Lol Crawley BSC (born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire as Laurie Crawley), is an English cinematographer and director of photography. His works include Ballast, Four Lions, and The Crimson Petal and the White. In 2013, Crawley directed photography for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and has attracted critical attention for its cinematography. Crawley has been inducted into the British Society of Cinematographers. He has been awarded two cinematography awards at film festivals, and also has been nominated for a 2014 Film Independent Spirit Award.In 2016 The Playlist profiled Crawley in their filmmakers on the rise stating that, "British DP Lol Crawley isn’t quite a brand new name — he’s been doing some remarkably impressive work in features for nearly a decade now. But of late, he’s gone from an extraordinarily impressive cinematographer to staking his claim at being one of the best in the world."