About
Multi-award winning photographer, Murray Close has forged his career capturing crucial stills of the world of cinema. Born in Canada and educated in the UK, it was whilst studying music that an introduction to Stanley Kubrick lead him to a three year assignment on ‘The Shining.’ This master class would influence his work from that point on, helping forge strong links with the film industry and early ties with Warner bros. with whom he continues to work with to this day.
Collaborations with Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg opened the doors for relocation to Los Angeles in 1989 where he resided until an invitation from Alfonso Cuarón in London to contribute to 'Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban' for Warner Bros and subsequently ‘Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire’ & ‘Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix.’
It was during this time that black and white negatives in a laboratory faced with closure of the cult British classic, ‘Withnail & I’ were found which lead to representation by Proud Galleries and exhibitions at the BFI and at Proud Chelsea on the Kings Road, London.
Close’s new association with Jennifer Lawrence meant a move back to the US in 2011 for the entire ‘Hunger Games’ Franchise and he has since continued to work with its Director, Francis Lawrence on ‘Red Sparrow’ ‘See’ and most recently ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ in 2022. Close recently finished production on A24’s ‘Civil War’ with acclaimed British writer/director Alex Garland and last year worked on the latest installment in the Alien franchise due for release in the Summer of 2024.
Close was awarded the Society of Camera Operator Still Photographer Lifetime Achievement Award (2016) & Publicists Guild of America Excellence in Unit Still Photography for Motion Pictures Award (2019). Close and his creative team won Clio awards for the Key Art on Mission Impossible (1996) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023). A selection of Close’s extraordinary work was exhibited by Leica in Seattle in 2022.
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