Not exact matches
Spielberg tapped Kaminski to shoot Schindler's List in Poland just 12
years after the
cinematographer had come to the United States
as a political refugee.
First stepping behind the camera
as cinematographer for the 1977 drama Homeward in the Night, August took the helm for Honeymoon the following
year, to great critical acclaim.
The film is masterfully put together, and in fact features the same
cinematographer as The Orphanage, Óscar Faura, who would have to be one of the best horror
cinematographers of recent
years, having also contributed to The Machinist (El Maquinista).
With Gaspar Noe's Enter The Void, Michael Rowe's Camera d'Or winner Leap
Year, UK indie apocalypse film Monsters, Aussie rom - com The Wedding Party and a four feature tribute to
cinematographer Jack Cardiff (including Hitchcock goes Down Under in Under Capricorn), BIFF 2010 has,
as Moore so eloquently put it, «snap, crackle, pop, kick, bite and relevance».
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, «The Revenant» Should win: John Seale, «Mad Max: Fury Road» Upset player: John Seale, «Mad Max: Fury Road» (and that's a stretch) Nightmare win: None Lowdown: Lubezki will make history
as the first
Cinematographer to win this category three
years in a row.
Jordan Peele, the mastermind of «Get Out,» a social thriller about American racism, became the first African American to earn producer, director and writer nominations for a single film; the academy nominated a female
cinematographer, «Mudbound's» Rachel Morrison, for the first time in its 90 -
year history; and Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman recognized
as a director, feted for her wry, observational coming - of - age story «Lady Bird.»
Filmed in Ireland by
cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond with an atmospheric score by John Williams, the film is artfully made, yet features a few thriller - style shock moments to emphasize Cathryn's descent into madness
as she begins to have distorted visions of former lover Rene (Marcel Bozzuffi), who was killed
years earlier in a plane crash.
Besides Newman, who,
as Ebert noted, was taking an active hand in shaping and developing a fairly consistent character archetype over several
years and films, they included co-screenwriter Frank Pierson, who would go on to write Dog Day Afternoon;
cinematographer Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Fat City, Marathon Man); editor Sam O'Steen (Carnal Knowledge, Chinatown); and sound mixer Larry Jost, who would work with O'Steen on those two films and then go on to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — a movie that is in many ways Cool Hand Luke's spiritual cousin.
Four
cinematographers selected
as this
year's ASC...
Cinematographer Bradford Young has shot some incredible films, such
as «Arrival,» «Selma» and «A Most Violent
Year.»
Sources told IndieWire at the time that Anderson had been toying with the idea of working
as his own
cinematographer for
years, but that's not exactly how the director sees it.
Any new Paul Thomas Anderson film is guaranteed to create excitement, but «Phantom Thread» has generated more buzz than usual for two reasons: The drama marks a reunion between Anderson and Daniel Day - Lewis ten
years after «There Will Be Blood» and the movie finds the director serving
as his own
cinematographer on a feature film for the first time.
Cinematographer Dick Pope utilizes some of the prettiest lighting and compositions you'll see this
year to amaze our eyes
as Leigh's patient camera largely sits idle.
In the previous
years, such world - famous filmmakers were our guests receiving Jameson CineFest's Lifetime Achievement Award
as directors István Szabó director, Agnieszka Holland, Károly Makk and Jiři Menzel,
cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and actress Claudia Cardinale.
Madonna's
cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski is no novice, having ten
years of experience in his native Germany
as well
as some recent American film credits to his name.
But here, again, Arrival doesn't seem likely to get much love.The safest bet,
as so often this
year, is probably on La La Land and its
cinematographer Linus Sandgren.
Not only has Christopher Plummer made history today
as the oldest nominated actor ever, but Mudbound
cinematographer Rachel Morrison also stepped into the record books
as the first woman nominated in 90
years of Oscar.
The 47 -
year - old actress was joined at the event by her co-stars Sally Hawkins and Richard Jenkins,
as well
as director Guillermo del Toro, producers Matthew Greenfield and J. Miles Dale,
cinematographer Dan Laustsen and composer Alexandre Desplat.
Having been involved
as a
cinematographer on a number of great films over the
years that blended elements of horror and thriller with comedy, I'm excited to direct a project that I think hits all those notes and is hugely entertaining.
Potter and her
cinematographer Robbie Ryan (who shot last
year's Wuthering Heights) have captured a natural - looking recreation of early -»60s London, and a penchant for close - ups helps sell the performances of the actors even
as the drama dwindles.
Upcoming film series will highlight Figueroa's work with Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel, the Hollywood films that the
cinematographer shot over his 50 -
year career for directors such
as John Huston and John Ford, the films of the early 1930s that spurred Figueroa, and contemporary Mexican filmmakers whose work invokes Figueroa's legacy.
Cinematographers Branch: Two film credits
as Director of Photography, at least one within the last three
years.
After an eight
year period of silence following his time travelling Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning debut Primer, Shane Carruth returns to his position not only at the helm with his latest masterpiece, Upstream Color, but once again
as writer, actor,
cinematographer, sound designer, editor and even distributor.
Additional celebrities at SIFF this
year included Academy Award - winning director Morgan Neville with his documentary The Music of Strangers: Yo - Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble; award - winning writer and director James Schamus of Indignation; award - winning
cinematographer Kirsten Johnson with her directorial debut Cameraperson; acclaimed actor Clea DuVall with her directorial debut The Intervention; directors Miles B. Miller and Joshua H. Miller, producer Kathryn Tucker, and actor Paul Sparks of All the Birds Have Flown South; actor Craig Robinson in Morris From America; director Jonathan Parker, producers Catherine di Napoli and Deborah Parker, and actor Eric McCormack with The Architect; Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice; YouTube sensation and documentary subject of Presenting Princess Shaw Samantha Montgomery, who performed at the Opening Night Gala; Irish drag queen and marriage equality advocate Panti Bliss, subject of the documentary The Queen of Ireland,
as well
as director Conor Horgan; director Martin Spirit and subject Spencer Haywood of Full Court: The Spencer Haywood Story; irector Ned Crowley and actor Jim O'Heir of Middle Man; director James Redford with his new documentary Resilience; Pearl Jam founding member and Gleason composer Mike McCready; actor Laura Carmichael and director Chanya Button with the US premiere of Burn Burn Burn; director Iwai Shunji of A Bride for Rip Van Winkle; Joshua Marston, director of Complete Unknown; actor Corentin Fila of Being 17; Andreas Öhman, director of Eternal Summer; Ti West, director of In A Valley of Violence; director Roger Ross Williams and subject Ron Suskind of Life, Animated; director Nathan Adloff, actor Tim Boardman and producers Stephen Israel and Ash Christian of Miles; director Linas Phillips and producer Ian Bugno of Rainbow Time; Richard Tanne, director of Southside With You; Jocelyn Moorhouse, director of The Dressmaker; Brent Hodge, director of The Pistol Shrimps.
Reunited with
cinematographer / filmmaker Andrew Droz Palermo (Rich Hill), this Austin shot drama has benefitted from the extra time in post-production
as it was shot in March of this
year and we're sure glad she didn't waste much time between projects.
Inarritu and
cinematographer Emmanuel Lubeski (this
year's Oscar winner for Gravity) set it up to act
as one long continuous take, but differentiates itself from movies like Rope by not taking place in real time.