Anthony Dod Mantle, (born 14 April 1955) is a British cinematographer and

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. He won the

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and

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for Best Cinematography for ''

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'' (2008). Other accolades include two

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, two

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, and four Robert Awards. Dod Mantle is considered a pioneer of digital filmmaking through his collaborations with directors

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and

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, where he popularized the use of "action-style" handheld cameras over traditional, stationary 35mm rigs. A veteran of

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, he is heavily influenced by the ''

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'' film movement. He is a member of the British, Danish, and American Society of Cinematographers, and resides in

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Career

Dod Mantle directed photography on three

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.Strauss, Will (13 May 2008),
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. '' Broadcast'' (EMAP). Retrieved on 18 September 2008. He won the British Academy Television Craft Award for Photography & Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) for his work on the series and was nominated for a RTS Craft & Design Award for Lighting, Photography & Camera—Photography—Drama. He was also cinematographer on ''

'' (

, 2008), for which he won the

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in 2009. Dod Mantle is included in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis. On 19 November 2016, during the

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festival, Anthony Dod Mantle received the Brown Frog award for his cinematography on ''Snowden''. Dod Mantle lives with his family in

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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

for his work on ''

'', the first time that award went to a film shot digitally. Dod Mantle has also experimented with extreme slow motion with high speed cameras in films like ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Documentary films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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