‘The Brutalist’ Cinematographer Lol Crawley to Be Honored at Rotterdam Film Festival

“The Brutalist” cinematographer Lol Crawley will be honored with the Robby Müller Award at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which runs Jan. 30 – Feb. 9.

The award acknowledges the “artistry of an exceptional image maker,” and is given in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, the wife of the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller.

The award will be accompanied by a talk from Crawley during the festival, as well as a screening of “The Brutalist,” which marks the Dutch premiere of the film.

The jury for this year’s Robby Müller Award noted: “Lol Crawley’s camera is dedicated to the story and characters in a way that is both humble and ardent. It forms a close, dynamic relationship with them. His sensual cinematography embraces the environment as unpredictable and fluid and aims to align with its flow rather than confine it to a predefined frame.”

Crawley has more than 25 years of experience in film and television. His feature film work includes “White Noise,” “The Humans,” “The Childhood of a Leader,” “45 Years,” “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” and “Ballast.” His television credits include “Black Mirror,” “The OA,” “The Crimson Petal and the White” and “Utopia.” His music promo work includes Bob Dylan’s “Shadow Kingdom,” alongside promos for Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and Coldplay.

Crawley received nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the ASC Awards in 2016 for Corbet’s “The Childhood of a Leader”; a nomination for the Golden Frog at Camerimage in 2012 for Roger Michell’s “Hyde Park on Hudson”; a nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2012 for Braden King’s “Here”; and a nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards and a cinematography award win at Sundance in 2008 for Lance Hammer’s “Ballast.”