Chas Appeti / Jungle

SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Fresh from his Bafta Television Craft Award success, Chas Appeti, the cinematographer and co-creator of Amazon’s Jungle with Junior Okoli, reflects on his winning work on the innovative musical series.   Tinie Tempah, Big Narstie, Unknown T – just some of the stars of the UK’s rap and drill scene who you’ll … Read more

Take a sneak peek inside the July/August 2023 issue of British Cinematographer

The July/August issue of British Cinematographer is now here! Read on to find out what’s in our latest edition… HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA ASC NSC FSF ON OPPENHEIMER It’s the cinematic event of the summer and Christopher Nolan’s most groundbreaking project yet: Oppenheimer, the fascinating true story of the eponymous “father of the atomic bomb”. Nolan’s long-time collaborator, Hoyte van … Read more

Event Review: BAFTA TV Craft Awards

Cream of the craft Experts in their field and sparkling new talent were in the spotlight at BAFTA’s celebration of the very best of 2022’s television craft creations. The art at the heart of television production was commended at a BAFTA Television Craft Awards which saw cinematographer Chas Appeti win his first BAFTA for Photography … Read more

Jungle  thriller puts Cooke Anamorphic/i lenses to the test

Cooke Optics has released details of how the forthcoming film Jungle, based on Yossi Ghinsberg’s memoir, “Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival”, was shot using its Anamorphic/i lenses. The film recounts Ghinsberg’s 1982 journey through the Amazon where he ended up alone for three weeks, before being found and rescued. Jungle stars Daniel Radcliffe … Read more