Sean Bobbitt
Sean Francis Bobbitt, B.S.C. is an American-born British cinematographer.
Early life
Sean Bobbitt was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 29, 1958.Career
In 2008, Bobbitt worked with artist-turned-director Steve McQueen on British film Hunger, a hard-hitting film about the Northern Irish hunger striker, Bobby Sands. With this film Bobbitt, McQueen, editor Joe Walker and actor Michael Fassbender formed a collaborative award-winning team that have gone on to make a further two films, Shame and 12 Years a Slave. Bobbitt won a BIFA in 2008 for his work on Hunger. He was again nominated in 2011 for Shame, starring Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan alongside Fassbender. In 2012, Bobbitt won the Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer of the Year Award at the European Film Awards for his work on Shame.Also in 2012, Bobbitt completed filming on The Place Beyond the Pines, which stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta, a film starring Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton and Jonny Lee Miller called Byzantium, and he concluded five years of working on Michael Winterbottom drama-film Everyday. In early 2013, he completed work on Oldboy, the Spike Lee-directed American remake of the 2003 South Korean film of the same name. The end of 2013 saw the release of 12 Years a Slave, which ultimately won the coveted Best Picture Award at the 2014 Oscars. In 2014 he went on to work on Kill the Messenger and Barry Levinson's Rock the Kasbah, starring Bill Murray.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1999 | Wonderland | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 2001 | Chunky Monkey | Greg Cruttwell | |
| 2001 | Lawless Heart | Tom Hunsinger Neil Hunter | |
| 2002 | Summer Things | Michel Blanc | |
| 2006 | Cargo | Clive Gordon | |
| 2006 | The Situation | Philip Haas | |
| 2007 | The Baker | Gareth Lewis | |
| 2007 | Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution | Bille Eltringham | |
| 2008 | Hunger | Steve McQueen | |
| 2010 | Africa United | Debs Gardner-Paterson | |
| 2011 | Shame | Steve McQueen | - |
| 2011 | Hysteria | Tanya Wexler | |
| 2012 | Everyday | Michael Winterbottom | |
| 2012 | The Place Beyond the Pines | Derek Cianfrance | |
| 2012 | Byzantium | Neil Jordan | |
| 2012 | Trashed | Candida Brady | Documentary |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Spike Lee | |
| 2014 | Kill the Messenger | Michael Cuesta | |
| 2015 | Rock the Kasbah | Barry Levinson | |
| 2016 | Queen of Katwe | Mira Nair | |
| 2017 | On Chesil Beach | Dominic Cooke | |
| 2017 | Stronger | David Gordon Green | |
| 2018 | Widows | Steve McQueen | |
| 2020 | The Courier | Dominic Cooke | |
| 2020 | The Rhythm Section | Reed Morano | |
| TBA | Judas and the Black Messiah | Shaka King | Post-production |