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Bradford Young

Cinematographer | * 07/06/1977 (46) | Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA))
Bradford Marcel Young, A.S.C (born July 6, 1977) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on the films Selma, A Most Violent Year (both 2014), Arrival (2016)—which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography—and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), as well as the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). ()
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Bradford Marcel Young (born July 6, 1977) is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Selma, When They See Us, A Most Violent Year and Arrival, which earned him a nomination for an Academy Award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Music

Known for these Movies & Shows

A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand ...

A Most Violent Year

R

2014 | 3.3/5 | 2h 5min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat. ...

Arrival

PG-13

2016 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately ...

Selma

PG-13

2014 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
History, Drama
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Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian. ...

Solo: A Star Wars Story

PG-13

2018 | 3.3/5 | 2h 15min
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
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Awards & Nominations for Bradford Young

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Movies with Bradford Young as Actor(2)

as himself2017 Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
as himself2012 Side by Side

Movies with Bradford Young as Crew(34)

Camera/Director of Photography2023 Intelligent Life
Camera/Director of Photography2022 Kanye West: DONDA Experience Performance 2 22 22
Camera/Director of Photography2019 As Told To G/D Thyself
Directing/Director2019 As Told To G/D Thyself
Writing/Story2019 As Told To G/D Thyself
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Where Is Kyra?
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Corazón
Camera/Director of Photography2017 To Be Free
Directing/Director2016 Black America Again
Camera/Director of Photography2016 Arrival
Crew/Cinematography2016 Letter to the Free
Directing/Director2016 Letter to the Free
Camera/Director of Photography2016 I Called Him Morgan
Camera/Director of Photography2015 Pawn Sacrifice
Camera/Director of Photography2015 Everything Is Copy
Camera/Director of Photography2014 En Vogue
Camera/Director of Photography2014 Selma
Camera/Director of Photography2014 A Most Violent Year
Crew/Cinematography2013 Six by Sondheim
Camera/Director of Photography2013 Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Camera/Director of Photography2013 Mother of George
Camera/Director of Photography2013 The Door
Camera/Director of Photography2013 Boys On Film 9: Youth In Trouble
Camera/Director of Photography2012 Middle of Nowhere
Crew/Cinematography2012 Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Camera/Director of Photography2011 Pariah
Camera/Director of Photography2010 My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Camera/Director of Photography2009 If I Leap
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Eventual Salvation
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Between Us
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Mississippi Damned
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Colonial Gods
Lighting/Gaffer2009 Colonial Gods

TV Shows/Series with Bradford Young as Crew(2)

Production/Co-Producer2019 When They See Us
Camera/Director of Photography2019 When They See Us

Full Name: Bradford Young
Born: Wednesday, 07/06 1977 (July) in Louisville, Kentucky (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 46 years + 288 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Educated at: Howard University
Other names for Bradford Young (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ummah Chroma"
Bradford Young frequently works together with these people:
Ava DuVernay (17x, Crew)
Dee Rees (11x, Crew)
Julius Jefferson (7x, Crew)
Nekisa Cooper (7x, Crew)
Adepero Oduye (6x, Actress)
Spencer Averick (6x, Crew)
Kamasi Washington (5x, Crew)
Stephen Sondheim (4x, Crew)
Terence Nance (4x, Crew)
Darci Picoult (4x, Crew)
James Cook (4x, Crew)
Robin Swicord (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:787934, Added: 11/06/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024