Adam Arkapaw is an Australian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the television series ''

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'' and ''

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'', for which he has won two

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s. He is also known for his collaborations with director

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, whom he worked with on ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Early life

Arkapaw was born in

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, a

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town south of

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, and attended

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. He studied at the

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's Victorian College of the Arts, graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor of Film and Television.

Career

In addition to numerous short films, Arkapaw photographed three Australian features over the next several years: '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010), ''

'' (2011), and '' Lore'' (2012). He received a nomination for the

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in 2010 for his work on ''Animal Kingdom'' and in 2011 he was named one of ''

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'' magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". Arkawpaw next worked on

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's television miniseries ''

'', which was filmed in New Zealand and broadcast in 2013. That year he won a

for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie. In 2014 he won his second Emmy Award, for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series, in recognition of his work on the HBO television series ''

''. ''True Detective'' was filmed in

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and Arkapaw's cinematography received wide praise, especially for a six-minute single-take

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that was planned over months and took one and a half days to film. Arkapaw was the cinematographer of the 2015 film ''

'', directed by

, with whom Arkapaw previously worked on ''Snowtown''. He also photographed ''

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'', an American

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released in 2015, and the drama film '' The Light Between Oceans''. He collaborated with Kurzel for a third time on the action-adventure film ''

'', which was released in the United States in December 2016.

Personal life

He is married to American cinematographer Autumn Durald; the couple has one son, Aedan.

Filmography

Film Television

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arkapaw, Adam Living people Australian cinematographers University of Melbourne alumni People from Bowral Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)