IEC
Courtesy of Remi Adefarasin
REMI ADEFARASIN BSC
Born: 2 February 1948, London, UK.
Education: Harrow Art School [Photography & Filmmaking].
Career: Started his career as camera trainee at BBC-tv's Ealing Studios.
Ph commercials dir by Samuel Abrahams, Jeff Thomas, a.o.
Was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire [OBE] in the 2012 New Year Honors for services to television and film.
His sons Rene [1976-], Ben and John are c.asst.
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2005, Jon Fauer; ph: J. Fauer, Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller & David Morgan].
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1989] for 'Christabel'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1993] for 'Memento Mori'; BAFTA Film Award [1999], BSC Award [1999], 'Oscar' AA nom [1999], ASC Award nom [1999], Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [1999] & CFCA Award nom [1999] for 'Elizabeth'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000] for 'Onegin'; 'Emmy' Award nom [2002] for 'Band of Brothers' ['Part 8: The Last Patrol']; 'Emmy' Award nom [2010] for 'The Pacific' [ep #5].
'Band of Brothers'
[2000]:
Remi Adefarasin and Joel Ransom viewed each other's dailies. "We
did a lot of talking during prep and both hoped to go down the same
road," Adefarasin says, "but the scripts were by different
writers with different directors and each story had a different slant.
I felt each episode should have a different look as long as there is
some consistency. Look at those documentaries made during the war by
hundreds of different cameramen. It's still World War II."
Honesty was the watchword for Adefarasin. "We wanted it to look
as if a modern documentary team had dropped into the war zone and
covered events as they were unfolding," he says. "We limited
crane shots and other devices that distance the audience from the
feeling that it is actually happening. I used color correction filters
but hardly anything else on the lenses. The directors, my operators
[Martin Kenzie and Alan Stewart] and I viewed hours of documentary
footage and read books documenting the war to prepare. Some of the
most memorable moments come during a spectacular event that we witness
through a single person's plight." Like Ransom, Adefarasin gave
careful consideration to framing epic events for display on television
screens. "We tried hard not to get too close and lose body
language," he says. "We saved close-ups for special
moments." [From KODAK InCamera website, October 2001.]
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1976 |
Sports et divertissements [Leszek Burzynski] b&w; mus short/15m |
|
1990 |
Truly, Madly, Deeply/Cello [Anthony Minghella] c; vfx cons: Ian Legg; originally made as a tvm |
|
1993 |
Captives [Angela Pope] c; 2uc: Peter Chapman; originally made as a tvm |
|
1995 |
Hollow Reed/Believe Me [Angela Pope] c |
|
1995 |
The English Patient [Anthony Minghella] c; 2uc; ph: John Seale |
|
1997 |
Sliding Doors [Peter Howitt] c |
|
1997 |
Elizabeth [: The Virgin Queen] [Shekhar Kapur] c |
|
1998 |
Onegin [Martha Fiennes] c |
|
1999 |
The House of Mirth [Terence Davies] Hawk Scope/c |
|
1999 |
Unconditional Love/Who Shot Victor Fox? [P.J. Hogan] p/c; 2u addph: Alan Stewart; aph: John Trapman |
|
2001 |
About a Boy [Chris & Paul Weitz] s35/c |
|
2001 |
The One and Only [Simon Cellan Jones] c |
|
2002 |
Johnny English [Peter Howitt] c; 2uc: John Daly; aph: Adam Dale |
