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SARAH
CUNNINGHAM
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
[email protected]
www.sarahcunningham.net
documentary showreel
narrative showreel
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(UK) +44 7818 323 882
(FR) +33 689 922 387
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Trained at La Fémis, Sarah lenses drama, documentaries and commercials in the UK, France and abroad. She has an
intuitive approach to visual story telling and develops close working relationships with directors to form a distinct
visual style, always adding poetry to the mix.
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CAMERAS : (Digital) Arri, Red, Sony, Black Magic, Canon (Film 16 & 35mm) Arri, Aaton, Panavision
FEATURES
CITY OF TINY LIGHTS (Alexa)
DP Felix Wiedemann, 2nd unit cam operator
JIMMY’S HALL (35mm)
DP Robbie Ryan, 2nd unit cam operator
Dir: Pete Travis
Prod: Sixteen Films, Fernden (COTL) prod ltd
Dir: Ken Loach
Prod: Sixteen Films, Element Pictures
THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (Sony F3)
Dir: Guy Maddin
DP Ben Kasulke, cam operator/2nd unit DP
Experimental feature with Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, Mathieu Almaric
Prod: Kidam
GARE DU NORD (Sony F3)
DP Richard Copans, 2nd unit DP
Dir: Claire Simon
Prod: Les Films d’Ici
SOPHIE AT THE RACES (S16mm)
DP Robbie Ryan, 2nd Unit DP
Dir: Alan Friel
Prod: Jumper Productions
OPEN MIC (Canon 5D)
DP Robbie Ryan, 2nd unit DP
Dir: Simon O’Neil
Prod: Bumdealoneill productions
JACK WHITEHALL GETS AROUND (Alexa)
Tour intro film screened on Jack’s arena tour
Dir: Freddy Syborn
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SELECTED SHORTS
Prod: The Wagon
THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (S16mm)
Dir: Miguel Vasconcelos
Prod: MCV
Winner Best Portuguese film, Curtas Vila do Conde 2014
Nominated Best Short, Edinburgh film festival 2015
Indielisboa IFF, Rotterdam, Videoex (Zurich), EMAF (Osnabruck), KISFF (Kiev), Porto/Post/Doc IFF and many others
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FRENCHING THE BULLY (Alexa)
Comedy Pilot
LES INVISIBLES (Sony F3)
Mid length social drama with César Domboy
In competition at Clermont Ferrand 2015
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Dir: Freddy Syborn
& Florence Keith-Roach
Prod: Wits’ End Productions
Dir: Akihiro Hata
Prod: Moteur s’il vous plaît
PORTRAIT EN DEUX TEMPS (Canon 7D, B/W)
Dir: Pablo Garcia Canga
Mid length drama set in Madrid
Cited among the ten best Spanish shorts 2014 by Caiman Cuadernos de Cine
Prod: G-6 Team
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CONTORSION (Sony F3)
Dir: Ingrid Chikhaoui
Prod: Anoki
Winner Best Short, Big Water Film Festival, Ashland Wisconsin, USA, 2014
Festivals 2014: Clermont-Ferrand, Hyères, Jean Carmet (Moulins), Chacun son court (Strasbourg), Leuven and more
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LE PREMIER PAS (S16mm)
Dir: Jonathan Comnène
Prod: Abelina Films
Winner: Special Jury Prize, Cinema Jove de Valencia 2013
Festivals 2013: Premiers Plans d’Angers, Cineramaba Santa Catarina, Hambourg, Cabourg, Off courts de Trouville
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L’AVENIR C”EST AUJOURD’HUI (S16mm)
Dir: Anne Zinn-Justin
Prod: Moteur s’il vous plaît
Festivals 2012: Altkirch KKO, Plein La Bobine, Cabourg, Munich, Court en plein air de Grenoble, Ouroux en Morvan, Nevers
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LA NUIT DES GENDARMES
(Canon 7D)
Dir: Eric G. du Bellay
FIFA festival international de films à Aubagne, Cabourg
Prod: Ikonokast Productions
PALIMPSEST (S16mm/BMPC)
Artist’s film
Prod: Royal Acadamy of Art
Dir: Ellen Sampson
SELECTED DOCUMENTARY
SHE’S FRENCH (Black Magic 4k)
Feature documentary, DP Paris unit
Dir: Nicola Roberts
Prod: Chalfont Productions
VENDUS! (Sony EX3)
Feature documentary
Dir: Benoit Laborde
Prod: Prelude Media for France 3
THE FIRST GREAT ESCAPE (Canon C300)
Feature documentary, reconstruction scenes.
Dir: Max Jourdan
Prod: Backtoback TV, Channel 5
Dir: François Yang
Prod: JMH, CFRT, France 2.
Dir: Anne Guguen
Prod: Laterna Magica DEMARCHES NUPTIALES (Sony NEX FS100)
Feature documentary, France unit
BOXEUSES, POINGS D’HONNEUR (Sony EX3)
Sports documentary, 30 min
LIKE LOVE (S16mm)
Dir: Sarah Cunningham
Prod: La Fémis.
Observational documentary, 30 min
Selected in over 20 festivals worldwide. Awards: (2010-2011) Best film, Silence On Court; Best Director, Almaty International FF;
Award for most promising director / Audience prize / Student jury prize, Docencourts, Lyon. Grand Prize for technical achievement
(editing), Les Nuits Méditerranéennes; nominated for CILECT prize, International Association of Film and Television Schools.
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BIRDS GET VERTIGO TOO (S16mm)
Dir: Sarah Cunningham
Prod: La Fémis.
Observational documentary, 20 min
Selected in over 20 festivals worldwide. Awards: 2009-2010) Lutin (French national short film awards) for best documentary. Best
Cinematography, Festival de Silhouette; Most Innovative Cinematic Language, Festival Brasileiro de Cinema Universitario. Best
short film, Festival of British Film, Dinard; Special Jury Prize, Rencontres Henri Langlois; Audience Award, Festival du Cinéssonne
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COMMERCIAL
PAMPERS
LAPHROAIG
TESCO
PDSA (2nd Unit)
LEVIS
Other
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Bare films for Saatchi and Saatchi
The Wagon for White Label
Archer’s Mark.
76Ltd
Tournez s’il vous plaît
Dir: Elizabeth Stopford
Dir: Sariel Heseltine
Dir: Alex Winckler
Dir: Alan Friel
Dir: Mathieu Busson
Featured in BSC New cinematographers Night, 2013
Selected for Budapest Cinematography Masterclass 2009 and for the Berlin Talent Campus 2010
Internship at Panavision, Los Angeles, USA
Education
Cinematography department, La Fémis, Paris. Graduated with distinction.
B.A Classics, Clare College, Cambridge University
Languages English, fluent French, conversational Spanish
Passports
British, Irish
TESTIMONIAL - GUY MADDIN !
Sarah is a gracious, calm and crystal-clear communicator on set, always willing to serve the project first, never her demo reel. She
is the hardest working professional with whom I’ve ever worked, and the possessor of a contagious enthusiasm on set. She is also
an excellent filmmaker in her own right, with a consistently fresh eye and a strong sense of atmosphere. She cares about whatever
she tackles, she knows the equipment inside-out, and no one can outwork her. She is the consummate technician/artist.