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Anthony Dod Mantle
British cinematographer
British cinematographer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| image | Energa Camerimage 2016.jpg |
| caption | Dod Mantle in 2016 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Witney, Oxfordshire, U.K. |
| alma_mater | National Film School of Denmark |
| years_active | 1990–present |
| website |
Anthony Dod Mantle (born 14 April 1955) is an English cinematographer, known as a pioneer of digital filmmaking through his collaborations with directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Danny Boyle, and Kevin Macdonald.
During the 1990s, he was a figure in the Dogme 95 movement.
He won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the first digitally-shot film to win an Oscar.
Early life
Dod Mantle was born to Scottish parents in Witney, Oxfordshire in 1955.
He was partly raised in India, where he developed an interest in photography.
He studied photography at the London College of Communication, before enrolling in the National Film School of Denmark in 1985.
Career
Dod Mantle worked on the photography of three Dogme 95 films. He established a notable collaboration with director Thomas Vinterberg, winning a Robert Award for Best Cinematography for 1998's The Celebration. In 1999, he shot Harmony Korine's Julien Donkey-Boy, the first Dogme 95 film produced outside of Europe.
He is a regular collaborator of director Danny Boyle since 28 Days Later (2002), winning an Academy Award and BAFTA for Slumdog Millionaire.
Dod Mantle is included in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis.
He is a member of the British, Danish, and American Society of Cinematographers.
Style and techniques
A veteran of Dogme 95, he is heavily influenced by the cinéma vérité film movement. He is credited with helping popularize the use of "action-style" handheld digital cameras over traditional, stationary 35mm rigs.
Dod Mantle helped pioneer the use of digital cinematography with his early use of home-quality DV in The Celebration. He eventually won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, the first time that award went to a film shot digitally. He used the Red One digital camera on Wallander, the first British television production to do so. Nick Newman wrote that "Anthony Dod Mantle has done more to advance digital photography than nearly any artist in any medium."
Dod Mantle has also experimented with extreme slow motion with high speed cameras in films like Antichrist and Dredd. For Dredd, he helped develop a small form-factor 3D camera for shooting the various action setpiece.
On 28 Years Later, Dod Mantle and director Danny Boyle shot the majority of the film on iPhone 15 Pro Max, often several at the same time.
Personal life
Dod Mantle has been a permanent resident of Denmark since 1985. He lives with his family in Copenhagen.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Kaj's fødselsdag | Lone Scherfig | with Kim Hattesen |
| 1992 | Die Terroristen! | Philip Gröning | |
| 1995 | Menneskedyret | Carsten Rudolf | |
| Operation Cobra | Lasse Spang Olsen | ||
| 1996 | The Biggest Heroes | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| 1997 | Det store flip | Niels Gråbøl | |
| Nonnebørn | Cæcilia Holbek Trier | ||
| 1998 | The Celebration | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| 1999 | Mifune | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | |
| Bornholms stemme | Lotte Svendsen | ||
| Julien Donkey-Boy | Harmony Korine | ||
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Danny Boyle | |
| 2003 | It's All About Love | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| Dogville | Lars von Trier | ||
| 2004 | Millions | Danny Boyle | |
| 2005 | Dear Wendy | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| Manderlay | Lars von Trier | ||
| Brothers of the Head | Keith Fulton | ||
| Louis Pepe | |||
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Kevin Macdonald | |
| Istedgade | Birgitte Stærmose | ||
| 2007 | Just like Home | Lone Scherfig | |
| A Man Comes Home | Thomas Vinterberg | ||
| 2008 | My Black Little Heart | Claire Angelique | |
| Country Wedding | Valdís Óskarsdóttir | ||
| Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | ||
| 2009 | Antichrist | Lars von Trier | |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Danny Boyle | with Enrique Chediak |
| 2011 | The Eagle | Kevin MacDonald | |
| 2012 | Dredd | Pete Travis | |
| 2013 | Trance | Danny Boyle | |
| Rush | Ron Howard | ||
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | ||
| 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Susanna White | |
| Snowden | Oliver Stone | ||
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Danny Boyle | |
| First They Killed My Father | Angelina Jolie | ||
| 2018 | Kursk | Thomas Vinterberg | |
| 2019 | Radioactive | Marjane Satrapi | |
| American Sausage Standoff | Ulrich Thomsen | ||
| 2024 | My Penguin Friend | David Schurmann | |
| 2025 | 28 Years Later | Danny Boyle | |
| TBA | Kevin Macdonald | Filming |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ord | Jens Loftager | |
| 1996 | Fredens port | Thomas Stenderup | Documentary short |
| 1995 | Velo Negro | Arjanne Laan | With Bernd Wouthuysen |
| 1997 | Tranceformer – A Portrait of Lars von Trier | Stig Björkman | |
| Fredrik von Krusenstjerna | With Björn Blixt and Jan Röed | ||
| 2003 | Krig | Jens Loftager | |
| 2006 | Mit Danmark | ||
| 2008 | Trip to Asia – Die Suche nach dem Einklang | Thomas Grube | With Stefan Ciupek, René Dame and Alberto Venzago |
| 2018 | Tro | Jens Loftager | With Signe Tora Munk Bencke and Lars Reinholdt |
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Tre äventyr | Birger Larsen | Segment "Ska' vi være kærester?/Ska vi bli ihop?" |
| 2000 | Manden med tubaen | Anders Gustafsson | |
| 2003 | Små skred | Birgitte Stærmose | |
| 2006 | Sophie | ||
| 2012 | Far | Per Dreyer |
