Andrew Lesnie
Andrew Lesnie (born 1956) is an Australian cinematographer. Lesnie attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), graduating in 1979. His first job after graduation was as a cameraman on the Logie Award-winning Australian magazine-style afternoon TV show Simon Townsend's Wonder World. Simon Townsend gave Lesnie almost daily opportunities to develop his craft with little restriction over a wide variety of stories and situations, and to experiment with camera and lighting techniques in hundreds of locations and situations. After two years of working on the show, Lesnie moved on to numerous Australian film and television productions, including the mini-series Bodyline.[1]
His work began receiving major attention after the release of the anthropomorphic pig story Babe (1995) and its sequel, Babe: Pig in the City. He was director of photography on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and received an Oscar for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002. Since then, he has filmed several other Jackson-directed films, including King Kong and the upcoming The Lovely Bones.
He lives on the North Coast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society and the American Society of Cinematographers.
Filmography
Lesnie was or will be the director of photography on the following films unless noted otherwise.
- The Last Airbender (2010) (Post Production)
- The Lovely Bones (2009) (Post Production)
- Bran Nue Dae (2009) (Post Production)
- Shine a Light (2008) (camera operator)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- Happy Feet (2006) (live action unit)
- King Kong (2005)
- Love's Brother (2004)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
- Two If by Sea (1996)
- Babe (1995)
- Temptation of a Monk (You seng) (1993) (with Arthur Wong)
- The Girl Who Came Late (1991)
- The Delinquents (1989)
References
- ^ The Australian Film and Television Companion — compiled by Tony Harrison, Simon & Schuster, Australia (1994)
External links
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- Andrew Lesnie's profile on the AFTRS website
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