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Steve McQueen: A Life in Pictures

McQueen winning the Camera D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie “Hunger”.
McQueen on the set of the Small Axe series.
Chelsea School of Art and Design – the school McQueen attended from 1989 to 1990.
McQueen’s time at Drayton Manner High School was one of fun learning years, but it also opened his eyes to injustice in the British education system.
Steve McQueen at Goldsmiths University working on a project.
A portrait of McQueen directing on set.
The NYU Tisch School was where McQueen honed in on his love for film through rejecting the rigid standards he found there.
A still from McQueen’s 2002 short film Ashes.
Another still from McQueen’s first notable film work, Bear.
A photo of Caribs’ Leap. A memorial to the native people who committed suicide to avoid being killed by the French imperialists. This was influential to his understanding of his parents’ past.
A section of McQueen’s 2018 work “Year Three” that captured all year three students in London.
McQueen was the first black director to win a Golden Globe for his work on 12 Years a Slave.
McQueen on the set of 12 Years a Slave.