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The Brutalist Creative Gravity
When:

February 3 – April 1

Where:

Cooke Gallery London
39 Newman St
Fitzrovia
London
W1T 1QB

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Creative Gravity - Cooke Gallery exhibition

Cooke is pleased to announce the opening of its latest exhibition at the Cooke London Gallery: Creative Gravity.

The new exhibition, Creative Gravity, focusses on the creative relationship between cinematographer Lol Crawley (BSC) and director Brady Corbet.

Through a series of unique interviews, the exhibition provides an insightful commentary on how they collaborate and communicate to translate a script into visual language. The pair have worked together on Corbet’s three films to date: The Childhood of a Leader (2015), Vox Lux (2018) and, most recently, The Brutalist (2024). The latter won three awards at the 2025 Golden Globes for Best Director, Best Film and Best Actor in the drama category and the pair have picked up nominations for Best Director and Best Cinematography, along with a host of other related nominations. For both the upcoming Critics Choice and BAFTAs, a common thread between the three features is the choice of Cooke lenses on Kodak film.

By visiting Cooke’s Creative Gravity exhibition, you will embark on a journey to discover how Crawley and Corbet were first drawn to each other and how their relationship has evolved during the making of these three projects.

Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet is a writer, director and actor. Brady made his feature directorial debut in 2015 with THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER, starring Academy Award nominee Bérénice Bejo and Robert Pattinson. The film was lauded with critical acclaim and decorated at the Venice Film Festival with the Orrizonti Best Director Award and Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film.

VOX LUX, his second feature film, was hailed by critics after it premiered in competition at the 2018 Venice Film Festival, London Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Academy Award Winner Natalie Portman and Academy Award Nominee Jude Law, with original music by Sia.

THE BRUTALIST, starring Academy Award Winner Adrien Brody, Academy Award Nominee Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce. Received universal acclaim at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in competition, winning the Silver Lion Award for Best Director. It has since won the 2025 Golden Globe for Best Film and Best Director and has been nominated for several BAFTAS this year. Including Best Picture.

Brady Corbet

Lol Crawley BSC

Lol Crawley, BSC is a multiple award-winning director of photography with more than 20 years of experience in film, television, commercials and music videos. His work has been nominated for and/or won BAFTA Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, International Festival Awards, VMAs and ASC awards.

His film work includes WHITE NOISE; THE HUMANS; THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME; THE SECRET GARDEN; 45 YEARS; MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM; and FOUR LIONS.

Lol’s television projects include; BLACK MIRROR: THE CROCODILE; THE OA (S1); THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE; and UTOPIA (S2).

Lol is currently based in Los Angeles and works across the United States and internationally.

 

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