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Alan Stewart (cinematographer)

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Alan Stewart (born 1960) is a Scottish cinematographer.

Born in Comrie, Perth and Kinross,[1] Stewart first served as a tea boy for the camera crew of various productions, before gaining work as a clapper loader and focus puller, and eventually a camera operator working under the likes of Ellen Kuras and Seamus McGarvey.[1] Stewart relocated to England in the mid-1990s, and in 1998, alongside Peter Middleton, was nominated for a BAFTA television award for his work on the BBC limited series Holding On.[2] Stewart would work in the camera department on such film and television projects as Band of Brothers, Into the Woods, Ready Player One and Mary Poppins Returns,[3] and was the second unit and third unit director for Elizabeth: The Golden Years, Fred Claus and Inkheart.[1]

Stewart's biggest foray into serving as cinematographer was for Guy Ritchie's live action remake of Disney's Aladdin.[3] Having previously worked in the camera department for Ritchie's films Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Stewart would serve as cinematographer for his next few films The Gentlemen, Wrath of Man and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.[1] He was also the cinematographer for 2021's Tom & Jerry.[4] His will next work on the Netflix film Our Man from Jersey.[5]

Filmography[edit]

Short film[edit]

Year Title Director
1996 Initiation Martin McCardie
1997 Daylight Robbery Kerry Hope-Kavanagh
1999 On Edge Frazer Lee
2001 Last Legs Amy Jenkins
2002 Red Lines Frazer Lee
2004 Danger Zone Dylan Keeling
2006 Forty Days of Mourning Aamina Ahmad
2008 Love Does Grow on Trees Bevan Walsh
2010 A Great Mistake Abner Pastoll
2011 Lost & Found Sam Washington
Grandma Tania Hoser
2015 The Stay Frazer Lee
Waiting for Dawn Richard Cousins
2018 Beats by Dre: Made Defiant - The Mixtape Guy Ritchie
2022 Rachel Sam Washington

Feature film[edit]

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Director Notes
2007 Broken Thread Mahesh Mathai
2009 Lab Rats Sam Washington
2019 Aladdin Guy Ritchie
The Gentlemen
2021 Tom & Jerry Tim Story
Wrath of Man Guy Ritchie
2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2024 The Union Julian Farino Post-production

Television[edit]

Year Title Director Notes
2004 Murder City Robert Murphy Episode "The Critical Path"
2005 The Rotters' Club Tony Smith Miniseries

TV movies

Year Title Director
2004 Quite Ugly One Morning Sam Miller
2005 The Quatermass Experiment

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Alan Stewart BSC". British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Television Craft: Photography And Lighting - Fiction in 1998". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Romanello, Linda. "Aladdin DP Alan Stewart". Post Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. ^ Daro, John (7 May 2021). "Tom and Jerry: A Global Finish During a Global Pandemic". Sony Cine. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Alan Stewart BSC". Independent Talent. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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