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#1: From interview [DP/30, 2014]
#2: From interview [efti-tv]
BRADFORD YOUNG ASC
Born: 6 July 1977, Louisville, Kentucky, as Bradford Marcel Young.
Education: Howard University, Washington, D.C. [Film].
Career: Moved to Chicago at age 15 to live with his father. At Howard University, he was strongly influenced by filmmaker Haile Gerima.
Ph commercials dir by Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Romanek, Isaiah Seret, Derek Cianfrance, a.o.
Ph music videos dir by Andre Wilkins, Isaiah Seret ['Plant Hunter'; music: MGMT], a.o.
Member of the ASC since 2015.
Was named the 2015-16 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His residency began in December 2015 and lasted 10 weeks.
Awards: Sundance FF 'Cinematography Award' [2011] for 'Pariah'; Sundance FF 'Cinematography Award' [2013] for 'Mother of George' & 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints'; Independent Spirit Award nom [2015] for 'Selma'; Camerimage 'Silver Frog' Award [2016] & ASC Film Award nom [2016] for 'Arrival'.
Website: Bradford Young
| FILMS | |
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2004 |
He Can Get It [Eric T. Rice] c |
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2005 |
Eventual Salvation [Dee Rees] c; doc/86m; premiered in 2008 |
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2006 |
A Riot in the Dark [Mike Brown] c; short/10m |
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2006 |
Streets 2 Suites [Marquette Jones] 16mm/c; short/7m; 2uc: Daniel Patterson; this branded short was used to promote the Heineken USA brand within the upscale, urban market through a narrative short film |
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2006 |
Pariah [Dee Rees] c; short/28m; prod New York University/Tisch School of the Arts; see 2009 |
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2006 |
Mo [Brian Scott Lederman] s16/c |
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2007 |
Alicia in Africa - Journey to the Motherland [Earle Sebastian] HD/c; doc/44m; 2uc: Michelle Marrion; for Keep a Child Alive.org |
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2007 |
Untitled Bill Cosby Documentary [Jamey Phillips] doc; cph: Lol Crawley; in 2014 in post-production |
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2007 |
White Lies, Black Sheep [James Spooner] DigiBeta/c |
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2007 |
I Want You [Nefertite Nguvu] b&w-c; short/13m |
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2007 |
Untitled Ernest Withers Project [St. Clair Bourne] doc; dir St. Clair Bourne died in December 2007 |
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2008 |
The Unhealing Wound [Aida Muluneh] doc; work-in-progress |
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2008 |
Cigarettes for Breakfast [Daniel E. Williams] s16+16mm/b&w-c |
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2008 |
Broken [Tamara LaSeon Bass] c; short/11m |
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2008 |
America's Shadows: H.I.V. Risk in Black & Latino Youth [Tchaiko Omawale] c; doc/37m; cph: Kira Kelly, Kristana Textor, James Spooner, T. Omawale, Toyin Adebanjo, a.o. |
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2008 |
Windows Vista: Predator Edition [Paul Kamuf] HD/c; short/5m |
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2008 |
Mississippi Damned [Tina Mabry] s35/c |
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2008 |
We Love You [Jonathan Kalafer] c; doc/39m; add camera: Michael Niman, Hans Charles & J. Kalafer |
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2008 |
Chinatown Film Project [seg dir by ?] c; 75m (10 seg + Special Opening Trailer); a film exhibition (10 shorts dir by New York City-based filmmakers) prod for the Museum of Chinese in America (2009); filmed 2007-08 |
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2008 |
Entre nos/Between Us/We Can [Gloria La Morte & Paola Mendoza] HD (Panasonic AG-HPX500)/c |
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2008 |
The End of Winter [Nefertite Nguvu] c; short/26m |
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2009 |
The Western Front [Zachary Iscol] c; doc/73m; cph: Radha Agrawal |
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2009 |
The Way Home [Faythallegra Coleman] c; short/13m |
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2009 |
In Retrospect... [Logan Coles] c; short/26m |
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2009 |
Colonial Gods [Dee Rees] c; short/30m |
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2009 |
Abracadabra [Julie Pacino] c; short/14m; cph: Luke McCoubrey |
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2009 |
If I Leap [Jackie J. Stone] c; short/20m; prod New York University/Tisch School of the Arts; aired on HBO-tv as part of the American Black Film Festival 2010 |
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2009 |
I Will Follow [Ava DuVernay] was asked to be the doph, but he wasn't available; film was ph by Miguel Bunster |
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2009 |
Pariah [Dee Rees] s35-to-35mm/c; feature-length expansion of short film (2006); filmed December 2009 and September 2010 |
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2010 |
Mr. Soul!: Ellis Haizlip and the Birth of Black Power TV [Samuel D. Pollard & Melissa Haizlip] b&w-c; doc/80m; addph: Anne Etheridge |
