Alan Stewart (cinematographer)

Alan Stewart (born 1960) is a Scottish cinematographer.

Life and career

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, 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]

He would work in the camera department on film and television projects like Band of Brothers, Into the Woods, Ready Player One and Mary Poppins Returns.[3]

Stewart began working with director Guy Ritchie in the camera department for movies like Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, before making his big break as director of photography on Disney's Aladdin.[3][4][5]

Filmography

Feature film

Year Title Director Notes
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

Television

Year Title Notes
2004 Murder City 1 episode
2005 The Rotters' Club Miniseries
2005 The Quatermass Experiment Television film

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.