Remi Adefarasin
Remi Adefarasin, OBE BSC, 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.[1][2] For his work on Elizabeth, he became the first black person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC | |
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Born | London, England |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Spouse(s) | 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.[3]
Personal life
Adefarasin is married and has three sons.
Filmography
An incomplete list of films and television productions to which Remi Adefarasin has contributed.
Feature films
- Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
- The English Patient (1996) (director of photography: second unit)
- Sliding Doors (1998)
- Elizabeth (1998)
- About a Boy (2002)
- Unconditional Love (2002)
- Johnny English (2003)
- The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- In Good Company (2004)
- Match Point (2005)
- Scoop (2006)
- Amazing Grace (2006)
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- Cemetery Junction (2010)
- Little Fockers (2010)
- The Cold Light of Day (2012)
- Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film) (2016)
- Me Before You (2016)
- Juliet, Naked (2018)
- Where Hands Touch (2018)
- Fighting with My Family (2019)
- The Last Vermeer (2019)
- Jingle Jangle (film) (2020)
- Locked Down (film) (2021)
Television
- Sleepers (1991 TV series)
- Wide-Eyed and Legless (1993 TV movie)
- Cold Lazarus (1996 TV miniseries)
- Emma (1996 TV film)
- Arabian Nights (2000 TV miniseries)
- Band of Brothers (2001 TV miniseries)
- The Pacific (2010 TV series)
Footnotes
- "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.