14 Facts About Andrew Lesnie

Andrew Lesnie ACS ASC was an Australian cinematographer.

Andrew Lesnie was best known for his collaboration with director Peter Jackson on The Hobbit trilogy and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which the letter earned him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2002 for his work on The Fellowship of the Ring.

Andrew Lesnie finished 6th form and his Higher School Certificate in 1974.

Andrew Lesnie started his career in 1978 as an assistant camera operator on the film Patrick while he was still in school at Australian Film, Television and Radio School.

Andrew Lesnie's work began receiving major attention after the release of the anthropomorphic pig story Babe and its sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.

Andrew Lesnie was director of photography on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and received an Oscar for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002.

Andrew Lesnie used motion picture camera company Arri's Arriflex 435, Arriflex 535, and ArriCam Studio 35mm film cameras for the trilogy.

Andrew Lesnie used Carl Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses and Kodak's 5279 film stock to photograph the films.

Andrew Lesnie planned far ahead into the production with Peter Jackson with previsualisation programs to help establish frame sizes and angles, as well as construction of sets.

At the acceptance speech for his Oscar win for Fellowship of the Ring, Andrew Lesnie dedicated his acceptance to chief lighting technician Brian Bansgrove, who he described as a major contributor to the quality of the film's cinematography.

For production, Andrew Lesnie used Red Digital Cinema's Epic cameras as well as Carl Zeiss Ultra Prime Lenses to photograph the film.

Jackson and Andrew Lesnie decided to shoot the film in 3D with as many as 15 stereoscopic camera rigs with 3ality.

Andrew Lesnie was a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society and the American Society of Cinematographers.

Andrew Lesnie died of a heart attack in his Sydney home on 27 April 2015, after having suffered from a heart condition for half a year.