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Sean Bobbitt

Sean Bobbitt

Known For Camera
Birthday Nov 29, 1958 (66)
Birthplace Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple

28 Years Later Part 2: The Bone Temple

2026

Director of Photography

The Marvels

The Marvels

2023

Director of Photography

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

Director of Photography

The Rhythm Section

The Rhythm Section

2020

"A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography

The Courier

The Courier

2020

Director of Photography

On Chesil Beach

On Chesil Beach

2018

Director of Photography

Widows

Widows

2018

Director of Photography

Stronger

Stronger

2017

Director of Photography

Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe

2016

Director of Photography

Rock the Kasbah

Rock the Kasbah

2015

Director of Photography

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

2014

Cinematography

12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Oldboy

Oldboy

2013

Director of Photography

The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines

2013

Director of Photography

Byzantium

Byzantium

2013

Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Everyday

Everyday

2012

Director of Photography

Hysteria

Hysteria

2011

Director of Photography

Shame

Shame

2011

Director of Photography

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

2010

Additional Director of Photography

Africa United

Africa United

2010

Cinematography

Static

Static

2009

Director of Photography

Hunger

Hunger

2008

Director of Photography

The Baker

The Baker

2007

Director of Photography

The Situation

The Situation

2007

Director of Photography

Weddings and Beheadings

Weddings and Beheadings

2007

Director of Photography

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

2007

Director of Photography

United 93

United 93

2006

Second Unit Cinematographer

Charlotte

Charlotte

2004

Director of Photography

Chunky Monkey

Chunky Monkey

2003

Cinematography

Lawless Heart

Lawless Heart

2002

Director of Photography

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

Cinematography

Dog

Dog

2001

Director of Photography

Wonderland

Wonderland

1999

Director of Photography

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The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

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