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2010 |
Restless City [Andrew Dosunmu] RED One-to-digital/c |
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2010 |
Class Trip [Sarah Gyllenstierna] c; short/19m |
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2010 |
Katya [Mako Kamitsuna] HD/c; short/23m |
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2011 |
More Than Conquerors [Andre Wilkins] c; doc/50m; cph: Daniel Patterson; for American Cancer Society |
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2011 |
The Evil Eyes [Bobby Abate] v+HD/b&w (v) + c (HD); short/20m |
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2011 |
Nasceu Maria/Maria Was Born [Elena Greenlee] c; short/19m; 2uc (New York): Giovanni Autran; addph (Brazil): Rita Albano; prod New York University/Tisch School of the Arts |
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2011 |
Carbon Dated - 9.11.2301 [Tanuj Chopra] c; exp short/4m |
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2011 |
Free Angela & All Political Prisoners [Shola Lynch] HD/b&w-c; doc/101m; ph re-creations; ph: Sandi Sissel |
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2011 |
Middle of Nowhere [Ava DuVernay] HD (Sony F35/scope)/c |
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2011 |
Mother of George/Ma' George [Andrew Dosunmu] RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2012 |
Love Synchs [Paul Kamuf] c; short/9m |
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2012 |
Ain't Them Bodies Saints [David Lowery] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Joe Anderson |
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2012 |
Vara: A Blessing [Khyentse Norbu] HD scope/c |
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2013 |
En Vogue [Jenn Nkiru] HD/c; exp short/4m; 2uc: Arthur Jafa; for Howard University (USA) & Channel 4-tv (UK) |
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2013 |
Venezia 70: Future Reloaded/Venice 70: Future Reloaded [seg (2m/b&w-c/RED Epic) dir by Haile Gerima] scope/b&w-c; doc/120m (70 seg) |
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2013 |
Lorraine [André Des Rochers] c; short/12m |
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2013 |
Pawn Sacrifice [Edward Zwick] s35+16mm+HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-digital (scope)/c; 2uc: Sylvaine Dufaux |
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2014 |
A Most Violent Year [J.C. Chandor] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT M, XT Plus & XT Studio/Master Scope)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; ph Detroit unit: Stanley Fernandez Jr.; ph doc seg: Robert Levi |
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2014 |
Selma [Ava DuVernay] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/Hawk Scope + Phantom Flex 4K)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; addph 2u: Arthur Jafa |
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2015 |
Arrival/Story of Your Life [Denis Villeneuve] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; aph: Hans Bjerno |
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2015 |
I Called Him Morgan/American Jazz Musician [Kasper Collin] c; mus doc/89m; cph: Erik Vallsten |
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2015 |
Beat-up Little Seagull [Andrew Dosunmu] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)/c |
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2016 |
Intelligent Life/The Ambassador [Colin Trevorrow] pre-production |
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2017 |
Solo: A Star Wars Story [Ron Howard (replaced Phil Lord & Chris Miller five months [January-June] into filming)] HD (ARRI ALEXA 65, SXT & Mini + Phantom)-to-D-Cinema (scope [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Tim Wooster; splinter unit ph: Jeffrey Kim; aph: Hans Bjerno |
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2010 |
My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop [Ava DuVernay] mus doc/42m; for BET (Black Entertainment Television) |
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2012 |
The Boring Life of Jacqueline [Sebastián Silva] 10-part series (143m); for HBO Go (HBO Digitals) (mobile) |
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2013 |
The Door [Ava DuVernay] HD/c; comm short/9m; ep #5 of series 'Women's Tales' for women's fashion brand Miu Miu and launched in 2012 in partnership with the Venice Film Festival |
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2013 |
Six by Sondheim [James Lapine (+ mus seg 'Opening Doors'); Autumn DeWilde (mus seg 'Send in the Clowns') & Todd Haynes (mus seg 'I'm Still Here')] doc/86m; ph mus seg 'Send in the Clowns'; other ph: Martin Ahlgren & Ed Lachman; for HBO-tv |
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2013 |
Everything Is Copy [Jacob Bernstein & Nick Hooker] doc/89m/HD; addph: Christine Ng, Julie Kirkwood, Rachel Morrison & Topher Osborn; filmed 2013-14 |
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2015 |
A Violet Death [Isaiah Seret] p/c; short/4m; for Nowness.com (internet) |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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2012 |
Untitled (Structures) [Leslie Hewitt] 2-channel film installation/17m; ph on 35mm |
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2014 |
Bynum Cutler [Bradford Young] 3-channel video installation (Bethel Tabernacle AME Church, Weeksville, Brooklyn, NYC) |
