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Bradford Young

  • Cinematographer
  • Director
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Bradford Young at an event for A Most Violent Year (2014)
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Bradford Young is an American cinematographer. His feature films as director of photography include White Lies, Black Sheep (2007), Pariah (2011), Restless City (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Mother of George (2013), and Arrival (2016).

In January 2017, Young became the first African-American cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award, for his work on Arrival. He is also the first person of color to be nominated in the Academy Award cinematography category since 1998 when Remi Adefarasin was nominated for Elizabeth.
BornJuly 6, 1977
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Bradford Young in Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Bradford Young in Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Dee Rees, Bradford Young, and Hans Charles in Pariah (2011)
Elyes Gabel and Bradford Young in A Most Violent Year (2014)
David Oyelowo and Bradford Young in A Most Violent Year (2014)
J.C. Chandor and Bradford Young in A Most Violent Year (2014)
Bradford Young at an event for Selma (2014)

Known for

Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
Arrival
7.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 2016
Albert Brooks, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Oscar Isaac, and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year (2014)
A Most Violent Year
7.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 2014
Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
6.9
  • Cinematographer
  • 2018
David Oyelowo in Selma (2014)
Selma
7.5
  • Cinematographer
  • 2014

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Cinematographer

  • Intelligent Life
    • In Development
  • Centropy (2021)
    Centropy
  • Black to Techno (2019)
    Black to Techno
  • Asante Blackk, Marquis Rodriguez, Caleel Harris, and Ethan Herisse in When They See Us (2019)
    When They See Us
  • MedMen: The New Normal (2019)
    MedMen: The New Normal
  • As Told To G/D Thyself (2019)
    As Told To G/D Thyself
  • Gaspard Ulliel in Bleu de Chanel: The Film (2018)
    Bleu de Chanel: The Film
  • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • Corazón (2018)
    Corazón
  • To Be Free (2017)
    To Be Free
  • Michelle Pfeiffer and Kiefer Sutherland in Where Is Kyra? (2017)
    Where Is Kyra?
  • Letter to the Free
  • Black America Again
  • Lee Morgan and Helen Morgan in I Called Him Morgan (2016)
    I Called Him Morgan
  • Forest Whitaker, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner in Arrival (2016)
    Arrival
  • DJ Khaled ft. Jay Z, Future: I Got the Keys (2016)
    DJ Khaled ft. Jay Z, Future: I Got the Keys

Director

  • Channel 4 Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: Super. Human.
  • As Told To G/D Thyself (2019)
    As Told To G/D Thyself
    • (as Ummah Chroma)
  • Common Feat. Bilal: Letter to the Free
  • Letter to the Free
  • Black America Again

Camera and Electrical Department

  • William Kentridge in Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2022)
    Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
  • Albert Brooks, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Oscar Isaac, and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year (2014)
    A Most Violent Year
  • America's Shadows: HIV Risk in Black & Latino Youth
  • Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: She Walked Calmly Disappearing Into the Darkness (2008)
    Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: She Walked Calmly Disappearing Into the Darkness
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America's Shadows HIV Risk in Black & Latino Youth
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Pariah
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Pariah

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    • July 6, 1977
    • Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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    Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2015.

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