|
2003 |
The Haunted Mansion [Rob Minkoff] s35/c; addph: David Seekins; aph: Ralph Mendoza |
|
2004 |
In Good Company/Synergy [Paul Weitz] c |
|
2004 |
Match Point [Woody Allen] c |
[Right] with dir Woody Allen - "Scoop"
|
2005 |
Scoop [Woody Allen] c |
|
2005 |
Amazing Grace [Michael Apted] c; 2uc: Martin Kenzie |
|
2006 |
Elizabeth: The Golden Age [Shekhar Kapur] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Alan Stewart; 2u addph: David Katznelson; uwph: Mark Silk; spec pfx: Chris Emposimato |
|
2006 |
Fred Claus [David Dobkin] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc UK (+ 2ud): Shaun O'Dell; 2uc Chicago: Michael Kohnhorst; 3uc UK (+ c.op): Alan Stewart; aph 2u Chicago: David B. Nowell; filmed 2006-07 |
|
2009 |
Cemetery Junction [Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant] s35/c |
|
2009 |
Little Fockers/Meet the Fockers Sequel [Paul Weitz] s35-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Oliver Wood |
|
2010 |
The Cold Light of Day [Mabrouk El Mechri] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Daniel Aranyó; aph: Steven Desbrow |
|
2011 |
Shadow Dancer [James Marsh] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc; ph: Rob Hardy |
|
2012 |
Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism/Molly Moon: The Incredible Hypnotist [Christopher N. Rowley] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus & Studio)/c; 2uc: Alan Stewart; addph: Daniel Bronks; released in 2015 |
|
2014 |
Everest [Baltasar Kormákur] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-D-Cinema (scope [also 3-D version])/c; co-2uc (UK); ph: Salvatore Totino |
|
2014 |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies [Burr Steers] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Alan Stewart |
|
2015 |
Me Before You [Thea Sharrock] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-digital (scope)/c; aph: Jeremy Braben; uwph: Txema Vega |
|
2015 |
David Brent: Life on the Road [Ricky Gervais] HD/c; aph: Jeremy Braben |
|
2016 |
Where Hands Touch [Amma Asante] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Master Scope)/c |
|
2017 |
Fighting with My Family [Stephen Merchant] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Master Scope)/c |
|
2017 |
Juliet, Naked [Jesse Peretz] HD (ARRI ALEXA SXT/Master Scope & Mini/Master Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c |
|
2018 |
Lyrebird [Dan Friedkin] HD (ARRI ALEXA LF)-to-D-Cinema/c |
| TELEVISION [for BBC-tv until 1995] | |
|---|---|
|
1973 |
Parents and Children [ep 'Toys in Perspective' prod by Eurfron Gwynne Jones] doc series; cph: Bill Matthews |
|
1976 |
Blue Peter Special Assignment - Historic Homes [ep #4.6 'Raleigh at Sherborne Castle' dir by Harry Cowdy] 35-part (x 30m) doc series, 1973-81; 4th season, 1976 |
|
1976 |
Summer of 76 [ep #5 'The Fun of the Fair' prod by Julian Cooper] 7-part (x 50m) doc series |
|
1977 |
Blasphemy at the Old Bailey [Hugh David] dram doc/75m; co-courtroom ph: Fintan Sheehan; doc ph: Keith Hopper & John Baker; ep series 'Everyman' |
|
1979 |
The New Zimbabwe [prod: Ben Shephard] doc/50m; ep series 'Chronicle' (1980) |
|
1979 |
Hi-de-Hi! ['Hey Diddle Diddle' dir by David Croft] pilot/40m (1980); ph film seq; followed by 57-part series, 1981-88 |
|
1980 |
The British Greats [Margaret Sharp] 5-part (x 50m) doc series ('Peter Finch', 'Robert Donat', 'Jack Hawkins', 'Leslie Howard' & 'Gracie Fields'); cph: Brian Jones |
