Dod Mantle to be Honored at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
The ASC cinematographer will receive Evolution Cinematography ICON Award for his outstanding career.
On Oct. 30, the opening gala of the 13th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival will fete distinguished Society member Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC, DFF with the Evolution Cinematography ICON Award. The presentation will take place at the Teatro Principal in the capitol city of Palma, and the ceremony will also see actress Annette Bening presented with the Evolution ICON Award.
The evening will also feature a screening of La Cocina, directed by the Mexican filmmaker Alonso Ruizpalacios and photographed by Juan Pablo Ramírez, AMC.
Dod Mantle was born in 1955 and grew up in Oxford, England. Half Scottish, he travelled to Denmark for the first time in 1979. He qualified as a photographer in 1983 and took up permanent residence in Denmark in 1985, where he enrolled at the National Film School the same year. His first feature behind the camera was the German production Terrorists
(1991) — a film banned by Helmut Kohl in Germany, and which achieved cult status.
Dod Mantle first gained widespread acclaim for his work in digital cinematography, shooting the features The Celebration, Mifune's Last Song and Julien Donkey-Boy. He pioneered the use of digital cameras in British television, using the Red One to shoot the series Wallander, and won the British Academy Television Craft Award for Photography & Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) for his work on the series.
In 2009, Dod Mantle earned the Oscar, ASC Award and BAFTA for Slumdog Millionaire. He later earned the Bronze Frog at CameraImage for his work in Snowden and is also known for his inventive camerawork in such features as 28 Days Later, The Last King of Scotland, 127 Hours, Rush, Dredd, In the Heart of the Sea, T2 Trainspotting, and First They Killed My Father.
The 13th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival runs from Oct. 30 – Nov. 5.
