A Powys-raised cinematographer said it was "extraordinary and overwhelming" to win an Oscar for the epic period drama The Brutalist.

Lol Crawley, who grew up in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain and attended Ysgol Llanfyllin, snapped up the gong for best cinematography at the 97th awards show in Los Angeles on Sunday.

On stage, Crawley thanked “all my friends back in Wales”, and the director Brady Corbet for “standing by if I failed to succeed”.

The award-winning filmmaker, who trained at Oswestry College and completed a BTEC National Diploma in Audio Visual Studies at The North East Wales Institute in Wrexham, also won the BAFTA for best cinematography at last week's ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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