Greig Fraser ACS ASC wins Milli Award for Australian Cinematographer of the Year

At this year’s Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) 55th National Awards held at the spectacular Forum Theatre Melbourne, it was Greig Fraser ACS ASC who won the prestigious Australian Cinematographer of the Year Milli Award. Fraser also won a Gold Tripod in the Feature Films – Budget $3m and over category for Dune 2. On winning the award Fraser said, “It … Read more

Greig Fraser ACS ASC on colour and seeking “new vision” in this year’s Colour Award entries

Greig Fraser ACS ASC, award-winning cinematographer, discusses his relationship with colour; his collaboration with 2022 Colour Awards nominee Dave Cole, for his work on the grade of Dune; and what he’s looking for from entries in this year’s FilmLight Colour Awards. Fraser is an award-winning Australian cinematographer. His artistic composition, together with his flowing, immersive … Read more

The 8th IMAGO/FNF Oslo Digital Cinema Conference 2023 announce programme

The Norwegian Society of Cinematographers FNF will in cooperation with IMAGO, the Danish Society of Cinematographers DFF and the Swedish Society of Cinematographers FSF, and with support from the Norwegian Film Institute, Nordisk film & tv Fond and the Norwegian Union of Film Workers, arrange the 2023 Oslo Digital Cinema Conference. Target group are Cinematographers plus … Read more

BAFTAs 2023: James Friend ASC BSC wins Best Cinematography award for All Quiet on the Western Front

Anti-war epic All Quiet at the Western Front dominated the 2023 BAFTA awards with seven wins, breaking Cinema Paradiso‘s record for the most BAFTA wins by a non-English language film. Following his triumph at the BSC Awards the previous weekend, James Friend ASC BSC won the Best Cinematography award for his lensing of the German-language … Read more

Nominations announced for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023

BAFTA announces the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, celebrating the very best in film over the past year. A total of 45 feature films received nominations. Actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh announced the nominations via a live broadcast from BAFTA 195 Piccadilly in London. First time nominees feature heavily this year, … Read more

ShotDeck Recreations: Olley & Charlie Gibson (The Batman)

The ShotDeck Recreations contest was dreamed up during the first Covid-19 lockdown, when Oscar-nominated cinematographer Lawrence Sher ASC and his wife, Hema, recreated film stills using household items as props, family members as actors, and their cell phones for cameras. Now, the winners of the 2022 ShotDeck Recreations contest have been rewarded with over $30,000 … Read more

Stephen Oh / XM2

FLYING HIGH Drones became both hugely popular and much derided during the 2010s. In the last five years the remotely controlled, unmanned flying craft has made its mark on filmmaking, enabling aerial shots that would be difficult or impossible for conventional aircraft, wire systems or cranes. Of the many companies offering drone services for film, … Read more

Market Report: Cinema

Screen Burn For around half its life the cinema has faced a series of rivals that have threatened its existence. TV in the ‘50s, the ‘80s home video boom and, most recently, the streaming revolution. Each time it has managed to adapt or even reinvent itself to survive by offering new technologies or changing its … Read more

David Bird

Taking Flight Meet The New Wave / David Bird Taking Flight Meet The New Wave / David Bird Filmography (so far): Second units including The End Of The F***ing World (2018, episodes shot by DP Justin Brown), St Maud (2019, DP Ben Fordesman) and Gangs Of London (2019, episodes shot by DP Martijn Van Broekhuizen … Read more

Stronger Together

Working Conditions in film production In collaboration with FERA (the European Federation of Film Directors) IMAGO initiated a broad, two-day conference on Working Conditions in Vienna in the last week of January. The conference was organised in partnership with EU-XXL, and the conclusions of the conference and the views of the participating cinematographers, film directors … Read more