title: Andrew Lesnie
text: Andrew Lesnie  (1956 – 27 April 2015) was an Australian movie cinematographer. He was best known as the cinematographer for The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) and its prequel The Hobbit trilogy (2012–2014), both directed by New Zealand director Peter Jackson. He received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2002. He also worked on I Am Legend (2007) and The Water Diviner (2014).
  
  Lesnie was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He died from a heart attack on 27 April 2015 in Sydney, aged 59.
  
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  Academy Award winning cinematographers
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  Deaths from myocardial infarction
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