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Anthony Dod Mantle

Anthony Dod Mantle
Mantle in 2016
Born (1955-04-14) 14 April 1955 (age 70)
Witney, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Alma materNational Film School of Denmark
Years active1990–present
Websitedodmantle.com

Anthony Dod Mantle, DFF, BSC, ASC (born 14 April 1955) is an English cinematographer, known as a pioneer of digital filmmaking[1] through his collaborations with directors Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Danny Boyle, and Kevin Macdonald.[2]

During the 1990s, he was a figure in the Dogme 95 movement.[3]

He won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), the first digitally-shot film to win an Oscar.[4]

Early life

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Dod Mantle was born to Scottish parents in Witney, Oxfordshire in 1955.

He was partly raised in India, where he developed an interest in photography.[5]

He studied photography at the London College of Communication,[5] before enrolling in the National Film School of Denmark in 1985.[6]

Career

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Dod Mantle worked on the photography of three Dogme 95 films.[3] He established a notable collaboration with director Thomas Vinterberg, winning a Robert Award for Best Cinematography for 1998's The Celebration. In 1999, he shot Harmony Korine's Julien Donkey-Boy, the first Dogme 95 film produced outside of Europe.

He is a regular collaborator of director Danny Boyle since 28 Days Later (2002), winning an Academy Award and BAFTA for Slumdog Millionaire.[4]

Dod Mantle is included in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis.

He is a member of the British, Danish, and American Society of Cinematographers.[7]

Style and techniques

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A veteran of Dogme 95, he is heavily influenced by the cinéma vérité film movement.[3] He is credited with helping popularize the use of "action-style" handheld digital cameras over traditional, stationary 35mm rigs.[2]

Dod Mantle helped pioneer the use of digital cinematography with his early use of home-quality DV in The Celebration. He eventually won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, the first time that award went to a film shot digitally.[4] He used the Red One digital camera on Wallander, the first British television production to do so.[8] Nick Newman wrote that "Anthony Dod Mantle has done more to advance digital photography than nearly any artist in any medium."[1]

Dod Mantle has also experimented with extreme slow motion with high speed cameras in films like Antichrist and Dredd.[9] For Dredd, he helped develop a small form-factor 3D camera for shooting the various action setpiece.

On 28 Years Later, Dod Mantle and director Danny Boyle shot the majority of the film on iPhone 15 Pro Max, often several at the same time.[10][11][12]

Personal life

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Dod Mantle has been a permanent resident of Denmark since 1985.[6] He lives with his family in Copenhagen.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Notes
1990 Kaj's fødselsdag Lone Scherfig with Kim Hattesen
1992 Die Terroristen! Philip Gröning
1995 Menneskedyret Carsten Rudolf
Operation Cobra Lasse Spang Olsen
1996 The Biggest Heroes Thomas Vinterberg
1997 Det store flip Niels Gråbøl
Nonnebørn Cæcilia Holbek Trier
1998 The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg
1999 Mifune Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Bornholms stemme Lotte Svendsen
Julien Donkey-Boy Harmony Korine
2002 28 Days Later Danny Boyle
2003 It's All About Love Thomas Vinterberg
Dogville Lars von Trier
2004 Millions Danny Boyle
2005 Dear Wendy Thomas Vinterberg
Manderlay Lars von Trier
Brothers of the Head Keith Fulton
Louis Pepe
2006 The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald
Istedgade Birgitte Stærmose
2007 Just like Home Lone Scherfig
A Man Comes Home Thomas Vinterberg
2008 My Black Little Heart Claire Angelique
Country Wedding Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
2009 Antichrist Lars von Trier
2010 127 Hours Danny Boyle with Enrique Chediak
2011 The Eagle Kevin MacDonald
2012 Dredd Pete Travis
2013 Trance Danny Boyle
Rush Ron Howard
2015 In the Heart of the Sea
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Susanna White
Snowden Oliver Stone
2017 T2 Trainspotting Danny Boyle
First They Killed My Father Angelina Jolie
2018 Kursk Thomas Vinterberg
2019 Radioactive Marjane Satrapi
American Sausage Standoff Ulrich Thomsen
2024 My Penguin Friend David Schurmann
2025 28 Years Later Danny Boyle
TBA The Runner † Kevin Macdonald Filming

Documentary film

Year Title Director Notes
1994 Ord Jens Loftager
1996 Fredens port Thomas Stenderup Documentary short
1995 Velo Negro Arjanne Laan With Bernd Wouthuysen
1997 Tranceformer – A Portrait of Lars von Trier Stig Björkman
Fredrik von Krusenstjerna 		With Björn Blixt and Jan Röed
2003 Krig Jens Loftager
2006 Mit Danmark
2008 Trip to Asia – Die Suche nach dem Einklang Thomas Grube With Stefan Ciupek, René Dame and Alberto Venzago
2018 Tro Jens Loftager With Signe Tora Munk Bencke and Lars Reinholdt

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1998 Tre äventyr Birger Larsen Segment "Ska' vi være kærester?/Ska vi bli ihop?"
2000 Manden med tubaen Anders Gustafsson
2003 Små skred Birgitte Stærmose
2006 Sophie
2012 Far Per Dreyer

Television

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TV movies

Year Title Director
1999 En verdensomsejling under bordet Maria Walbom
2000 D-dag Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Kristian Levring
Thomas Vinterberg
2001 Strumpet Danny Boyle
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
2008 Wallander Philip Martin 2 episodes
2017 The Putin Interviews Oliver Stone 4 episodes; with Rodrigo Prieto
2020 The Undoing Susanne Bier Miniseries
2022 Pistol Danny Boyle

