Brian Tufano

Brian Richard Tufano (1 December 1939 – 12 January 2023) was an English cinematographer.

Tufano was admitted to the British Society of Cinematographers and won the 2001 BAFTA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television.

Life and career Tufano began his career at the BBC as a projectionist, working his way up to become a cameraman with the BBC film department in 1963.

Tufano went freelance in the mid-1970s – his first feature was the 1978 film The Sailor's Return with director Jack Gold.

During the 1980s, Tufano spent time working in the United States, including additional cinematography for Jordan Cronenweth on Blade Runner.

Boyle worked with Tufano on his feature debut, Shallow Grave, and continued to work with Tufano on the 1996 films Trainspotting and the 1997 film A Life Less Ordinary. Boyle and Tufano also worked together on the 2008 short film Alien Love Triangle. Tufano also shot the 2008 sequel Adulthood, which was directed by Noel Clarke. Huda and Tufano worked together on the 2011 feature, Everywhere and Nowhere.

From 2003 to 2016, Tufano was Head of Cinematography at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield.

Tufano died on 12 January 2023, at the age of 83.

Filmography Film

Short film Year Title Director Notes 2008 Alien Love Triangle Danny Boyle

Television TV movies

TV series Year Title Director Notes 1969 Out of the Unknown Peter Cregeen Episode "Get Off My Cloud" 1969 Take Three Girls John Matthews Episode "Avril: Devon Violets" 1970 Thirty-Minute Theatre Michael Tuchner Episode "All My Own Army" 1972 The Sextet Alan Bridges Episode "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" 1974 Play of the Month James MacTaggart Episode "Robinson Crusoe" 1976 BBC2 Playhouse Stephen Frears Episode "Play Things" 1977 Centre Play Himself Episode "Rehearsal" 1977-1978 BBC2 Play of the Week Clive ReesClive Donner Segments "Arnhem: The Story of an Escape" and "She Fell Among Thieves" 1982 Five-Minute Films Mike Leigh 5 episodes 1994 Common As Muck Metin Hüseyin 3 episodes 1996 Silent Witness Harry HookMike BarkerNoella Smith 6 episodes

Miniseries Year Title Director Notes 1971 The Search for the Nile Fred Burnley With John Baker 1973 Wessex Tales Gavin Millar Episode "An Imaginative Woman" 1974 Dial M for Murder Gerald Blake Episode "The Vineyard" 1976 The Glittering Prizes Waris Hussein Episode An Early Life 1977 Supernatural Alan Cooke Episode "Mr Nightingale" 1989 The Endless Game Bryan Forbes 1993 Mr. Wroe's Virgins Danny Boyle 1994 Middlemarch Anthony Page 1995 The Choir Ferdinand Fairfax

Awards and nominations For his work on Late Night Shopping, Tufano was nominated for the Technical Achievement Award at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.

Tufano won the Special Jury Prize at the 2002 British Independent Film Awards. Tufano received the BSC ARRI John Alcott Memorial Award in 2015, and went on to receive the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.

BAFTA Awards Year Title Category Result Ref. 1995 Middlemarch Television: Best Photography and Lighting (Fiction/Entertainment) 2001 Billy Elliot Film: Best Cinematography n/a Television Craft: Special Award