with directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Danny Boyle, where he popularized the use of "action-style" handheld cameras over traditional, stationary 35mm rigs.[1] A veteran of Dogme 95, he is heavily influenced by the cinema verite film movement.[2] He is a member of the British, Danish, and American Society of Cinematographers, and resides in Copenhagen.[3]
Career
Dod Mantle directed photography on three Dogme 95 films and the first two episodes of Wallander. He used the Red One digital camera on Wallander, the first British television production to do so.[4] He won the British Academy Television Craft Award for Photography & Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) for his work on the series[5] and was nominated for a RTS Craft & Design Award for Lighting, Photography & Camera—Photography—Drama.[6] He was also cinematographer on Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2009. Dod Mantle is included in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis.
On 19 November 2016, during the Camerimage festival, Anthony Dod Mantle received the Brown Frog award for his cinematography on Snowden.[7][8]
Dod Mantle lives with his family in Copenhagen, Denmark.[4]
Style and technique
Dod Mantle helped pioneer the use of digital cinematography with his early use of home-quality DV in The Celebration, and eventually won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, the first time that award went to a film shot digitally.[9]
Dod Mantle has also experimented with extreme slow motion with high speed cameras in films like Antichrist and Dredd.[10]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 1999 | En verdensomsejling under bordet | TV Film |
| 2000 | D-dag | |
| 2001 | Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise | |
| Strumpet | ||
| 2008 | Wallander | 2 Episodes |
| 2017 | The Putin Interviews | Documentary series; With Rodrigo Prieto |
| 2020 | The Undoing | 6 episodes |
Documentary films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 1994 | Ord | Jens Loftager | |
| 1995 | Velo Negro | Arjanne Laan | |
| 1996 | Fredens port | Thomas Stenderup | Documentary short |
| 1997 | Tranceformer - A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Stig Björkman Fredrik von Krusenstjerna |
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| 2003 | Krig | Jens Loftager | |
| 2006 | Mit Danmark | Phie Ambo Morten Arnfred |
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| 2008 | Trip to Asia - Die Suche nach dem Einklang | Thomas Grube | |
| 2018 | Tro | Jens Loftager |
Awards and nominations
References
- http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/dod%20mantle.htm. Missing or empty
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|title=(help) - https://roobla.com/film/feature/16502/anthony-dod-mantle-profile/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - Strauss, Will (13 May 2008), "Anthony Dod Mantle interview". Broadcast (EMAP). Retrieved on 18 September 2008.
- "Television Craft Nominations 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
- "RTS Craft & Design Winners 2009 Archived 2009-11-29 at the Wayback Machine". Royal Television Society. Retrieved on 24 November 2009.
- "Camerimage 2016 Winners!". www.camerimage.pl. Camerimage - International Film Festival. 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- Tizard, Will (19 November 2016). "'Lion' Cinematographer Greig Fraser Wins Camerimage's Golden Frog". variety.com. Variety Media, LLC / Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
- Frazer, Bryant (7 October 2010). "10 High Points in Digital Cinematography". Studio Daily. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- LionsgateVOD (15 January 2013). "Dredd: Slo-Mo Featurette". YouTube. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- Prince, Ron (March 30, 2011). "Camera Creative: Anthony Dod Mantle". The British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
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