1. Bradford Young moved to Chicago at age 15 to live with his father.
12 Facts About Bradford Young
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Bradford Young received early artistic inspiration by the works of Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, and Aaron Douglas.
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Bradford Young's first film project at Howard was a group project, a black and white silent film shot on a Canon Super 8.
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Bradford Young has won the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival twice.
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Bradford Young was the cinematographer for Selma, which won the BET Award for Best Movie in 2015.
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That same year, Bradford Young was inducted into the American Society of Cinematographers.
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In January 2017, Bradford Young became the first African-American cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award, for his work on Arrival.
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Bradford Young was the cinematographer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, about space smuggler Han Solo.
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In 2019, Bradford Young re-teamed with director Ava DuVernay on the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us, based on the 1989 Central Park jogger case, which earned critical acclaim.
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Bradford Young has filmed music videos for artists Beck, Common, Kamasi Washington, MGMT, and Norah Jones.
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Bradford Young has collaborated with artists Elissa Blount Moorhead and Leslie Hewitt on video installations that have been displayed in fine art museums around the world.
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Bradford Young is married to Stephanie Etienne, who received special thanks in A Most Violent Year.