Before Sean Bobbitt earned his first Oscar nomination this year for Shaka King's Judas and the Black Messiah, the veteran DP already enjoyed a close working relationship with Steve McQueen on a string of films, from McQueen's 2008 directorial debut, Hunger, to titles including Shame, Widows and his best picture winner 12 Years a Slave. "He should have gotten nominated a long time ago.
I'm very happy for him now," says McQueen of his friend and collaborator. "That was very painful for me, when he didn't get nominated for 12 Years." The director marvels at Bobbitt's ability to bring "empathy and understanding" to this cinematography. "We see impressions of things," he says. "We fill in the gaps with our brains.
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