Born in Oldham on 12th May 1954, Barry Ackroyd is an English cinematographer who has worked frequently with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow`s 2008 war film The Hurt Locker as well as the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips. He earned a BAFTA award and an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography in The Hurt Locker. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers. Ackroyd got together with director Jay Roach in the year 2020 for the film Bombshell.