Awards and nominations

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Award
Wins
 Nominations
Academy Awards
 1 N/A
BAFTA Film Awards
 1 2
Bodil Awards
 N/A 2
Robert Awards
 4 4
Independent Spirit Awards
 N/A 2

Major awards

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Academy Awards

Year Title Category Result
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Won

BAFTA Awards

Year Title Category Result
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Won
2009 Wallander Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Won[13]
2010 127 Hours Best Cinematography Nominated
2023 Pistol Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Nominated

Bodil Awards

Year Title Category Result
2004 — Best Cinematographer Won
2010 Antichrist[14] Won

European Film Awards

Year Title Category Result
2002 28 Days Later Best Cinematographer Won
2003 Dogville Won
2005 Manderlay Nominated
2006 The Last King of Scotland Nominated
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Won
2009 Antichrist Won

Independent Spirit Awards

Year Title Category Result
1999 Julien Donkey-Boy Best Cinematography Nominated
2005 Brothers of the Head Nominated

Robert Awards

Year Title Category Result
1996 Menneskedyret Best Cinematography Won
1999 The Celebration Won
2000 Bornholms stemme Nominated
Mifune Nominated
2004 Dogville Nominated
It's All About Love Won
2006 Manderlay Nominated
2010 Antichrist Won

Critics awards

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Institution Year Title Category Result
Boston Society of Film Critics 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Runner-up
Chicago Film Critics Association 2008 Best Cinematography Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2011 127 Hours Best Cinematography Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 2010 Best Cinematography Won
Houston Film Critics Society 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Nominated
2010 127 Hours Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Nominated
Online Film Critics Society 2008 Best Cinematography Nominated
2010 127 Hours Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Won
2010 127 Hours Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society 2014 Rush Best Cinematography Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Best Cinematography Nominated
National Society of Film Critics 2008 Best Cinematography Won
New York Film Critics Circle 2008 Best Cinematography Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2010 127 Hours Best Cinematography Nominated

Other awards

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Institution Year Title Category Result
American Society of Cinematographers 2009 Slumdog Millionaire Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Won
Buenos Aires International
Festival of Independent Cinema 		2000 Julien Donkey-Boy ADF Cinematography Award - Special Mention Won
British Independent Film Awards 2006 The Last King of Scotland Best Technical Achievement Won
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers 2009 Best Cinematography Nominated
Camerimage Festival 1998 The Celebration Golden Frog Nominated
1999 Mifune Nominated
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Won
2010 127 Hours Nominated
2016 Snowden Nominated
Bronze Frog Won[15][16]
2017 First They Killed My Father Golden Frog Nominated
Bronze Frog Won
2020 The Undoing Golden Frog Nominated
2022 Pistol Nominated
Chlotrudis Awards 2004 28 Days Later Best Cinematography Nominated
2009 Slumdog Millionaire Nominated
2010 Antichrist Nominated
European Film Awards 2002 28 Days Later Best Cinematographer Won
2003 Dogville Won
2005 Manderlay Nominated
2006 The Last King of Scotland Nominated
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Won
2009 Antichrist Won
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2007 Brothers of the Head Best Technical Achievement Won
The Last King of Scotland Won
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2025 28 Years Later Best Cinematography Pending
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards 2009 Wallander Best Photography: Drama Nominated[17]
Satellite Awards 2010 127 Hours[18] Best Cinematography Nominated
Stockholm Film Festival 2006 The Last King of Scotland Best Cinematography Won
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2019 American Sausage Standoff Best Cinematographer Nominated
Manaki Brothers Film Festival 2009 — Golden Camera 300 Won
NatFilm Festival 2000 — Night Dreamer Award Won

References

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  1. ^ a b Newman, Nick (2025-06-19). ""The Phones Became Weapons": Anthony Dod Mantle on Animating 28 Years Later with Danny Boyle". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  2. ^ a b "Anthony Dod Mantle".
  3. ^ a b c "Interview: Anthony Dod Mantle". 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Frazer, Bryant (7 October 2010). "10 High Points in Digital Cinematography". Studio Daily. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b "ANTHONY DOD MANTLE". cinematographers.nl. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  6. ^ a b "Anthony Dod Mantle - Cinematographer". dodmantle.com. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  7. ^ "Anthony Dod Mantle: Profile". 12 October 2012.
  8. ^ a b Strauss, Will (13 May 2008), "Anthony Dod Mantle interview". Broadcast (EMAP). Retrieved on 18 September 2008.
  9. ^ LionsgateVOD (15 January 2013). "Dredd: Slo-Mo Featurette". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  10. ^ Reid, Carlton (September 19, 2024). "28 Years Later: Danny Boyle's New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028.
  11. ^ Collura, Scott (2025-05-30). "28 Years Later Director Danny Boyle Goes Big With the Horror Sequel: 'If You're Widescreen, the Infected Could Be Anywhere' (Updated June 19, 2025)". IGN. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  12. ^ Jake Kleinman (2025-06-20). "Danny Boyle Says Shooting on iPhones Let Him Capture 'Startling' Violence in 28 Years Later". WIRED. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
  13. ^ "Television Craft Nominations 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved on 18 May 2009.
  14. ^ ""Antichrist" årets bedste danske film". www.b.dk. 21 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Camerimage 2016 Winners!". www.camerimage.pl. Camerimage – International Film Festival. 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  16. ^ Tizard, Will (19 November 2016). "'Lion' Cinematographer Greig Fraser Wins Camerimage's Golden Frog". variety.com. Variety Media, LLC / Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  17. ^ "RTS Craft & Design Winners 2009 Archived 2009-11-29 at the Wayback Machine". Royal Television Society. Retrieved on 24 November 2009.
  18. ^ Prince, Ron (March 30, 2011). "Camera Creative: Anthony Dod Mantle". The British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
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