Remi Adefarasin

Remi Adefarasin (born 2 February 1948) is an English cinematographer.

Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC
Born	(1948-02-02) 2 February 1948 (age 77)[1] London, England
Years active	1968–present
Spouse	Jaya Adefarasin

For his work on Elizabeth (1998), he became the first black person to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.^[2][3]

Education and career

He studied photography and filmmaking at the Harrow College, and then started his career as a camera trainee at BBC-TV's Ealing Studios.

Adefarasin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to television and film.^[4]

Personal life

Adefarasin is married and has three sons.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Anthony Minghella
1992	The Hummingbird Tree	Noella Smith
1994	Great Moments in Aviation	Beeban Kidron
	Captives	Angela Pope
1996	Hollow Reed
1998	Sliding Doors	Peter Howitt
	Elizabeth	Shekhar Kapur
1999	Onegin	Martha Fiennes
2000	The House of Mirth	Terence Davies
2002	About a Boy	Paul Weitz Chris Weitz
	Unconditional Love	P. J. Hogan
	The One and Only	Simon Cellan Jones
2003	Johnny English	Peter Howitt
	The Haunted Mansion	Rob Minkoff
2004	In Good Company	Paul Weitz
2005	Match Point	Woody Allen
2006	Scoop
	Amazing Grace	Michael Apted
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Shekhar Kapur
	Fred Claus	David Dobkin
2010	Cemetery Junction	Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant
	Little Fockers	Paul Weitz
2012	The Cold Light of Day	Mabrouk El Mechri
2015	Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Christopher N. Rowley
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Burr Steers
	Me Before You	Thea Sharrock
	David Brent: Life on the Road	Ricky Gervais
2018	Juliet, Naked	Jesse Peretz
	Where Hands Touch	Amma Asante
2019	Fighting with My Family	Stephen Merchant
	The Last Vermeer	Dan Friedkin
2020	Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey	David E. Talbert
2021	Locked Down	Doug Liman
2022	What's Love Got to Do with It?	Shekhar Kapur
2023	Locked In	Nour Wazzi
2025	My Oxford Year †	Iain Morris

Television

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1984	All the World's a Stage'	Michael Elliott Bob Lockyer William Slater	Episode "Prologue: Makers of Magic"
1986	The December Rose	Renny Rye
1988	Christabel	Adrian Shergold
1989	Summer's Lease	Martyn Friend
1991	Sleeper	Geoffrey Sax
1992	Goodbye Cruel World	Adrian Shergold
	Black and White in Color	Isaac Julien
1995	The Buccaneers	Philip Saville
1996	Into the Fire	Jane Howell
	Cold Lazarus	Renny Rye	With Ashley Rowe
2000	Arabian Nights	Steve Barron
2001	Band of Brothers	Richard Loncraine Tom Hanks David Leland Tony To David Frankel	5 episodes
2010	The Pacific	Tim Van Patten David Nutter Carl Franklin Tony To	5 episodes
2023	Secret Invasion	Ali Selim

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1998	Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	Elizabeth	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2001	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series	Band of Brothers (For episode "The Patrol")	Nominated
2010			The Pacific (For episode "Part 5")	Nominated