Summary
Michael Daley Coulter BSC (born August 29, 1952[1]) is a Scottish cinematographer. He achieved prominence for his collaborations with writer-director Bill Forsyth, and went on to work on high-profile films like Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Sense and Sensibility (1995), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Notting Hill (1999), Mansfield Park (also 1999), Love Actually (2003), The Bank Job (2008), and The Hustle (2019). He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for his work on Sense and Sensibility.[2] He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers, and BAFTA Scotland.
Michael Coulter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Daley Coulter 29 August 1952 Glasgow, U.K. |
| Other names | Mike Coulter |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Relatives | Charles Gormley (brother-in-law) |
| Awards | BAFTA Scotland Craft Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film or Television (1997) |
| Website | www |
Early life edit
Coulter was born in Glasgow in 1952. He was introduced to the local film business by his director brother-in-law, the Charles Gormley.[1] He started as a gopher for local production companies making industrial films, before moving on to load the black and white film stock into camera magazines at football matches. He went freelance in 1975.
Career edit
Coulter became acquainted with writer/director Bill Forsyth, shooting in his 1972 documentary short Islands of the West. He subsequently filmed Forsyth's first feature, That Sinking Feeling (1979). Coulter operated for Chris Menges on Forsyth's next pictures, Local Hero (1983) and Comfort and Joy (1984), which Coulter describes as "unmissable opportunities to work with a man I admired tremendously".
During the early 1980s he also worked on many documentaries. "Documentaries made you resourceful, inventive. You had to make things work somehow. Also the life-experience of 'travel broadening the mind' was important for me". He enjoyed a brief stint in France during the early 1980s, as an assistant to cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn, but it was back in the UK that he passed a watershed.
He was just about to start work as the camera operator on No Surrender (1985), when the original director of photography had to pull out.
He has shot numerous commercials directed by Charles Sturridge, Tom Hooper, Mark Mylod, David Jellison (for Kleenex), Gerard de Thame (for Nissan, Rolex, and KIA), among others.
Coulter is represented by McKinney Macartney Management in the UK and Gersh in the US. [3]
Filmography edit
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Film edit
As director of photography edit
As other edit
| Year | Title | Director | DoP. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Death Watch | Bertrand Tavernier | Pierre-William Glenn | Camera assistant |
| A Week's Vacation | ||||
| 1981 | Coup de Torchon | |||
| 1982 | Espion, lève-toi | Yves Boisset | Jean Boffety | |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | Chris Menges | Camera operator |
| 1984 | Comfort and Joy | |||
| 1985 | Restless Natives | Michael Hoffman | Oliver Stapleton | |
| 1987 | The Dead | John Huston | Fred Murphy | Camera operator: Dublin |
| 2013 | Rush | Ron Howard | Anthony Dod Mantle | Pre-shoot photography: Nürburgring[1] |
| 2014 | Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | Dean Semler | Additional photography[1] |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4 Play | Episode: "Madly in Love" |
| The Widowmaker | Television film | |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | |
| 1995 | The Infiltrator | |
| 1996 | Interview Day | |
| 2018 | Shetland | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Wild Bill | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Breeders | 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Outlander | 3 episodes |
Awards and nominations edit
| Institution | Year | Category | Work | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | 1996 | Best Cinematography | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | 1996 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards | 1997 | Craft Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film or Television | — | Won |
| British Society of Cinematographers | 1994 | Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Nominated |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Nominated | ||
| Chlotrudis Awards | 1998 | Best Cinematography | FairyTale: A True Story | Nominated |
| Valladolid International Film Festival | 1995 | Best Director of Photography | The Neon Bible | Won |
References edit
- ^ a b c d "MICHAEL COULTER". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Michael Coulter BSC - Cinematographer". michael-coulter.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
External links edit
- Michael Coulter at IMDb