British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Photography: Factual British Academy Television Craft Award
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]
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
1990s
Best Film or Video Photography - Factual
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
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
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
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
References
^ "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 .
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