Adam Arkapaw is an Australian cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Top of the Lake and True Detective, for which he has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards. He is also known for his collaborations with director Justin Kurzel, with whom he worked on Snowtown, Macbeth, and Assassin's Creed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adam Arkapaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Bowral - Sydney - Australia
- Cinematographer
- 14 on MovieCove · 30 credits in all
What are Adam Arkapaw's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 9
Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 1 · Intense 8
Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 7
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Adam Arkapaw's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Adam Arkapaw's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
30 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Magazine Dreams(2023)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
The Order(2024)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Masters of the Air(2024)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The King(2019)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Light of My Life(2019)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Assassin's Creed(2016)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Light Between Oceans(2016)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Flesh and Bone(2015)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Macbeth(2015)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
McFarland, USA(2015)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Apprentice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
True Detective(2014)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Lore(2012)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Dumpy Goes to the Big Smoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Yardbird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Snowtown(2011)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Ball (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Animal Kingdom(2010)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Apricot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Ahmad's Garden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Jerrycan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Directions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
I Love Sarah Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Lone Rider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
End of Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Booth Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The City Eats Its Weak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Blood on Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Catch Fish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 30 titles, 28 of them dated from 2005 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 Primetime Emmys from 2 major nominations, 2013–2014.
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Adam Arkapaw's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 11 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the cinematography 79/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Adam Arkapaw's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Adam Arkapaw work with?
People who share at least 2 of Adam Arkapaw's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Justin Kurzel shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Justin KurzelShared titles: The Order (2024), Assassin's Creed (2016), Snowtown (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Justin Kurzel
- David MichôdShared titles: The King (2019), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 2 shared titles with David Michôd
Actors
- Ben MendelsohnShared titles: The King (2019), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Ben Mendelsohn
- Joel EdgertonShared titles: The King (2019), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Joel Edgerton
- Anthony HayesShared titles: The Light Between Oceans (2016), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Hayes
- Michael FassbenderShared titles: Assassin's Creed (2016), The Light Between Oceans (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Fassbender
Composers and editors
- Jed KurzelShared titles: The Order (2024), Assassin's Creed (2016), Snowtown (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Jed Kurzel
- Christopher TellefsenShared titles: Light of My Life (2019), Assassin's Creed (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Tellefsen
- Veronika JenetShared titles: Lore (2012), Snowtown (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Veronika Jenet
Producers
- Liz WattsShared titles: The King (2019), Lore (2012), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Liz Watts
- Vincent SheehanShared titles: Lore (2012), Animal Kingdom (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Vincent Sheehan
