Michael Bauman has won the Best Cinematography in a Feature Film Award for his photography of the Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another at the BSC Awards. This is Bauman’s first win and nomination at the BSC Awards. Nominees in the category were Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC (Sinners); Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC ISC (Die My Love); Dan Laustsen ASC DFF (Frankenstein); and Darius Khondji ASC AFC (Marty Supreme).
In the Television Drama (UK Terrestrial) category, Ollie Downey BSC won for his work on the BBC drama Reunion.
In the Television Drama (International/Streaming) category Suzie Lavelle BSC ISC won her second award for her photography of the “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” episode of series Severance, beating stiff competition from Matthew Lewis (Adolescence “Episode Two”);
Álvaro Gutiérrez AEC (Black Mirror “Eulogy”); Alex Disenhof ASC (Task “Crossings”); and Adam Newport-Berra (The Studio “The Oner”)
In the Music Video category, cinematographer Jake Gabbay followed on his victory at Camerimage by taking home the Cinematography In A Music Video award for “Chains and Whips” from Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice. Nominees in the category were Rina Yang BSC for “Flood” (Little Simz); Ziga Zupancic NZCS for “Lace” (Movement); and Rui Jiang Ong for “Illusions” (Common Saints).
The Operators Award, presented by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Association of Camera Operators (ACO) and Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT) named Danny Bishop Assoc BSC ACO SOC the winner for his operating on Ballad of a Small Player. In the Television category Peter Robertson Assoc BSC ACO and Emiliano Topai were victorious for their work on the series Mussolini: Son of the Century.
The BSC Short Film Awards were presented to Linda Wu, Christopher Hudson and Theo Hughes for their respective films.
The evening was filled with emotional and humorous moments as the BSC presented their highest honour, the BSC Lifetime Achievement Award to Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC. Adefarasin’s career began at the BBC where he worked his way up through the ranks until reaching the role of cinematographer – shooting while he was there some of the most iconic TV movies, including work by Mike Leigh, Adrian Shergold and Anthony Minghella. His work as a feature film cinematographer led him to being Oscar-nominated in 1998 for Elizabeth, in so doing becoming the first Black cinematographer to be nominated in that category. He was Emmy-nominated for his work on the Miniseries Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Joining Remi on stage was BAFTA-winning Actor Lennie James who recently starred in Mr. Loverman which was recently shot by Remi.
John de Borman BSC AFC received the BSC John Alcott Memorial Award for his tireless work for the BSC and focus puller Hilda Sealy GBCT was awarded the Special Achievement Award for her tireless work in trying to transform our industry into a more inclusive space. The BSC Bert Easey Technical Award was awarded to Optical Support.
Commenting on the awards, President of the British Society of Cinematographers, Oliver Stapleton BSC said: “Tonight we celebrated 70 years of the British Society of Cinematographers Awards, a moment to reflect on the previous winners from Lawrence of Arabia to Schindler’s List but also to celebrate the addition of One Battle After Another to that list. My congratulations to all the winners and recipients tonight, your work is a reminder of just how vibrant and creative our industry still is.”
The awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London and hosted by Edith Bowman.
