The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction 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."
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 - Fiction/Entertainment and Best Film or Video Photography - Factual until 1994 when they would be renamed for the last time, resulting in Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction and Best Photography: Factual respectively.
Winners and nominees 1970s Best Film Cameramen Year Recipient(s) Title1978 Chris Menges Last SummerChicago Streets Graham Barker Goodbye Longfellow Road Peter Bartlett Eustace And HildaThe Three HostagesA Hymn from Jim Philip Bonham Carter OmnibusMoney On The Wall John Else The Long Search Peter Hall Marie CurieRipping YarnsCount Dracula John Hooper Omnibus: A Day in the Garden Peter Jackson A Chink In The Wall Kenneth MacMillan A Royal Heritage Tony Maynard, Jeff Shepherd Love for Lydia Philip Meheux Spend, Spend, Spend Arthur Smith Living On The Land Alan Stevens Open University: Mass Communications and Society - ABC in Kansas City Ian Stone For Continued Excellence Years Of Work George Jesse Turner The ChristiansWorld in Action Colin Waldeck Chronicle: The Acquisitors David Watkin, Armando Nannuzi Jesus of Nazareth David Wood Blind Love1979 David Whitson, Maurice Tibbles The Voyage of Charles Darwin Elmer Cossey The Lost Boys Mike Fash The One and Only Phyllis Dixey Chris Menges Opium: The White Powder Opera
Best Television Cameramen Year Recipient(s) Title1978 Albert Almond, Roy Easton Rock Follies of '77 Dick Bunn Glyndebourne Opera David Gautier The Mayor of Casterbridge Mike Hobbs Thames OB's and OB Drama Dave Mutton Pennies from Heaven Dave Taylor Brass Tacks1979 John Chapman The Kenny Everett Video Show (Inserts) Albert Almond, Roy Easton Edward & Mrs. Simpson Derek Doe Lillie Dave Mutton Pennies from Heaven
Best Special Lighting Effects Year Title Recipient(s)1978 Rock Follies of '77 Bob Simmons, Malcolm Harrison
Best Television Lighting Year Title Recipient(s)1978 Macbeth John Treays Hard Times Wilf Batty The Ambassadors Denis Channon Ghosts Bob Grey Rock Follies of '77 Malcolm Harrison, Bob Simmons Kilvert's Diary David Jackson Love for Lydia Colin Innes-Hopkins, Trevor Saunders Count Dracula Howard King Three WeeksMoths Bill Lee Tommy Steele and a Show David Motture Anna KareninaMarried Love John Summers Marie Curie Clive Thomas St Paul’s Cathedral - A Day of Celebration Harry Thomas The Ghosts of Motley Hall Mike Thompson1979 The Lost Boys Sam Barclay Edward & Mrs. Simpson Bill Lee, Malcolm Harrison Pennies from Heaven Dave Sydenham Lillie Bert Wilkins, Colin Innes-Hopkins
1980s Best Film Cameramen Year Recipient(s) Title1980 Tony Pierce Roberts Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Nat Crosby Katie, The Year Of The ChildBlue Remembered HillsLong Distance Information Maurice Fisher and Camera Team Life on Earth John Tiley, Colin Munn Testament of Youth1981 Tony Pierce-Roberts, John Else Caught on a Train Derek Banks Strangeways Peter Hannan Blade on the Feather Wolfgang Suschitzky Staying OnWorzel Gummidge1982 Nat Crosby Autumn SunshineGoing Gently Ray Goode Brideshead Revisited Norman Langley Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Peter Middleton The South Bank Show: Nickleby and Company Ian Wilson The Flame Trees of Thika1983 Kenneth MacMillan Smiley's People Nat Crosby Intensive CareSoft TargetsBallroom of RomanceCruel Garden Chris Menges WalterLooks and SmilesEast 103rd Street Tony Pierce-Roberts P'tang, Yang, KipperbangA Voyage Round My Father1984 Nat Crosby An Englishman Abroad/Farmers Arms Jim Howlett Saigon, Year of the Cat Peter Jessop Reilly, Ace