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Oliver Stapleton

Highest Rated: 98% My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Lowest Rated: 0% Look Who's Talking Now (1993)

Birthday: Apr 12, 1948

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Oliver Stapleton is a prolific cinematographer of feature films and music videos who has conveyed a great range of moods and textures in the different genres in which he has worked. The late 1970s saw Stapleton work on several short films, several episodes of the satirical "The Comic Strip Presents...," and the concert film "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball." He also ignited a fruitful relationship with the director Stephen Frears when they collaborated on the comedy/drama "My Beautiful Laundrette." Over the years, the two worked on seven more features: the neo-kitchen sink dramas "Prick Up Your Ears" and "Sammie and Rosie Get Laid"; the neo-noir "The Grifters"; the biting satire "Hero"; the low-key Irish-set comedies "The Snapper" and "The Van"; and the contemporary western "The Hi-Lo Country." He has worked with Julien Temple numerous times as well - the pop musical "Absolute Beginners" and the comedy "Earth Girls Are Easy," among others - and with Lasse Hallström on the films "The Cider House Rules," "The Shipping News," "An Unfinished Life," "Casanova," and "The Hoax." Stapleton's work can also be seen in the fantasy film "The Waterhorse," marking the first time he has dealt with significant use of CGI effects, and the horror movie "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark." In the early to mid-1980s, his work in music videos resulted in some of the touchstones of the era, specifically his work on the inventive a-ha "Take On Me" video.

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Highest rated movies

98% 74% My Beautiful Laundrette
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97% 86% The Snapper
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92% 79% Prick Up Your Ears
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91% 70% The Grifters
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89% 95% Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
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85% 58% The Hoax
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85% 70% State and Main
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74% 62% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Watchlist
71% 58% Restoration
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71% 77% The Cider House Rules
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Filmography

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24% 28% The Comedian Cinematographer $1.7M 2016
8% 35% Hot Pursuit Cinematographer $34.6M 2015
10% 27% Unfinished Business Cinematographer $10.2M 2015
12% 59% The Best of Me Cinematographer $26.8M 2014
36% 39% The Guilt Trip Cinematographer $37.1M 2012
0% 46% Will Cinematographer - 2011
60% 34% Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Cinematographer $24.0M 2010
No Score Yet 66% Unthinkable Cinematographer - 2010
45% 68% The Proposal Cinematographer $163.9M 2009
36% 42% How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Cinematographer $2.8M 2008
74% 62% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Cinematographer $40.4M 2007
85% 58% The Hoax Cinematographer $7.1M 2006
53% 67% An Unfinished Life Cinematographer $8.5M 2005
45% 57% Casanova Cinematographer $11.3M 2005
55% 53% Ned Kelly Cinematographer $74.9K 2003
59% 39% Birthday Girl Cinematographer $4.9M 2001
54% 61% The Shipping News Cinematographer $11.4M 2001
85% 70% State and Main Cinematographer $6.9M 2000
39% 77% Pay It Forward Cinematographer $33.5M 2000
71% 77% The Cider House Rules Cinematographer $57.5M 1999
67% 60% William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Cinematographer - 1999
54% 48% The Hi-Lo Country Cinematographer $163.8K 1998
53% 51% The Object of My Affection Cinematographer $29.1M 1998
60% 43% Kansas City Cinematographer - 1996
40% 71% The Van Cinematographer $621.1K 1996
53% 65% One Fine Day Cinematographer $46.1M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jazz '34 Cinematographer - 1996
71% 58% Restoration Cinematographer $3.5M 1995
0% 29% Look Who's Talking Now Cinematographer $9.4M 1993
97% 86% The Snapper Cinematographer $674.8K 1993
67% 51% Hero Cinematographer $18.2M 1992
91% 70% The Grifters Cinematographer $10.1M 1990
48% 49% She-Devil Cinematographer $12.8M 1989
13% 38% Cookie Cinematographer $1.4M 1989
68% 43% Earth Girls Are Easy Cinematographer $3.9M 1989
89% 95% Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll Cinematographer $368.5K 1987
92% 79% Prick Up Your Ears Cinematographer $1.6M 1987
70% 38% Absolute Beginners Cinematographer $278.9K 1986
98% 74% My Beautiful Laundrette Cinematographer - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet ABC: Mantrap Cinematographer - 1984