Remi_Adefarasin

Remi Adefarasin
OBE BSC
Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC
Born	2 February 1948 (age 76); London, England
Occupation	Cinematographer
Spouse	Jaya Adefarasin

Remi Adefarasin

English cinematographer

Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC (born 2 February 1948)^[1] is an English cinematographer. He is educated in Photography & Filmmaking at Harrow Technical College. He started his career as a camera trainee at BBC-TV's Ealing Studios. His work on Elizabeth (1998) won him awards for Best Cinematography from BAFTA and the British Society of Cinematographers, as well as a "Golden Frog" from Camerimage and an Academy Award nomination.^[2]^[3] For his work on Elizabeth, he became the first black person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

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Adefarasin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to television and film.^[4]

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Year	Title	Director
1990	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Anthony Minghella
1992	The Hummingbird Tree	Noella Smith
1994	Great Moments in Aviation	Beeban Kidron
1994	Captives	Angela Pope
1996	Hollow Reed	Angela Pope
1998	Sliding Doors	Peter Howitt
1998	Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur
1999	Onegin	Martha Fiennes
2000	The House of Mirth	Terence Davies
2002	About a Boy	Paul Weitz Chris Weitz
	Unconditional Love	P. J. Hogan
	The One and Only	Simon Cellan Jones
2003	Johnny English	Peter Howitt
2003	The Haunted Mansion	Rob Minkoff
2004	In Good Company	Paul Weitz
2005	Match Point	Woody Allen
2006	Scoop	Woody Allen
2006	Amazing Grace	Michael Apted
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Shekhar Kapur
2007	Fred Claus	David Dobkin
2010	Cemetery Junction	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant
2010	Little Fockers	Paul Weitz
2012	The Cold Light of Day	Mabrouk El Mechri
2015	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Christopher N. Rowley
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Burr Steers
	Me Before You	Thea Sharrock
	David Brent: Life on the Road	Ricky Gervais
2018	Juliet, Naked	Jesse Peretz
2018	Where Hands Touch	Amma Asante
2019	Fighting with My Family	Stephen Merchant
2019	The Last Vermeer	Dan Friedkin
2020	Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey	David E. Talbert
2021	Locked Down	Doug Liman
2022	What's Love Got to Do with It?	Shekhar Kapur
2023	Locked In	Nour Wazzi

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1980	The British Greats	Margaret Sharp Barry Norman Sue Mallinson	5 episodes
1980-1982	BBC2 Playhouse	Mike Leigh Paul Bamborough	Episodes "Grown-Ups" and "The Guest"
1982-1984	Play for Today	Mike Leigh Richard Wilson	Episodes "Home Sweet Home" and "Under The Hammer"
1983	Jury
1985-1986	Big Deal	Jeremy Summers	Episodes "Guv'nor" and "The Chicken and the Egg"
1986-1992	ScreenPlay	Angela Pope Angela Pope Diarmuid Lawrence Simon Cellan Jones	4 episodes
1987	Bergerac	Richard Bramall	Episode "Thanks for Everything"
1988-1994	Screen Two		7 episodes
1990-1993	Screen One	Les Blair Richard Loncraine Mike Ockrent	Episodes "News Hounds", "Wide-Eyed and Legless" and "Money for Nothing"
1993	Chef!	John Birkin	4 episodes
1994	The Fast Show	Arch Dyson	6 episodes

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1978	Everyman	William Nicholson	Episode "Abide with Me"
1979	It's About Time	Chris Haws	TV special
1982	The World About Us	Julian Cooper	Episode "Eliza Doolittle Goes to Bombay"
1984	Omnibus		Episode "The Bristol Showboat Saga"
1985	Open Space	Ray Hough	Episode "Cameron and Danny Go Flapping"
1987	Q.E.D.	John Lynch	Episode "Murder on the Bluebell Line"
1988	Horizon	James Burke	Episode "Thinking"
1992	Bookmark	James Runcie	Episode "Miss Pym's Day Out"

Year	Title	Director
1983	The Last Day	Richard Stroud
	Stan's Last Game	Gavin Millar
	The Case of the Frightened Lady	Christopher Menaul
1984	Amy	Nat Crosby
1984	Four Days in July	Mike Leigh
1986	Shoot for the Sun	Ian Knox
1987	Love After Lunch	Edward Bennett
1989	Dream Baby	Angela Pope
1991	The Lost Language of Cranes	Nigel Finch
1996	Emma	Diarmuid Lawrence
1998	Human Bomb	Anthony Page
1998	The Ebb-Tide	Nicholas Denton

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1984	All the World's a Stage'	Michael Elliott Bob Lockyer William Slater	Episode "Prologue: Makers of Magic"
1986	The December Rose	Renny Rye
1988	Christabel	Adrian Shergold
1989	Summer's Lease	Martyn Friend
1991	Sleeper	Geoffrey Sax
1992	Goodbye Cruel World	Adrian Shergold
1992	Black and White in Color	Isaac Julien
1995	The Buccaneers	Philip Saville
1996	Into the Fire	Jane Howell
1996	Cold Lazarus	Renny Rye	With Ashley Rowe
2000	Arabian Nights	Steve Barron
2001	Band of Brothers	Phil Alden Robinson Richard Loncraine	Episodes "Currahee" and "Day of Days"
2010	The Pacific	Tim Van Patten David Nutter Carl Franklin Tony To	5 episodes
2023	Secret Invasion	Ali Selim	MCU series

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Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC
Born	(1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 76)^[1] London, England
Occupation	Cinematographer
Spouse	Jaya Adefarasin

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1998	Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	Elizabeth	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2001	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series	Band of Brothers (For episode "The Patrol")	Nominated
2010	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series	The Pacific (For episode "Part 5")	Nominated