National Pride Slawomir Idziak / Battle of Warsaw 1920 National Pride Slawomir Idziak / Battle of Warsaw 1920 The recognition, the big budgets and stars and the money associated with Hollywood and international films are major draws, but for most European filmmakers the attachment to home and the cinema culture there remains strong. Polish director … Read more
Mississippi Mission Stephen Goldblatt BSC, ASC / The Help Mississippi Mission Stephen Goldblatt BSC, ASC / The Help Stephen Goldblatt ASC BSC was born in South Africa and raised in England, where he studied at the Guildford School of Photography and at the Royal College of Art. Still photography led him from photojournalism to portraiture. … Read more
Hard Light Larry Fong / Super 8 Hard Light Larry Fong / Super 8 At the recent Cine Gear industry confab, held on the backlot at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, a screening of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) was followed by a discussion with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond ASC, who won an Oscar for … Read more
Perceptive Powers Christian Berger AAC / LUDWIG II Perceptive Powers Christian Berger AAC / LUDWIG II BY: Annette Zoeh Artistry in its purest most perfect form. The ability to see and create beautiful, aesthetic and majestic images characterises the work of a great cinematographer, and DP Christian Berger AAC is a wizard of magical image … Read more
Bomb Gone Jess Hall BSC / 30 Minutes or Less Bomb Gone Jess Hall BSC / 30 Minutes or Less BY: Ron Prince Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank, or else. As the clock ticks, … Read more
Twilight Tenderness Benoit Delhomme AFC / One Day Twilight Tenderness Benoit Delhomme AFC / One Day Benoît Delhomme AFC burst onto the international cinematography scene in 1993 with The Scent Of Green Papaya, a visual poem in which images and sounds took precedence over dialogue. That film was well-received at the Camerimage Festival of the … Read more
Dutch and Double Meet The New Wave / Sam Care Dutch and Double Meet The New Wave / Sam Care Filmography (so far): Chasing Cotton Clouds (2011), In Our Name (2010) Misfits 2 – 2nd Unit (2010), Changing Faces (2007). When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? Cinema has fascinated me … Read more
Deadly Serious Oliver Stapleton BSC / Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Deadly Serious Oliver Stapleton BSC / Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark The cinematography in Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, as it title might hint, invites you into a nostalgia of the horror genre. Veteran cinematographer Oliver Stapleton BSC has brough a … Read more
Time Honoured Clapperboard / Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE Time Honoured Clapperboard / Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE BY: David A. Ellis On 22 September 2011 the British Cinema and Television Veterans (BCTV) will pay tribute to Sir Sydney Samuelson CBE, and his long career in filmmaking, an event supported by twelve other industry organisations including the … Read more
Dark Intent Seamus McGarvey BSC ASC / We Need to Talk About Kevin Dark Intent Seamus McGarvey BSC ASC / We Need to Talk About Kevin BY: Bob Fisher We Need to Talk About Kevin is an intimate, dark and sometimes frightening film that takes place in contemporary times with insightful flashbacks weaved into the … Read more
A certain destiny Clapperboard / Walter Lassally BSC A certain destiny Clapperboard / Walter Lassally BSC Revered cinematographer Walter Lassally was born on 18 December 1926 in Berlin, Germany. His father was an industrial filmmaker, who was forced to stop working when Walter was six because of the coming of the Nazis. Lassally said, “We … Read more
Avoid Yellow Snow Meet the New Wave / Gareth Munden Avoid Yellow Snow Meet the New Wave / Gareth Munden Filmography (so far): My first feature Lotus Eaters (2011), directed by Alexandra McGuinness screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? My father Alan was a … Read more
Engaging Mystery Dirk Nel / Leonardo & The Cheapside Hoard Engaging Mystery Dirk Nel / Leonardo & The Cheapside Hoard BY: David Heuring Set against the backdrop of 15th century Florence, Leonardo is far from a typical period drama. The 13-episode series playing on BBC1, follows the teenage Leonardo da Vinci, and his friends – … Read more
Neo Noir Ed Lachman ASC / HBO mini series Mildred Pierce Neo Noir Ed Lachman ASC / HBO mini series Mildred Pierce Since its founding, in the dawn of the cable television era, HBO has built a reputation for quality. It is highly thought of by cinematographers, who appreciate the respect and support accorded them by the … Read more
An Amazing Journey Clapperboard / Vilmos Zsigmond ASC An Amazing Journey Clapperboard / Vilmos Zsigmond ASC BY: Bob Fisher When Vilmos Zsigmond ASC was a teenager living in Szeged, Hungary, a gypsy fortune-teller told him that he was destined to sail across a great ocean to a big city where he would become an important … Read more
Anything is possible Meet the New Wave / Kate Reid Anything is possible Meet the New Wave / Kate Reid Filmography (so far): Blooded (2011), Africa United (2010) 2nd Unit DP and B-camera operator. When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? I was about 20 and attending an event at the … Read more
The Meaning of Life Emmanuel Lubezki AMC, ASC / The Tree of Life The Meaning of Life Emmanuel Lubezki AMC, ASC / The Tree of Life Terence Malick is a master whose unique sensibility is behind films like Badlands, Days Of Heaven and The Thin Red Line. Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC, the grandson of a … Read more
Crime Scenes Paul Cameron / Henry’s Crime Crime Scenes Paul Cameron / Henry’s Crime Director of photography Paul Cameron, ASC gave his latest film, the dark, romantic indie comedy Henry’s Crime, what he describes as a “folkloric beauty.” The cinematographer’s credits include Tony Scott’s Man On Fire and Déjà vu; Dominic Sena’s Swordfish and Gone … Read more
Thor de Force Haris Zambarloukos BSC / Thor Thor de Force Haris Zambarloukos BSC / Thor BY: Ron Prince Last year we ran a piece about Haris Zambarloukos BSC and his production work on the Kenneth Branagh-directed Thor. A year on, Ron Prince caught up with the cinematographer via Skype, as he was grading the … Read more
Human Conditions Ben Smithard / My week with Marilyn Human Conditions Ben Smithard / My week with Marilyn “My DVD collection is not a happy one, in fact it’s pretty morose,” admits Ben Smithard. “I’ve probably got five comedies in a library of about 3,000 films at home.” We’ve been speaking about … Read more
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