of Spies Ernest Vincze Kennedy1985 Andrew Dunn Threads Jack Cardiff The Far Pavilions Ray Goode The Jewel in the Crown Ken Westbury Doctor Fischer of Geneva1986 Andrew Dunn Edge of Darkness Kenneth MacMillan Bleak House Hugh Miles, Martin Saunders Kingdom of The Ice Bear Ken Westbury Tender is the Night1987 Nat Crosby The Insurance Man Andrew Dunn The Monocled MutineerKenneth MacMillan Day After the Fair Hotel Du Lac Mike Reed Paradise Postponed Ken Westbury The Singing Detective1988 Phil Agland Baka: People of the Rain Forest Elmer Cossey A Perfect Spy David Feig Fortunes of War Dick Pope Porterhouse Blue1989 Andrew Dunn Tumbledown Remi Adefarasin Christabel Camera Team Supersense Ernie Vincze A Very British Coup
Best Television Cameramen Year Recipient(s) Title1980 John Chapman Light Weight Camerawork Peter Coombs Macbeth Geoff Feld Testament of YouthSuez 1956 Rodney Taylor Prince Regent1981 Geoff Feld The Merchant of VeniceThe Fatal SpringWe, The Accused Ron Green Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeThérèse Raquin Dave Mutton Pride and Prejudice Rod Taylor OppenheimerTo Serve Them All My Days1982 Jim Atkinson All's Well That Ends WellOthelloTimon of AthensTroilus and Cressida Geoff Feld The Cherry Orchard Dave Mutton The Journal of Bridget Hitler Dave Ramsey PygmalionLike I've Never Been Gone
Best Television Lighting Year Title Recipient(s)1980 Testament of YouthMatilda's England Dave Sydenham MacbethRumpole of the Bailey Louis Bottone Crime and PunishmentSuez 1956 Howard King Churchill and the Generals Nigel Wright
Best Video Lighting Year Title Recipient(s)1981 Thérèse RaquinDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Howard King The Merchant of Venice Dennis Channon We, The AccusedPride and Prejudice Dave Sydenham Oppenheimer Clive Thomas The Taming of the Shrew John Treays1982 The Cherry Orchard: The Journal of Bridget Hitler Howard King PygmalionEden EndCupid's Darts Brian Hilton Tenko Alan Horne The Borgias Dave Sydenham1983 La RondeJohn DavidToo Late To Talk To BillyFrost In May Clive Thomas Boys from the Blackstuff Dick Bentley Nicholas Nickleby Tony Imi The Barchester Chronicles/Nancy Astor Howard King1984 Hot Shoe Show Bill Millar The Comedy of ErrorsThe Gathering SeedThe Last DayEvents in a MuseumDombey and Son Dave Sydenham ReithMy Cousin RachelGood BehaviourThe Tale of Beatrix Potter Clive Thomas King Lear Chris White1985 The Box of Delights John Mason Tenko Peter Catlett The Hot Shoe Show Dickie Higham, Bill Millar Oxbridge Blues Dave Sydenham1986 L'Enfance Du Christ Luigi Bottone, Andy Andrews Oliver Twist Bob Chaplin Cyrano de Bergerac John Treays The Mysteries: The Nativity John Treays1987 The Life and Loves of a She-Devil John King Fire and Ice John Fyfe, Colin Innes-Hopkins All Passion Spent Howard King, Colin Widgery First Among Equals Peter Nolan Cosi Fan Tutte John Summers Bluebell Clive Thomas, Peter Greenyer1988 The Charmer Trevor Saunders Vanity Fair David Cannings Bushell Tutti Frutti James Maiden The Dorothy L Sayers Mysteries Clive Thomas1989 The Chronicles of Narnia John Mason The Kirov Ballet Live in Britain Clive Potter A Cream Cracker under the Settee Clive Thomas La Traviata Brian Turner
1990s Best Film Cameramen Year Recipient(s) Title Broadcaster1990 Clive Tickner Traffik Channel 4 Michael Davis Inspector Morse ITV Nigel Meakin Around the World in 80 Days (for "Episodes 1-4") BBC One Nigel Walters Around the World in 80 Days (for "Episodes 5-7")1991 Camera Team The Trials of Life BBC One Paul Wheeler Inspector Morse ITV Ian Punter House of Cards BBC One Ian Punter Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit BBC Two