|
1980 |
Grown-Ups [Mike Leigh] tvm; ep series 'Playhouse' |
|
1980 |
Grange Hill [ep #4.12 & #4.14 dir by Colin Cant] 601-part series, 1978-2008; 4th season, 1980-81; ph film seq |
|
1981 |
Causeway's End [Andrew Gosling] doc/35m; cph: Martin Patmore |
|
1981 |
Home Sweet Home [Mike Leigh] tvm; ep #270 of series 'Play for Today' |
|
1981 |
The Guest [Paul Bamborough] tvm; ep series 'Playhouse' |
|
1981 |
In My Fashion [prod: Sandra Gregory] doc/35m |
|
1982 |
Mike Leigh Making Plays [series prod: Alan Yentob] doc/81m; ep series 'Arena' |
|
1982 |
Eliza Doolittle Goes to Bombay [prod: Julian Cooper] doc/50m; ep series 'The World About Us' |
|
1982 |
Racism - The Fourth R [made by the All London Teachers Against Racism and Fascism] doc/30m; ep series 'Open Door' |
|
1982 |
The File on Jill Hatch [Alastair Reid] 3-part miniseries (1983); ph UK; ph USA: Mike Fash |
|
1982 |
Jury [various] 13-part series; ph film seq |
|
1982 |
Doctor Who [ep #598-601 'Terminus' dir by Mary Ridge & #606-607 'The King's Demons' dir by Tony Virgo] 700-part series, 1963-89; 20th season, 1983 |
|
1983 |
Wheels of Fire [ep #5 'If It Can Happen Here' dir by Julian Stenhouse (JS) & #10 'Next Year, Maybe...' dir by JS] 10-part (x 30m) doc series (a look at the social problems in India) |
|
1983 |
Dirk Bogarde [prod: Saxon Logan] doc/65m; ep arts series 'Omnibus' |
|
1983 |
Stan's Last Game [Gavin Millar] tvm/63m; ep #292 of series 'Play for Today' |
|
1983 |
Under the Hammer [Richard Wilson] tvm; ep #299 of series 'Play for Today' |
|
1983 |
The Case of the Frightened Lady [Christopher Menaul] tvm |
|
1983 |
Amy [Nat Crosby] tvm |
|
1984 |
S.O.E - Special Operations Executive [ep #3 'Subversion' & #8 'Arms and the Dragon' prod by Vivienne King] 8-part (x 60m) doc series/b&w-c |
|
1984 |
Life Power [ep 'Biology Becomes Big Business' & 'The Chemistry of Life' dir by Paul Simons] doc series |
|
1984 |
Four Days in July [Mike Leigh] tvm |
|
1984 |
What's Cuba Playing At? [Michael Dibb] mus doc/75m; ep (exploring the Afro-Spanish roots of Cuban music) of series 'Arena' |
|
1984 |
Sir Garfield Sobers: Cricketer [prod: Jeff Goddard] doc/40m; ep (1985) series 'Maestro' (1979-89) |
|
1985 |
The December Rose [Renny Rye] 6-part series, 1986 |
|
1985 |
Big Deal [ep #16 'Guv'nor' dir by Jeremy Summers] 30-part (x 50m) comedy series, 1984-86; 2nd series, 1985 (10 ep) |
|
1985 |
Henry Moore [presenter: John Read; prod: Rosemary Bowen-Jones] doc/b&w-c/50m; archive ph: Walter Lassally, Henry Farrar, Peter Hall, a.o.; ep series 'Arena' (1986) |
|
1986 |
Bergerac [ep #46 'Thanks for Everything' dir by Richard Bramall] 87-part series, 1981-91; 5th season, 1987; cph: Jon Keeping |
|
1986 |
Shiftwork [Angela Pope] tvm/55m; ep series 'Screenplay' |
|
1986 |
Big Deal [ep #25 'The Chicken and the Egg' dir by Jeremy Summers] 3rd series, 1986 (10 ep); see 1985 |
|
1986 |
Shoot for the Sun [Ian Knox] tvm |
|
1986 |
Night Moves [Jeff Perks] doc/60m; ep series 'Arena' (1987); was scheduled for airing in December 1986, but the program was suspended following allegations from the Mail on Sunday that 'top motor firms' had 'secretly paid' for a favorable program on the road haulage industry; was shown on BBC2-tv in April 1987 |
|
1986 |
Murder on the Bluebell Line [John Lynch] doc/35m; ep series 'Q.E.D.' (1987) |
|
1986 |
Dennis Potter [prod: Anthony Wall] interview/61m; ep series 'Arena' (1987) |
