Why this filmmaker matters
Oliver Stapleton has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
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Oliver Stapleton has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Stapleton set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Michael Hoffman
Director
5 shared titles · A Midsummer Night's Dream

Gregor Jordan
Director
4 shared titles · Ned Kelly

Michelle Pfeiffer
Actor
3 shared titles · A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lasse Hallström
Director
3 shared titles · The Cider House Rules

James Marsden
Actor
2 shared titles · The Best of Me

Sienna Miller
Actor
2 shared titles · Unfinished Business

Geena Davis
Actor
2 shared titles · Hero

Stephen Tobolowsky
Actor
2 shared titles · Hero

Allison Janney
Actor
2 shared titles · The People We Hate at the Wedding

Alec Baldwin
Actor
2 shared titles · State and Main

Charles Durning
Actor
2 shared titles · State and Main

Paul Rudd
Actor
2 shared titles · The Cider House Rules
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