Andrew Lesnie, ACS
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Andrew Lesnie, ACS won the 1998 Australian Cinematographers Society Award of Distinction for his work on Doing Time for Patsy Cline, which also earned him the Australian Film Institute and the Australian Film Critics awards for Best Cinematography. Lesnie also twice won the ACS Cinematographer of the Year Award in 1995 for You Seng and in 1996 for Babe. His other feature credits include Babe: Pig in the City, Fair Game, The Delinquents, Two If by Sea, Spider & Rose, The Sugar Factory, and the forthcoming Lord of the Rings sequels, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, slated for release in 2002 and 2003, respectively. He also lensed the telefilms The Saint in Australia, The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy and the miniseries Melba and Bodyline. The Lord of the Rings has earned Lesnie his first nominations for both an ASC Outstanding Achievement Award and an Oscar.

In The Lord of the Rings, sorcerers, ogres and a timid hobbit from an ancient world undertake a perilous mission. Under the guidance of the wizard, the hobbit and his companions must return a powerful ring to the fires in which it was forged before it falls into the hand of the Dark Lord.

"Most of the major sets were pre-rigged from plans designed by the chief lighting technician Brian Bansgrove and myself, and all of the operators and gaffers stayed in regular contact. Many mornings I had a phone in one hand and a meter in the other."

 

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