The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography: Factual is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. According to the BAFTA website, for this category the "eligibility is limited to the director of photography."[1]
| British Academy Television Craft Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1992 |
| Currently held by | Marcel Mettelsiefen, Jordan Byron for Children of the Taliban (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
Several categories were presented to recognize photography and lighting in television programming:
- From 1978 to 1991 Best Film Cameramen was presented.
- From 1978 to 1982 Best Television Cameramen was presented.
- In 1978 Best Special Lighting Effects was presented.
- From 1978 to 1980 Best Television Lighting was presented.
- From 1981 to 1994 Best Video Lighting was presented.
In 1992, those categories transformed in two, Best Film or Video Photography - Factual and Best Film or Video Photography - Fiction/Entertainment until 1994 when they would be renamed for the last time, resulting in Best Photography: Factual and Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction respectively.
Winners and nominees
edit1990s
editBest Film or Video Photography - Factual
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Cutting Edge: Casualties | Diane Tammes |
| ITN Coverage of The Gulf Oil Fires | John Boyce | |
| ITN Coverage of The Cruise Missile Attack on Baghdad | Phil Bye | |
| ITN Coverage of The Gulf War | Nigel Thomson | |
| 1993 | Pole to Pole | Nigel Meakin |
| Elizabeth R | Philip Bonham Carter | |
| Survival: A Brush with Nature (Special) | Dieter Plage | |
| Song of the Night | Colin Waldeck | |
| 1994 | Life in the Freezer | |
| Children’s Hospital | Martin Lightening | |
| True Stories: The Unforgiving | Jacek Petrycki | |
| ITN Coverage of The Storming of the Moscow White House and The Civil War in Georgia | Jon Steele, Eugene Campbell | |
Best Photography: Factual
| Year | Title | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Beyond the Clouds | Phil Agland |
| The Nick | Paul Berriff | |
| In the Wild: Dolphins with Robin Williams | ||
| From A to B: Tales of Modern Motoring | Chris Hartley, Dave Bennett, Rob Pascall | |
| 1996 | True Stories: The Betrayed | Jacek Petrycki |
| Wildlife: Great White Shark - The True Story of Jaws (Special) | Paul Atkins, Peter, Scoones, Doug Allen | |
| Secret Asia: The Dying Rooms | Peter Hugh, Brian Woods | |
| The Homecoming | Jacek Petrycki | |
| 1997 | True Stories: Crime of the Wolf | Sergei Astakhov, Alexander Ustinov |
| Great Ormond Street | ||
| The House | Chris Cox, Paul Otter | |
| American Visions | Allan Palmer | |
| 1998 | Wildlife: Polar Bear (Special) | Doug Allan, Martin Saunders |
| Full Circle with Michael Palin | Nigel Meakin | |
| True Stories: The Grave | Richard Ranken | |
| Wildlife: Eagle (Special) | Michael W Richards | |
| 1999 | 42 Up | George Jesse Turner |
| Arena: The Brian Epstein Story | Luke Cardiff | |
| Born To Be Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese | Mike Eley, Warwick Sloss, Gavin Thurston | |
| The Human Body | Chris Hartley, David Barlow, Tim Shepherd, Rob Franklin | |
2000s
edit| Year | Title | Episode | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Wildlife | "Tiger (Special)" | Chip Houseman, Hugh Miles | BBC One |
| Shanghai Vice | Phil Agland | Channel 4 | ||
| Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory and Irvine | Ned Johnston | PBS | ||
| Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure | Nigel Meakin | BBC One | ||
| 2001 | Arena | "Wisconsin Death Trip" | Eigil Bryld | BBC Two |
| Endurance: Shackleton and the Antarctic | Tom Hurwitz, Scott Ransom, Sandi Sissel | Channel 4 | ||
| Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore | David Baillie, Jeremy Pollard, Sion Michel | BBC Two | ||
| Andes to Amazon | ||||
| 2002 | The Blue Planet | BBC One | ||
| Fire, Plague, War and Treason | "The Great Plague" | Simon Bray | Channel 4 | |
| Wild Africa | BBC Two | |||
| Wildlife | "Grizzly - Face to Face (Special)" | Jeff Turner | BBC One | |
| 2003 | Sahara with Michael Palin | Nigel Meakin | BBC One | |
| Edwardian Country House | Chris Hartley | Channel 4 | ||
| The Life of Mammals | BBC One | |||
| The Natural World | "In Search of Killer Ants" | Martin Dohrn | BBC Two | |
| 2004 | Ancient Egyptians | "The Battle of Meggido" | Peter Greenhalgh | Channel 4 |
| George Orwell: A Life in Pictures | Jeff Baynes | BBC Two | ||
| Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | "The Hoover Dam" | Mike Spragg | ||
| Colosseum | Peter Greenhalgh | BBC One | ||
| 2005 | Venice | "Death" | Fred Fabre | BBC Two |
| British Isles – A Natural History | BBC One | |||
| Himalaya with Michael Palin | Nigel Meakin, Peter Meakin | |||
| Bears: Spy in the Woods | Michael W Richards, Geoffrey Bell | |||
| 2006 | Tsunami: 7 Hours on Boxing Day | Paul Otter | BBC One | |
| A Picture of Britain | Fred Fabre | BBC One | ||
| Real Families | "My Skin Could Kill Me" | Chris Holland | ITV | |
| Michael Palin and The Mystery of Hammershoi | Neville Kidd | BBC Four | ||
| 2007 | Simon Schama's Power of Art | Tim Cragg | BBC Two | |
| Breaking Up with The Joneses | Ursula MacFarlane, Saskia Wilson | Channel 4 | ||
| Galapagos | BBC Two | |||
| Planet Earth | BBC One | |||
| 2008 | Tribe | "Nenets" | Wayne Derrick | BBC Two |
| The Natural World | "Wye – Voices from The Valley" | Charlie Hamilton-James, James McPherson | BBC Two | |
| Dispatches | "China’s Stolen Children (Special)" | Jezza Neumann | Channel 4 | |
| The Seven Sins of England | Mark Wolf | |||
| 2009 | A History of Scotland | Neville Kidd | BBC One | |
| The Victorian Sex Explorer | Roger Chapman | Channel 4 | ||
| Amazon with Bruce Parry | Matt Norman | BBC Two | ||
| Ross Kemp in Afghanistan | Andrew Thompson | Sky One | ||
2010s
edit| Year | Title | Episode | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Yellowstone | "Winter" | Camera Team | BBC Two |
| Dispatches | "The Slumdog Children of Mumbai" | Nick Read | Channel 4 | |
| How Earth Made Us | BBC Two | |||
| Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain | Neil Harvey | |||
| Life | "Insects" | Rod Clarke, Kevin Flay | BBC One | |
| 2011 | Human Planet | "Arctic – Life in the Deep Freeze" | Will Edwards, Doug Allan, Matt Norman | BBC One |
| David Attenborough's First Life | Pete Hayns, Paul Williams | BBC Two | ||
| Human Planet | "Oceans – Into the Blue" | Simon Enderby, Robin Cox, Richard Wollocombe | BBC One | |
| "Jungles – People of the Trees" | Gavin Thurston, Robin Cox, Pete Hayns | |||
| 2012 | Frozen Planet | "To the Ends of the Earth" | Camera Team | BBC One |
| Crack House | Sean Bobbitt | BBC One | ||
| Earthflight | "Europe" | Richard Cook, Christian Moullec, Michael W Richards | ||
| True Stories | "Gypsy Blood" | Leo Maguire | Channel 4 | |
| 2013 | Amish: A Secret Life | Steve Robinson | BBC Two | |
| Kingdom of Plants 3D | Tim Cragg, Robert Hollingworth, Tim Shepherd | Sky 3D | ||
| Return to the Falklands | Rupert Binsley | BBC One | ||
| Supersized Earth | Julius Brighton, Paul O'Callaghan | |||
| 2014 | Rebuilding the World Trade Center | Marcus Robinson | Channel 4 | |
| Africa | "Congo" | Camera Team | BBC One | |
| Dispatches | "Syria: Across the Lines" | Olly Lambert | Channel 4 | |
| Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams | Andy Jackson | BBC Four | ||
| 2015 | Dispatches | "Children on the Frontline" | Marcel Mettelsiefen | Channel 4 |