Television
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | En verdensomsejling under bordet | Maria Walbom |
| 2000 | D-dag | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen |
| Kristian Levring | ||
| Thomas Vinterberg | ||
| 2001 | Strumpet | Danny Boyle |
| Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise |
TV series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Wallander | Philip Martin | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Putin Interviews | Oliver Stone | 4 episodes; with Rodrigo Prieto |
| 2020 | The Undoing | Susanne Bier | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Pistol | Danny Boyle |
Awards and nominations
| Nominations |
|---|
Major awards
Academy Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| 2009 | Wallander | Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction | |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Best Cinematography | |
| 2023 | Pistol | Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction |
Bodil Awards
European Film Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 28 Days Later | Best Cinematographer | |
| 2003 | Dogville | ||
| 2005 | Manderlay | ||
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | ||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | ||
| 2009 | Antichrist |
Independent Spirit Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-Boy | Best Cinematography | |
| 2005 | Brothers of the Head |
Robert Awards
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Menneskedyret | Best Cinematography | |
| 1999 | The Celebration | ||
| 2000 | Bornholms stemme | ||
| Mifune | |||
| 2004 | Dogville | ||
| It's All About Love | |||
| 2006 | Manderlay | ||
| 2010 | Antichrist |
Critics awards
| Institution | Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2008 | Best Cinematography | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2011 | 127 Hours | Best Cinematography | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 2010 | Best Cinematography | ||
| Houston Film Critics Society | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | |||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| Online Film Critics Society | 2008 | Best Cinematography | ||
| 2010 | 127 Hours | |||
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | |||
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 2014 | Rush | Best Cinematography | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Cinematography | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2008 | Best Cinematography | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle | 2008 | Best Cinematography | ||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2010 | 127 Hours | Best Cinematography |
Other awards
| Institution | Year | Title | Category | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | |||||||
| Buenos Aires International | ||||||||||
| Festival of Independent Cinema | 2000 | Julien Donkey-Boy | ADF Cinematography Award - Special Mention | |||||||
| British Independent Film Awards | 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Best Technical Achievement | |||||||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | |||||||||
| British Society of Cinematographers | 2009 | Best Cinematography | ||||||||
| Camerimage Festival | 1998 | The Celebration | Golden Frog | |||||||
| 1999 | Mifune | |||||||||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | |||||||||
| 2010 | 127 Hours | |||||||||
| 2016 | Snowden | |||||||||
| Bronze Frog | ||||||||||
| 2017 | First They Killed My Father | Golden Frog | ||||||||
| Bronze Frog | ||||||||||
| 2020 | The Undoing | Golden Frog | ||||||||
| 2022 | Pistol | |||||||||
| Chlotrudis Awards | 2004 | 28 Days Later | Best Cinematography | |||||||
| 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | |||||||||
| 2010 | Antichrist | |||||||||
| European Film Awards | 2002 | 28 Days Later | Best Cinematographer | |||||||
| 2003 | Dogville | |||||||||
| 2005 | Manderlay | |||||||||
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | |||||||||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | |||||||||
| 2009 | Antichrist | |||||||||
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 2007 | Brothers of the Head | Best Technical Achievement | |||||||
| The Last King of Scotland | ||||||||||
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | 2025 | 28 Years Later | Best Cinematography | |||||||
| Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards | 2009 | Wallander | Best Photography: Drama | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129152153/http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=8018&sec_id=3878 | date=2009-11-29 }}". Royal Television Society. Retrieved on 24 November 2009. | |||||
| Satellite Awards | 2010 | first=Ron | last=Prince | url=http://www.bscine.com/2011/03/camera-creative-anthony-dod-mantle-dff-bsc-127-hours-the-eagle-dredd-3d/ | title=Camera Creative: Anthony Dod Mantle | publisher=The British Society of Cinematographers | date=March 30, 2011 | access-date=May 21, 2011 }} | Best Cinematography | |
| Stockholm Film Festival | 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Best Cinematography | |||||||
| Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | 2019 | American Sausage Standoff | Best Cinematographer | |||||||
| Manaki Brothers Film Festival | 2009 | Golden Camera 300 | ||||||||
| NatFilm Festival | 2000 | Night Dreamer Award |
References
References
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- "[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television-craft/nominations Television Craft Nominations 2009]". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
- (21 March 2010). ""Antichrist" årets bedste danske film". www.b.dk.
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- Prince, Ron. (March 30, 2011). "Camera Creative: Anthony Dod Mantle". The British Society of Cinematographers.
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