The Manaki Brothers Festival ended its 36th year of celebrating cinematography by awarding the Golden Camera 300 to Matyas Erdely HSC for his incredible craftsmanship in shooting the film Son Of Saul. This award, to the Hungarian cinematographer, marked the culmination of the festival where, in ten days of photographic screened excellence, the pendulum had … Read more
IMAGO held its 23rd Annual General Assembly in Jerusalem, Israel, on October 17th/18th with 46 member delegates attending from as far as Australia, Japan and Canada. It was the first time in IMAGO´s history that the General Assembly was held outside Europe. The Israeli Society ACT, under their former President Idan Or and his excellent … Read more
British cinematographer Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC once again features in the nominations across the Oscar, BAFTA and ASC Awards, this year for his work on Sicario. Deakins is joined by Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC for The Revenant, Ed Lachman ASC for Carol, John Seale ACS ASC for Mad Max: Fury Road and Janusz Kaminski … Read more
Grizzly Adventure Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC / The Revenant Grizzly Adventure Emmanuel Lubezki AMC ASC / The Revenant BY: Ron Prince A “revenant” is a spirit that returns seemingly from the dead. Whilst exploring the snowy wilderness of Wyoming during the 1820s, fabled frontiersman and trapper Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains terrible injuries during a … Read more
Pinewood Studios: Universal Pictures’ Steve Jobs, from Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle, was recently mixed at Pinewood Post Production. The team carried out sound editorial, mixing and foley work for the film, which stars Michael Fassbender as the pioneering founder of Apple. Pinewood has launched, in partnership with The Open University, a free on-line course … Read more
When In Roma Spotlight / Panalight Italy When In Roma Spotlight / Panalight Italy BY: Adrian Pennington In Roberto Jarratt’s varied career, spanning 60 years in the industry, he has helped BBC Italy produce documentaries, acted as consultant to Lord Sidney Bernstein, founder of Granada TV, and been managing director for revered lighting specialist Mole … Read more
Still Workin’ It Innovators / John Buckley & John Venables / Movietech Still Workin’ It Innovators / John Buckley & John Venables / Movietech BY: Kevin Hilton Movietech is among the UK’s leading camera and accessories rental houses for movie production. It has also been responsible for producing customised equipment for specific purposes and films, with much … Read more
Making Light Work Christian Berger AAC / By The Sea Making Light Work Christian Berger AAC / By The Sea BY: Adrian Pennington Christian Berger AAC, the ASC Award-winner and Academy and BSC nominee for The White Ribbon (2009), is renowned for his use of natural light, although the acclaimed cinematographer wants to correct this slight misconception. … Read more
Affordable Film Post It Notes / Cinelab London Affordable Film Post It Notes / Cinelab London Adrian Bull, founder and MD of Cinelab London, reveals how shooting on celluloid can easily stack-up favourably versus digital on a producer’s spreadsheet. When we established Cinelab London back in June 2013, it certainly wasn’t with the expectation that we would reverse the … Read more
Gone Fishin’ Anthony Dod Mantle DFF BSC ASC / In The Heart Of The Sea Gone Fishin’ Anthony Dod Mantle DFF BSC ASC / In The Heart Of The Sea BY: Ron Prince In 1820, the crewmen of New England whaling ship Essex faced a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of titanic size and strength … Read more
Cabin Fever Robert Richardson ASC / The Hateful Eight Cabin Fever Robert Richardson ASC / The Hateful Eight BY: Ron Prince The Hateful Eight is the taut and talkative American Western mystery movie, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The $44m, Weinstein Company production, stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, … Read more
New Wave Meet the New Wave /Oona Menges New Wave Meet the New Wave /Oona Menges Filmography (so far): Social Suicide (2015), plus shorts Rubicon (2016), Looking For Albert (2014), MOTH (Man Of The House) (2014) When did you discover you wanted to be a cinematographer? I was bitten by the film bug at the age of … Read more
Shooting Star Clapperboard / Tony Pierce-Roberts BSC Shooting Star Clapperboard / Tony Pierce-Roberts BSC Affectionately known, far and wide, by the simple diminutive “TPR”, British cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts BSC has the best part of 50 motion picture and TV narrative credits to his name, with landmark productions featuring in a successful career path and garnering the highest … Read more
Monster Mash Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Monster Mash Remi Adefarasin OBE BSC / Pride and Prejudice and Zombies BY: Ron Prince Pride And Prejudice And Zombies is Lionsgate’s hotly-anticipated romantic-comedy-horror movie, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel of the same name, but written for the screen and directed by Burr Steers. … Read more
Night Vision John Pardue / Stan Lee’s Lucky Man Night Vision John Pardue / Stan Lee’s Lucky Man Cinematographer John Pardue wrote in with details of how he used the new Sony A7s camera to capture an exciting nighttime action sequence as part of his work on the first two episodes of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for … Read more
Space Odyssey Neville Kidd / Childhood’s End Space Odyssey Neville Kidd / Childhood’s End BY: Jeremy Span The rich city of Melbourne and its surrounding landscapes provide the backdrop for Childhood’s End, a cautionary science fiction mini-series on the Syfy Universal channel. The three-part show is set in the near future, when mankind finally has the resources and technology … Read more
Company 3, the Soho-based digital intermediate and post production company has added Jonathan Smiles and Doychin Margoevsky to its London dailies team. With over 20 years of experience across film and TV, Smiles is well known as a film and digital workflow specialist. He worked on the first UK RED camera and German ARRI Alexa … Read more
Dick Pope BSC was awarded The Royal Photographic Society’s Lumière Award during The Society’s Awards ceremony on 16th September at the Royal Society in London. Pope began his career as a documentary film cameraman, working for many companies including the BBC, travelling the world to remote and inaccessible areas including war zones. He specialised in shooting … Read more
Chris Menges BSC ASC, one of the most revered cinematographers working today, will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage Festival of Cinematography taking place in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A double Oscar-winner for his cinematography on The Killing Fields (1985) and The Mission (1987), Menges started his career in the 1960s as a … Read more
Sharp Shooter Hoyte Van Hoytema FSF NSC / SPECTRE Sharp Shooter Hoyte Van Hoytema FSF NSC / SPECTRE BY: Ron Prince It’s always special when James Bond returns to the big screen. SPECTRE, the 24th movie in the ever-popular 007 franchise, features Daniel Craig in his fourth performance as Bond, taking on a chilling confrontation with an … Read more
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