Sean Francis Bobbitt,

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(born 29 November 1958) is an

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n-born British

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Early life

Sean Bobbitt was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on 29 November 1958.

Career

Bobbitt started his career as a news and documentary cameraman, a role which took him to the most conflicted spots of the globe. In 2008, Bobbitt worked with artist-turned-director

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on British film ''

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'', a hard-hitting film about the Northern Irish hunger striker, Bobby Sands. With this film Bobbitt, McQueen, editor Joe Walker and actor

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formed a collaborative award-winning team that have gone on to make a further two films, ''

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'' and '' 12 Years a Slave''. Bobbitt won a BIFA in 2008 for his work on ''

''. He was again nominated in 2011 for ''Shame'', starring Academy Award nominee

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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''. In 2011, Bobbitt worked on the pilot of HBO's acclaimed series ''

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''. The following year, Bobbitt completed filming on '' The Place Beyond the Pines'', which stars

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and

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, a film starring

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, Gemma Arterton and

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called '' Byzantium'', and he concluded five years of working on

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drama-film '' Everyday''. In early 2013, he completed work on '' Oldboy'', the

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-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'', for which he received multiple cinematography award nominations, and which ultimately won the coveted Best Picture Award at the 2014 Oscars. Over the next few years, he worked on '' Kill the Messenger'' with

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, ''

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'' with

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, '' Queen of Katwe'' with David Oyelowo, '' On Chesil Beach'' with Saoirce Ronan, '' Stronger'' with

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. In 2018, he collaborated with McQueen again on heist movie ''

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''. In 2019, he shot ''

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'' for which he was nominated for the

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. The film was released on HBO Max in 2021, having been postponed due to the

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. In 2021, Bobbitt filmed ''

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'', directed by Nia DiCosta.

Filmography

Film

Television

Short films

References

External links

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Bright Lights Film Journal
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