The Brutalist DP Lol Crawley Wins Rotterdam’s Robby Müller Award
Lol Crawley, DP on Brady Corbet’s acclaimed Oscar contender The Brutalist, will receive the 2025 Robby Müller Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in January.
The honor, named for the late legendary Dutch cinematographer of Paris, Texas, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark, and Mystery Train, is presented annually to an “an image maker who has created an authentic, credible and emotionally striking visual language.”
Crawley will attend IFFR in January to give a talk on his work as well as present a screening of The Brutalist, which will celebrate its Dutch premiere at the festival.
Crawley, a BAFTA and Independent Spirt Award nominee, lensed Corbet’s previous features, Vox Lux (2018) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015), and is known for his work on such features as Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years (2015), Antonio Campos’ The Devil All The Time (2020), and Noah Baumbach’s White Noise (2022).
The Brutalist was shot on 35 mm film stock using 50s-era VistaVision cameras to evoke the period feel of the story, which follows a brilliant Bauhaus-trained Hungarian Jewish architect (played by Adrian Brody) who, after surviving World War II, tries to start a new life in America. Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn also star.
“Lol Crawley’s camera is dedicated to the story and characters in a way that is both humble and ardent,” the festival jury said in a statement announcing the award. “His sensual cinematography embraces the environment as unpredictable and fluid and aims to align with its flow rather than confine it to a predefined frame.”
The Robby Müller Award is presented jointly by the IFFR, the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers, and Müller’s widow, Andrea Müller-Schirmer. Previous winners include Thai cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Memoria), Mexican DP Diego García (Wildlife, Neon Bull), and American auteur Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy, First Cow).
The 2025 IFFR runs Jan. 30-Feb. 9.
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