FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Ackroyd

1954 - Today

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Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film The Hurt Locker, and with Greengrass on the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Ackroyd is the 915th most popular film director (up from 1,005th in 2019), the 3,482nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,409th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Ackroyd ranks 915 out of 2,041. Before him are Nicolas Winding Refn, Jean Becker, Mary Lambert, Benjamin Christensen, Cristian Mungiu, and Oldřich Lipský. After him are Hasse Ekman, Wayne Wang, Masato Harada, Sergey Obraztsov, Mimi Leder, and Albert Capellani.

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Among people born in 1954, Barry Ackroyd ranks 285. Before him are Valery Gazzaev, Mauro Baldi, René Girard, Mark Edmondson, Pierre Dartout, and Ted DiBiase. After him are Luis Royo, Leung Chun-ying, Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji, Mario Testino, Trevor Francis, and Jozef Barmoš.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Ackroyd ranks 3,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Potts (1970), Nicholas Clay (1946), Centwine of Wessex (643), Philip Jackson (1948), William Davies Evans (1790), and Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762). After him are Abraham Darby I (1678), Melita Norwood (1912), John Walter Gregory (1864), David Don (1799), Gabrielle Anwar (1970), and Anita Brookner (1928).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Barry Ackroyd ranks 72. Before him are Stephen Daldry (1960), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), Andrea Arnold (1961), Joe Wright (1972), and Charles Crichton (1910). After him are Ol Parker (1969), John Alcott (1930), Martin McDonagh (1970), Steven Knight (1959), Jonathan Nolan (1976), and Gareth Evans (1980).

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