
Ben Smithard
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Ben Smithard, B.S.C., is a British cinematographer known for his work on period pieces, such as the films The Damned United (2009), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Goodbye Christopher Robin, The Man Who Invented Christmas (both 2017), Blinded by the Light and Downton Abbey (both 2019). In television, Smithard served as cinematographer on the 2007 BBC One series Cranford (2007). He returned for the subsequent series Return to Cranford in 2009, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography. In 2012, Smithard received a nomination for Best Cinematography in a Television Drama by the British Society of Cinematographers for his work on the "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II" episodes of the BBC Two series The Hollow Crown.
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2021

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2002

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2007

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2012

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2009

Camera Operator
2020

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2020

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2025

"A" Camera Operator
2019

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2019

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2022

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2024

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2022

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2017

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2023

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2013

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2011

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2015

"A" Camera Operator
2019

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2009

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2015

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2013

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2017

Camera Operator
2017

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2023

Director of Photography
2011

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2015

Director of Photography
2006

Director of Photography
2012

Director of Photography
2009

Director of Photography
2017