Sean Bobbitt

Sean Bobbitt

  • Birthday: 1958-11-29
  • Place of birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: Sean Francis Bobbitt

Biography

A frequent collaborator with director Steve McQueen for both film and art installation projects, Sean Bobbitt gained international acclaim working with the director on his debut feature, Hunger, starring Michael Fassbender. The film was awarded the Camera d’Or at Cannes and earned Bobbitt a British Independent Film Award (BIFA) for Technical Achievement. Subsequently, he collaborated with McQueen on Shame—which earned Bobbitt another BIFA Award nomination and a European Film Award for Best Cinematography—followed by the critically acclaimed, Academy Award winner, 12 Years a Slave, which garnered award nominations for Best Cinematography from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA), and Widows. Bobbitt has also worked frequently with director Michael Winterbottom on films such as Wonderland, Everyday, and The Killer Inside Me. Recent films with other notable directors include Dominic Cooke’s On Chesil Beach and Ironbark; The Rhythm Section with cinematographer-turned-director Reed Morano; David Gordon Green’s Stronger; Mira Nair’s The Queen of Katwe; A Place Beyond the Pines, directed by Derek Cianfrance; Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy. Bobbitt’s television credits include the award-winning Sense and Sensibility, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Cinematography, The Long Firm, which earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography, The Canterbury Tales, for which he won an RTS Award, and the pilot of HBO’s acclaimed series Game of Thrones. Prior to becoming established in narrative film and television, Bobbitt photographed numerous documentaries and served as a news cameraman around the globe, particularly in areas of social and political unrest in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Africa, and Asia. A graduate of Santa Clara University (California) and St. George’s College (England), Bobbitt is a native of Texas who splits his time between the United Kingdom, where he resides, and the United States, where he frequently works.

Filmography

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Marvels

2024

As Self - Director of Photography

Production

Hunger

2008

As Director of Photography

Summer Things

2002

As Director of Photography

Hysteria

2011

As Director of Photography

12 Years a Slave

2013

As Director of Photography

The Place Beyond the Pines

2013

As Director of Photography

Oldboy

2013

As Director of Photography

12 Years a Slave

2013

As Camera Operator

Byzantium

2012

As Camera Operator

Rock the Kasbah

2015

As Director of Photography

Shame

2011

As Director of Photography

The Baker

2007

As Director of Photography

Byzantium

2012

As Director of Photography

Stronger

2017

As Director of Photography

On Chesil Beach

2018

As Director of Photography

Queen of Katwe

2016

As Director of Photography

The Rhythm Section

2020

As Director of Photography

Widows

2018

As Director of Photography

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

As Director of Photography

Static

2009

As Director of Photography

Western Deep

2002

As Director of Photography

Charlotte

2004

As Director of Photography

Dog

2001

As Director of Photography

The Situation

2007

As Director of Photography

The Courier

2020

As Director of Photography

The Marvels

2023

As Director of Photography

The Killer Inside Me

2010

As Additional Director of Photography

Wonderland

1999

As Director of Photography

The Rhythm Section

2020

As "A" Camera Operator

Lawless Heart

2002

As Director of Photography

Weddings and Beheadings

2007

As Director of Photography

Hedda

0000

As Director of Photography

United 93

2006

As Second Unit Cinematographer

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

As Cinematography

Kill the Messenger

2014

As Cinematography

Africa United

2010

As Cinematography

Chunky Monkey

2003

As Cinematography

In the Shadows

0000

As Cinematography

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