Sean Bobbitt

Sean Francis Bobbitt, B.S.C. is a British cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors Steve McQueen and Nia DaCosta. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). For Sense & Sensibility (2008), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Sean Bobbitt
Born	Sean Francis Bobbitt Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1988–present

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1999	Wonderland	Michael Winterbottom
2001	Lawless Heart	Tom Hunsinger Neil Hunter
2002	Summer Things	Michel Blanc
2006	Cargo	Clive Gordon
	The Situation	Philip Haas
2007	The Baker	Gareth Lewis
	Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution	Bille Eltringham
2008	Hunger	Steve McQueen
2010	Africa United	Debs Gardner-Paterson
2011	Shame	Steve McQueen
	Hysteria	Tanya Wexler
2012	Everyday	Michael Winterbottom	With Annenarie Lean-Vercoe, James Clark, Simon Tindall and Marcel Zyskind
	The Place Beyond the Pines	Derek Cianfrance
	Byzantium	Neil Jordan
2013	12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen
	Oldboy	Spike Lee
2014	Kill the Messenger	Michael Cuesta
2015	Rock the Kasbah	Barry Levinson
2016	Queen of Katwe	Mira Nair
2017	On Chesil Beach	Dominic Cooke
	Stronger	David Gordon Green
2018	Widows	Steve McQueen
2020	The Courier	Dominic Cooke
	The Rhythm Section	Reed Morano
2021	Judas and the Black Messiah	Shaka King
2023	The Marvels	Nia DaCosta
2025	Hedda
2026	28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director
2012	Trashed	Candida Brady

Television

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1994	Watergate	Mick Gold	Documentary series
1998	Ancient Inventions	Daniel Percival Phil Grabsky
2003	Canterbury Tales	Marc Munden Julian Jarrold	Episodes "The Knight's Tale" and "The Man of Law's Tale"
2004	The Long Firm	Bille Eltringham
2008	Sense and Sensibility	John Alexander
2009	Unforgiven	David Evans
2016	Codes of Conduct	Steve McQueen

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Stephen Whittaker
	Sweet Revenge	David Morrissey
2002	Jeffrey Archer: The Truth	Guy Jenkin
2003	Second Generation	Jon Sen

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Note
2002	Spooks	Rob Bailey	Episodes "One Last Dance" and "Traitor's Gate"

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Awards/Nominations
2013	12 Years a Slave	Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography
2021	Judas and the Black Messiah	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Black Reel Award for Outstanding Cinematography

External links

• Sean Bobbitt at IMDb
• Interview with Bright Lights Film Journal