|
1987 |
Dead Lucky [Barbara Rennie] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1987 |
Sweet as You Are [Angela Pope] tvm/70m; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1987 |
Love After Lunch [Edward Bennett] tvm; ep series 'Sunday Premiere' |
|
1987 |
Shadow On the Earth [Chris Bernard] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1987 |
The Other Graham Greene [Nigel Finch] doc/60m; ep series 'Arena' |
|
1987 |
Secrets of Strangers with Alice Thomas Ellis [prod: Nadia Haggar] doc/50m; ep series 'Bookmark' |
|
1987 |
Thinking [James Burge] doc (5 chapters)/50m; ep series 'Horizon' (1988) |
|
1988 |
Christabel [Adrian Shergold] 4-part miniseries; also feature version (148m) |
|
1988 |
Release [Philip Bonham-Carter] mus short/45m; ep 4-part series 'Sound on Film' |
|
1988 |
Dream Baby [Angela Pope] tvm |
|
1989 |
Testimony of a Child [Peter Smith] tvm/65m; ep series 'Screenplay' |
|
1989 |
Pipe Dreams [Angela Pope] mus doc/55m; ep arts series 'Omnibus' |
|
1989 |
Summer's Lease [Martyn Friend] 4-part miniseries; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
|
1989 |
Children Crossing [Angela Pope] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1990 |
Buongiorno Italia! [ep #18 'Com'era una volta?' & #19 'Parliamo un po' prod by Maddalena Fagandini] 20-part (x 25m) educational (introduction to the Italian language and life) series |
|
1990 |
Land of Dreams [Diarmuid Lawrence] tvm; ep series 'Screenplay' |
|
1990 |
News Hounds [Les Blair] tvm/16mm; ep series 'Screen One' |
|
1990 |
Hallelujah Anyhow [Matthew Jacobs] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1991 |
Sleepers [Geoffrey Sax] 4-part miniseries |
|
1991 |
The Lost Language of Cranes [Nigel Finch] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1991 |
Goodbye Cruel World [Adrian Shergold] 3-part miniseries |
|
1991 |
Memento Mori [Jack Clayton] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1992 |
Bitter Harvest [Simon Cellan Jones] tvm; ep series 'Screenplay' |
|
1992 |
The Machine That Changed the World [ep #1 'Giant Brains' dir by Fiona Holmes, #3 'The Paperback Computer' dir by Jon Palfreman & Robert Hone & #4 'The Thinking Machine' dir by Jon Palfreman] 5-part doc series; ph dram seq; cph: Richard Adam (#1), Andy Elliott (#1), Peter Hoving (#1, 3 & 4), Michael Chin (#3 & 4) & Brian Dowley (#3 & 4) |
|
1992 |
Black and White in Colour: Television, Memory, Race [Isaac Julien] 2-part doc/b&w-c/2x 58m (#1: '1936-1968' & #2: '1968-1992') |
|
1992 |
The Hummingbird Tree [Noella Smith] tvm; ep series 'Screen One' |
|
1992 |
Great Moments in Aviation/Shades of Fear [Beeban Kidron] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1992 |
Chef! [ep #1 'Personnel', #2 'Beyond the Pass', #3 'Subject to Contract', #4 'The Big Cheese', #5 'Fame Is the Spur' & #6 'Rice and Peas' dir by John Birkin] 20-part (incl 1 special) series, 1993-96; 1st season, 1993 |
|
1993 |
Wide Eyed and Legless/The Wedding Gift [Richard Loncraine] tvm; ep series 'Screen One' |
|
1993 |
Money for Nothing/Hot Millions [Michael Ockrent] tvm/16mm; ep series 'Screen One' |
|
1993 |
Midnight Movie [Renny Rye] tvm; ep series 'Screen Two' |
|
1994 |
The Fast Show/Brilliant! [ep #1-6 dir by Arch Dyson] 25-part sketch show, 1994-2000; 1st season |
|
1994 |
The Buccaneers [Philip Saville] 5-part miniseries; in USA 3-part ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre' |
|
1994 |