| Life and Death Row | "Execution" | Ben Anthony, Luke Menges | BBC Three | |
| Life Story | "First Steps" | Camera Team | BBC One | |
| Photographing Africa | Richard Jones, Max Hug Williams, Harry Hook | BBC Four | ||
| 2016 | The Hunt | BBC One | ||
| Handmade | "Metal" | Andrew Muggleton | BBC Four | |
| Dispatches | "The Children Who Beat Ebola" | Ben Steele | Channel 4 | |
| Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family | Pete Hayns, Mark Payne-Gill, Luke Barnett | Sky One | ||
| 2017 [2] |
Planet Earth II | "Cities" | John Aitchison, Rob Whitworth, Mark MacEwen | BBC One |
| Planet Earth II | "Deserts" | John Shier, Jonathan Jones, Barrie Britton | BBC One | |
| "Mountains" | John Shier, Mateo Willis, Barrie Britton | |||
| "Jungles" | Tom Crowley, Mark MacEwen, John Brown | |||
| 2018 [3] |
Blue Planet II | "One Ocean" | Camera Team | BBC One |
| Dispatches | "The Fight for Mosul" | Olivier Sarbil | Channel 4 | |
| The Detectives | "Murder on the Streets" | Daniel Vernon, Daniel Dewsbury | BBC Two | |
| Storyville | "Last Men in Aleppo" | Fadi Al-Halabi, Hassan Kattan, Thaer Mohammed | BBC One | |
| 2019 [4] |
Dynasties | "Emperor" | Lindsay McCrae | BBC One |
| Michael Palin in North Korea | Jaimie Gramston | Channel 5 | ||
| Earth's Natural Wonders | "Surviving Against the Odds" | Camera Team | BBC One | |
| The Mighty Redcar | Daniel Dewsbury, Stuart Bernard, Jonny Ashton | BBC Two | ||
2020s
edit| Year | Title | Episode | Recipient(s) | Broadcaster |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 [5][6] |
Seven Worlds, One Planet | Bertie Gregory, Howard Bourne, John Shier | BBC One | |
| Our Planet | "Coastal Seas" | Doug Anderson, Roger Horrocks, Gavin Thurston | Netflix | |
| "Frozen Worlds" | Jamie McPherson, Hector Skevington-Postles, Barrie Britton | |||
| Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein | Patrick Smith, Neil Harvey | BBC Two | ||
| 2021 [7] |
The Great Mountain Sheep Gather | Johnny Shipley, Drone Camera Team, John Livesey | BBC Four | |
| Tiny World | Richard Kirby, Sue Gibson, Max Kölbl, Robert Hollingworth | Apple TV+ | ||
| Fear City: New York vs The Mafia | Tim Cragg | Netflix | ||
| Marina Abramović Takes Over TV | Will Edwards and Michael O'Halloran | Sky Arts | ||
| 2022 [8][9] |
Liverpool Narcos | James Incledon | Sky Documentaries | |
| Tiny World | "Reef" | Doug Anderson, Alex Vail | Apple TV+ | |
| Earth At Night In Color | John Shier, Dawson Dunning | Apple TV+ | ||
| My Childhood, My Country - 20 Years in Afghanistan | Phil Grabsky, Shoaib Sharifi | ITV | ||
| 2023 [10][11] |
Children of the Taliban | Marcel Mettelsiefen, Jordan Byron | Channel 4 | |
| Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive | Steve Jamison | Netflix | ||
| Predators | Sue Gibson, Robin Cox, Florian Schulz, Will Nicholls | Sky Nature | ||
| The Green Planet | "Tropical Worlds" | Tim Shepherd, Oliver Mueller, Todd Kewley, Jessica Mitchell, Sam Lewis | BBC One | |
| 2024 [12] |
The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG | Benedict Sanderson | BBC Two | |
| Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory | Bertie Gregory, Tom Walker, Anna Dimitriadis | Disney+ | ||
| The Man Who Played with Fire | Jean-Louis Schuller | Sky Documentaries | ||
| Dublin Narcos | Narayan Van Maele, Patrick Smith | |||
- Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Camera Team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List". Deadline. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "'Chernobyl' Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards". bbc. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ Szalai, Georg (March 20, 2024). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'The Crown,' 'Black Mirror' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 24, 2024.