February 2, 2025

Winners Announced

The 69th British Society of Cinematographers Awards took place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel this evening (1st February) in front of 450 guests and hosted by the wonderful, Edith Bowman.

Lol Crawley BSC won Best Cinematography In A Feature Film Award for his photography of the film ‘The Brutalist’ (A24). This was Lol's first win and nomination.

In the Television Drama (UK Terrestrial) category, Jody Lee Lipes ASC won for his work on the BBC drama ‘The Listeners’, Mr Lipes’ was the winner in 2023 and becomes the first Cinematographer to win back to back awards in the Television category. In the Television Drama (International/Streaming) category, Benedict Spence BSC won his first award for his photography of the Netflix miniseries ‘Eric’

In the newly launched Cinematography In A Music Video category, Daniel Landin BSC was named winner for his work on the FKA twigs music video ‘Eusexua’

The Operators Award, presented by the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Association of Camera Operators (ACO) and Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT) named Karsten Bloch Jacobsen DFF and Simon Finney ACO Assoc BSC the winners for their operating on the film ‘Wicked’ (Universal Pictures) and in the Television category Chris Plevin ACO Assoc BSC, Robert Patzelt and Michael Ole Nielson were victorious for their work on the HBO show ‘True Detective: Night Country”.

In our two Short Film categories, Edward Hamilton-Stubber took Best Student Short Film for his National Film and Television School graduation film, "Tapeworm". In the BSC Club category Jon Muschamp was victorious for his short film "Bookyville".

The BSC bestowed its Special Achievement Award on the Manaki Brothers International Film Festival - this the 45th anniversary of the festival. The Bert Easey Technical Award was won by the lenses rehousing company True Lens Services (TLS).

The BSC John Alcott Memorial Award was awarded to Milan Krsljanin for his services not only to the society but also our community as a whole.

The Dee Edwards Award was posthumously awarded to Ed Ratcliffe, who sadly passed away last year at the age of 30. His passion and creativity touched many in our industry and Ed's mother was on hand to receive the award in her son's honour.

The evening was marked with much celebration but also reflection as the late Dick Pope BSC posthumously received the BSC’s highest honour – the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dick’s 50-year career has seen him shoot countless classic films from ‘Secrets and Lies’ to ‘Mr. Turner’, ‘Vera Drake’ and ‘The Illusionist’. Dick Pope sadly passed away in October last year. Director Mike Leigh, who had worked with Dick on every one of his films from 1991 onwards recalled how he and Dick would approach each film as part of our ongoing serious investigation into pushing the boundaries of cinematic heightened realism. Dick’s widow, Pat Pope, alongside his children were on hand to receive the award tonight.

The BSC would like to thank all our sponsors for making tonight's awards possible - Sunbelt Rentals, Cinelab Film & Digital, MBS Equipment, Sony Professional Filmmaking, Aputure, Arri, Universal Production Services, CVP, MK-V, O'Connor, Panavision, RED Ronford Baker, Scene Clipper, Driving Plates and Direct Digital.