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Sean Bobbitt

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Sean Bobbitt
Summer 2005: federal agents and police record over a thousand hours of surveillance footage inside a crack house in Rockford Illinois. For six weeks the gang smoke weed, play with guns and sell crack and heroin, unaware that their every move is being film
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Crack House USA (2010)
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Sean Bobbitt was born on 29 November 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).
BornNovember 29, 1958
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BornNovember 29, 1958
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Sean Bobbitt and Tanya Wexler in Hysteria (2011)
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Sean Bobbitt at an event for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Known for

Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave
8.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 2013
Michael Fassbender in Hunger (2008)
Hunger
7.5
  • Cinematographer
  • 2008
Shame (2011)
Shame
7.2
  • Cinematographer
  • 2011
Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, and Eva Mendes in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
The Place Beyond the Pines
7.3
  • Cinematographer
  • 2012

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Cinematographer

  • The Marvels
    • Post-production
  • Avengers: Quantum Encounter (2022)
    Avengers: Quantum Encounter
  • Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
    Judas and the Black Messiah
  • Blake Lively in The Rhythm Section (2020)
    The Rhythm Section
  • Merab Ninidze, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jessie Buckley, and Rachel Brosnahan in The Courier (2020)
    The Courier
  • Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Viola Davis, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo in Widows (2018)
    Widows
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger (2017)
    Stronger
  • Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle in On Chesil Beach (2017)
    On Chesil Beach
  • Codes of Conduct
  • David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)
    Queen of Katwe
  • Mr. Burberry (2016)
    Mr. Burberry
  • Bill Murray in Rock the Kasbah (2015)
    Rock the Kasbah
  • Penélope Cruz in Schweppes: What Did You Expect? (2014)
    Schweppes: What Did You Expect?
  • Jeremy Renner in Kill the Messenger (2014)
    Kill the Messenger
  • Josh Brolin in Oldboy (2013)
    Oldboy
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
    12 Years a Slave

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Jeremy Renner in Kill the Messenger (2014)
    Kill the Messenger
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
    12 Years a Slave
  • Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton in Byzantium (2012)
    Byzantium
  • Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
  • Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson in The Killer Inside Me (2010)
    The Killer Inside Me
  • David Ogden Stiers, David McCullough, and Michael Murphy in American Experience (1987)
    American Experience
  • John Hurt in An Englishman in New York (2009)
    An Englishman in New York
  • A Summer in Genoa (2008)
    A Summer in Genoa
  • United 93 (2006)
    United 93
  • Madeleine Fairley in Kidulthood (2006)
    Kidulthood
  • Kyle MacLachlan, Kris Holden-Ried, and Jimi Mistry in Touch of Pink (2004)
    Touch of Pink
  • Ancient Inventions (1998)
    Ancient Inventions
  • The Churchills (1996)
    The Churchills
  • Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra in Last of the Czars (1996)
    Last of the Czars
  • Timewatch (1982)
    Timewatch

Videos5

2021 Cinematography | Art of the Crew
Clip 1:01
2021 Cinematography | Art of the Crew
Crack House USA
Trailer 1:12
Crack House USA
Exclusive: The Director's Vision
Featurette 3:51
Exclusive: The Director's Vision
"A Portrait of Solomon Northup"
Featurette 5:36
"A Portrait of Solomon Northup"
"Preparing Your Stay"
Promo 1:19
"Preparing Your Stay"

Personal details

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    • November 29, 1958
    • Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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    • 1 Interview

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    Member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC).
    • Longtime collaboration with British director Steve McQueen

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