‘One Battle After Another’s’ Michael Bauman Wins British Society of Cinematographers Feature Film Award

“One Battle After Another” cinematographer Michael Bauman has won the British Society of Cinematographers Award for best cinematography in a feature film.

This is Bauman’s first win and nomination at the BSC Awards. He triumphed over “Die My Love” (Seamus McGarvey), “Marty Supreme” (Darius Khondji), “Sinners” (Autumn Arkapaw Arkapaw) and “Frankenstein” (Dan Lausten).

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When Bauman joined Variety for Inside the Frame, he said Anderson wanted something in the “vein of ‘70s cinema,” pointing to films like “The French Connection” and “The Last Detail.” He explained, “A lot of the movies in that period that had a certain stylistic roughness to it that he really felt was essential in telling this story. He also really wanted to shoot the movie in VistaVision.”

In the Television Drama (UK Terrestrial) category, Ollie Downey won for his work on the BBC drama “Reunion,” and in the Television Drama (International/Streaming) category, Suzie Lavelle won her second award for her photography of the Apple TV series “Severance.”

In the Music Video category, cinematographer Jake Gabbay followed on his victory at Camerimage by taking home the Cinematography in a Music Video Award for “Chains and Whips” from Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T and Malice.

The Operators Award, presented by the British Society of Cinematographers, Association of Camera Operators and Guild of British Camera Technicians named Danny Bishop Assoc the winner for his operating on the Netflix film “Ballad of a Small Player” and in the Television category Peter Robertson Assoc and Emiliano Topai were victorious for their work on the series “Mussolini: Son of the Century.”

The BSC Short Film Awards were presented to Linda Wu, Christopher Hudson and Theo Hughes for their respective films.

The evening was filled with emotional and humorous moments as the BSC presented its highest honor, the BSC Lifetime Achievement Award, to Remi Adefarasin.

Adefarasin’s career began at the BBC, where he worked his way up through the ranks until reaching the role of Cinematographer – shooting while he was there some of the most iconic TV movies, including work by Mike Leigh, Adrian Shergold and Anthony Minghella. His work as a Feature Film Cinematographer led him to being Oscar-nominated in 1998 for “Elizabeth,” in so doing becoming the first Black Cinematographer to be nominated in that category. He was Emmy-nominated for his work on the Miniseries “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific. “

John de Borman received the BSC John Alcott Memorial Award for his work for the BSC, and focus puller Hilda Sealy was awarded the Special Achievement Award for her work toward transforming the industry into a more inclusive space. The BSC Bert Easey Technical Award was awarded to Optical Support.

President of the British Society of Cinematographers, Oliver Stapleton said, “Tonight we celebrated 70 years of the British Society of Cinematographers Awards, a moment to reflect on the previous winners from ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ to ‘Schindler’s List,’ but also to celebrate the addition of ‘One Battle After Another’ to that list. My congratulations to all the winners and recipients tonight, your work is a reminder of just how vibrant and creative our industry still is.”

The awards were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London and hosted by Edith Bowman. The BSC wishes to thank all our sponsors who have helped make the evening happen.