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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Camerimage Film Festival, which is devoted to the art of cinematography, is to pay tribute to Peter Biziou. The British cinematographer, who won an Oscar for “Mississippi Burning,” and was BAFTA nominated for “The Truman Show,” will receive the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Biziou, the son of cinematographer-animator Leon Bijou, started his career at an animation company in London. In the mid-sixties, he started to light film sets for commercials and shorts, which helped foster “his innate intuition and his courage to implement innovation,” the festival said. He worked with the likes of Len Fulford, Bob Brooks, Terence Donovan, John Swannell and Frank Budgen.

Karren Brady has slammed critics of Kate Middleton who took issue with her for taking her own pictures of her children, rather than using a royal photographer.The Apprentice star, 53, branded the remarks as "rather churlish" following the release of Kate's sweet pictures earlier this year.The businesswoman made her remarks following comments made by a royal photographer who argued Kate was taking away an opportunity from aspiring photographers and giving them a chance to elevate their career.Speaking about Kate's children, Karren penned: "They seem all the happier for being photographed by their mother in natural shots, rather than staged snaps taken by a stranger."So for anyone to have issue with the fact that the Princess of Wales delights in sharing her sweet photos with the world is rather churlish, to say the least, don’t you think?"According to royal photographer John Swannell, Kate is dashing the hopes of a generation of photographers by taking her own pictures of the royal children, rather than letting someone else “make their name” doing it," she wrote in her column for The Sun.She went on to add that Kate would have been "damned if she did and damned if she didn't" .It comes as the royal photographer said that by taking her own pictures, Kate is denying others the opportunity to make their name in their photography career.John said: "All the work I got with the royals really elevated my career; nowadays, someone like me just won't have the chance."Those chances should be given to young English photographers."However, he did admit that Kate was at an advantage as she knows the subjects of her snaps."In some ways, though, Kate is probably right to do it herself."She's not a great photographer, but she just snaps