Best Video Lighting Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1990 The Ginger Tree Clive Thomas BBC One The Chronicles of Narnia John Mason BBC Casualty Chris Watts BBC One Bomber Harris Clive Thomas 1991 Boon Derek Constable, Keith Reed ITV Drop the Dead Donkey Keith Reed Channel 4 Una Stravaganza Dei Medici Luigi Bottone The Chronicles of Narnia John Mason BBC1992 Not awarded1993 Tales from Hollywood Duncan Brown BBC Two Casualty Nick Hollingbury BBC One The House of Eliott Chris Townsend Gladiators Brian Pearce ITV1994 Porgy and Bess Chris Townsend PBS Gladiators Brian Pearce ITV Casualty (for "Episodes 1, 5, 12 & 15") Cedric Rich BBC One Hedda Gabler Clive Thomas BBC Two
Best Film or Video Photography - Fiction/Entertainment Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1992 Prime Suspect Ken Morgan ITV G.B.H. Peter Jessop Channel 4 Clarissa John McGlashan BBC Inspector Morse (for "Programmes 1-4") Paul Wheeler ITV1993 The Borrowers Clive Tickner BBC Two The Big Battalions Chris O'Dell Channel 4 Memento Mori Remi Adefarasin BBC Two Natural Lies John McGlashan BBC1994 Cracker Ivan Strasburg ITV The Buddha of Suburbia John McGlashan BBC Two The Borrowers Clive Tickner Scarlet and Black John McGlashan BBC One
Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster1995 Family Daf Hobson BBC One Finney Kevin Rowley ITV Middlemarch Brian Tufano BBC Two The Rector’s Wife Witold Stok Channel 41996 Persuasion John Daly BBC Two The Politician's Wife Tom McDougal Channel 4 Prime Suspect David Odd ITV McCallum Brian Morgan1997 The Final Passage Nic Knowland Channel 4 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Daf Hobson BBC One Truth or Dare Richard Greatrex Our Friends in the North John Daly, John Kenway, Simon Kossoff BBC Two1998 The Woman in White Richard Greatrex BBC One Holding On Peter Middleton, Alan Stewart BBC Two The Lakes Daf Hobson BBC One Touching Evil David Odd ITV1999 Far from the Madding Crowd John Daly BBC Two Vanity Fair Oliver Curtis BBC One Cold Feet Peter Middleton ITV Our Mutual Friend David Odd BBC Two
2000s Year Title Recipient(s) Broadcaster2000 Wives and Daughters Fred Tammes BBC One Great Expectations David Odd BBC Two David Copperfield Andy Collins BBC One Warriors Richard Greatrex 2001 Longitude Peter Hannan Channel 4 Clocking Off Peter Greenhalgh BBC One Lorna Doone Chris Seager Anna Karenina Ryszard Lenczewski Channel 42002 Othello Daf Hobson ITV Clocking Off Peter Greenhalgh BBC One The Way We Live Now Chris Seager Perfect Strangers Cinders Forshaw BBC Two2003 Bloody Sunday Ivan Strasburg ITV Shackleton Henry Braham Channel 4 White Teeth David Odd Daniel Deronda Fred Tammes BBC One2004 Charles II: The Power and the Passion Ryszard Lenczewski BBC One Cambridge Spies David Higgs BBC Two State of Play Chris Seager BBC One The Lost Prince Barry Ackroyd2005 Sex Traffic Chris Seager Channel 4 The Long Firm Sean Bobbit BBC Two Spooks Simon Chaudoir BBC One Dirty Filthy Love David Odd ITV2006 The Girl in the Café Chris Seager BBC One To the Ends of the Earth Ulf Brantas BBC Two Bleak House Kieran McGuigan BBC One Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky John Daly BBC Four2007 Shoot the Messenger David Katznelson BBC Two Longford Danny Cohen Channel 4 Tsunami: The Aftermath John De Borman BBC One Terry Pratchett's Hogfather Gavin Finney Sky12008 Boy A Rob Hardy Channel 4 Spooks Damian Bromley BBC One Joe's Palace Danny Cohen Skins Nick Dance E42009 Wallander Anthony Dod Mantle BBC One The Devil's Whore Julian Court Channel 4 House of Saddam Florian Hoffmeister BBC Two White Girl Wojciech Szepel
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