Pawel Pogorzelski

DP Pawel Pogorzelski, 1st AC Dany Racine, and Panavision’s Brian Mills talk Beau Is Afraid

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Cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski and writer-director Ari Aster began their long-running collaboration when they were both students at the American Film Institute. After making a string of shorts together, they teamed on the lauded horror features Hereditary and Midsommar, which in turn paved the way for their latest collaboration, the feature Beau Is Afraid. The movie, Pogorzelski says, is “a … Read more

HELIUM brings emotional punch to Nobody

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Leading up to production on Universal Pictures’ action film Nobody, cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski (Hereditary, Midsommar) tested a variety of cinema cameras, just like he’s done for every film he’s shot. It’s an exercise he admittedly loves. He lined up a variety of cameras, including RED DSMC2s with the MONSTRO, HELIUM, and GEMINI sensors. When director Ilya Naishuller (Hardcore Henry) and he compared the results, one in particular jumped off … Read more

Harbor Picture Company

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Holistic Approach Finishing Post / Harbor Holistic Approach Finishing Post / Harbor BY: Michael Burns In 2012, Zak Tucker, Joe Gawler and Theo Stanley launched The Harbor Picture Company in New York, as an independent studio crafting premium content for the feature film, episodic, and advertising industries. Today, it has expanded to include additional facilities … Read more

Pawel Pogorzelski / Midsommar

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Daylight Dread Pawel Pogorzelski / Midsommar Daylight Dread Pawel Pogorzelski / Midsommar If Ari Aster’s directorial debut, Hereditary (2018), left audiences and critics alike in paroxysms of horrific delight, then his sun-drenched, hallucinatory follow-up feature, Midsommar, looks set to cast a similar spell. And perhaps, in the fullness of time, it may turn out to … Read more