Remi Adefarasin

Remi Adefarasin, OBE BSC, 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.[1][2] For his work on Elizabeth, he became the first black person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Remi Adefarasin

OBE BSC
Born
London, England
OccupationCinematographer
Spouse(s)Jaya Adefarasin

Adefarasin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to television and film.[3]

Personal life

Adefarasin is married and has three sons.

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Director Notes
1990 Truly, Madly, Deeply Anthony Minghella
1992 The Hummingbird Tree Noella Smith
1994 Great Moments in Aviation Beeban Kidron
Captives Angela Pope
1996 Hollow Reed
1998 Sliding Doors Peter Howitt
Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur Nominated - Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
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
The Haunted Mansion Rob Minkoff
2004 In Good Company Paul Weitz
2005 Match Point Woody Allen
2006 Scoop
Amazing Grace Michael Apted
2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Shekhar Kapur
Fred Claus David Dobkin
2010 Cemetery Junction Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant
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
Where Hands Touch Amma Asante
2019 Fighting with My Family Stephen Merchant
The Last Vermeer Dan Friedkin
2020 Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey David E. Talbert
2021 Locked Down Doug Liman
TBA Secret Invasion Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim Post-production

Footnotes
  1. "Film in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. "BSC Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Release" (PDF). British Society of Cinematographers.
  3. "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 8.
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