Into the Fire [Jane Howell] 3-part miniseries |
|
1995 |
Rock & Roll/Dancing in the Street - A Rock and Roll History [ep (UK: #7) 'The Wild Side/Hang on to Yourself' dir by Hugh Thomson] 10-part (x 60m) mus doc series/b&w-c; cph: Robert Payton & Ian Salvage; for PBS-tv (1995) & BBC2-tv (1996) |
|
1995 |
Cold Lazarus [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries |
|
1996 |
Human Bomb [Anthony Page] tvm |
|
1996 |
[Jane Austen's] Emma [Diarmuid Lawrence] tvm |
|
1997 |
The Ebb-Tide [Nicholas Renton] tvm |
|
1999 |
Arabian Nights [Steve Barron] 2-part tvm; 2uc: John Ignatius |
|
2000 |
Band of Brothers [ep #2 'Day of Days' dir by Richard Loncraine, #5 'Crossroads' dir by Tom Hanks, #6 'Bastogne' dir by David Leland, #8 'The Last Patrol' dir by Tony To & #9 'Why We Fight' dir by David Frankel] 10-part miniseries/35mm+HD (interv seg)-to-dv, 2001; other ph: Joel Ransom (5 ep); see above |
"The Pacific"
|
2007 |
The Pacific [ep #1 'Guadalcanal/Leckie' dir by Tim Van Patten (TVP), #2 'Basilone' dir by David Nutter, #5 'Peleliu Landing' dir by Carl Franklin, #6 'Peleliu Airfield' dir by Tony To & #7 'Peleliu Hills' dir by TVP] 10-part miniseries/HD+s35-to-HD (1.78:1); other ph: Stephen F. Windon (5 ep); vfx ph: Richard Chapelle |
| TELEVISION AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
|---|---|
|
1968 |
The Borderers [various; series] c.asst; ph: Alan Jonas |
|
1969 |
Happy [Marc Miller; tvm] c.asst; ph: Alan Jonas |
|
1970 |
The Roads to Freedom [James Cellan Jones; series] c.asst; ph: John McGlashan |
|
1971 |
The Runaway Summer [Mary Ridge; miniseries] c.asst; ph: Bill Matthews |
|
1972 |
Fish [Anna Home; children's miniseries] c.op; ph: Bill Matthews |
|
1973 |
Wessex Tales [ep 'An Imaginative Woman' dir by Gavin Millar; series] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1973 |
Parents and Children [ep 'Talking Pictures' prod by Eurfron Gwynne Jones & Rodney Bennett; doc series] c.asst; ph: Bill Matthews |
|
1974 |
Steven [Brian Parker; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1974 |
Dial M for Murder [ep #3 'The Vineyard' dir by Gerald Blake; series] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1974 |
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil [John Mackenzie; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1974 |
Robinson Crusoe [James MacTaggart; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1974 |
The Enemy Within [Les Blair; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1974 |
Sunset Across the Bay [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1975 |
The Evacuees [Alan Parker; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1975 |
The Five-Minute Films [Mike Leigh; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1975 |
Daft As a Brush [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1975 |
Three Men in a Boat [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1975 |
Moll Flanders [Donald McWhinnie; 2-part tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1976 |
Play Things [Stephen Frears; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1976 |
Rogue Male [Clive Donner; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1976 |
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape [Clive Rees; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
|
1977 |
The Price of Coal [Ken Loach; 2-part tvm]; c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano |
