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

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'', for which he has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He is also known for his collaborations with director Justin Kurzel, whom he worked with on '' Snowtown'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Early life

Arkapaw was born in Bowral, a

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town south of

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, and attended Bowral High School. He studied at the

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, 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), '' Snowtown'' (2011), and '' Lore'' (2012). He received a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in 2010 for his work on ''Animal Kingdom'' and in 2011 he was named one of '' Variety'' magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". Arkawpaw next worked on

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's television miniseries '' Top of the Lake'', which was filmed in New Zealand and broadcast in 2013. That year he won a Creative Arts Emmy Award 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

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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 Justin Kurzel, with whom Arkapaw previously worked on ''Snowtown''. He also photographed '' McFarland, USA'', 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

Arkapaw married American cinematographer Autumn Durald. they have one son.

Filmography

Shorts

Documentary features

Feature fiction

Television

Awards

References

External links

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