Francis Ford Coppola will honour Werner Herzog with the laudatio at Venice Film Festival, as well as awarding the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to the German director. The award and speech will be presented today (Wednesday 27 August) in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), during the opening ceremony … Read more
DARING ORIGINALITY The result of an ambitious concept decades in the making, Megalopolis reunited Francis Ford Coppola with Mihai Mălaimare Jr. ASC to bring a bold vision of an epic Roman tale transported to an imagined modern America to the big screen. Francis Ford Coppola views filmmaking as play rather than work because for the … Read more
Mihai Mălaimare Jr., ASC attended the National University of Theatre and Film “I.L.Caragiale” Bucharest. He shot several award-winning shorts and features in Romania before filming Francis Coppola’s experimental independent feature Youth Without Youth, for which he received a Best Cinematography nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. Mălaimare was named to Variety’s “10 Cinematographers to Watch” list in … Read more
Stephen Henry Burum ASC is one of the foremost American cinematographers, who worked during the 1980s on a number of visually impressive films that shaped the cinematic tendencies of the decade. A regular collaborator of Brian De Palma during the last quarter of the twentieth century, Burum lensed several unforgettable feature films that are still … Read more
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS In the first installment of a new section celebrating the history of film, we look back at the influence of Gordon Willis ASC and the Godfather trilogy. “On The Godfather, we got huge flak from Paramount. It even made Francis Ford Coppola nervous. But I said, ‘Just hang in there. It’s … Read more
Charting Through Emmy’s Waters Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Charting Through Emmy’s Waters Across The Pond / Mark London Williams As we head through summer’s dog days, and toward “Academy Season” (though Emmy season is first – stay tuned!), it’s worth noting that John Bailey ASC’s tenure as Academy President has ended, as … Read more
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced Oscar®-winner Angelina Jolie as the recipient of the 2018 ASC Board of Governors Award. The presentation will be made at the organization’s 32nd Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Feb. 17 at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. The ASC Board of Governors Award is given … Read more