Andrew Wehde / The Bear S4

CULINARY CONSISTENCY Lauded as one of this generation’s most beloved shows, Andrew Wehde fills us in on how he has cultivated The Bear’s distinct visual style over four seasons.  As the FX juggernaut airs its fourth instalment, Andrew Wehde has had the somewhat rare privilege of being the cinematographer for nigh-on every episode of The … Read more

Brighter days ahead

Mark London Williams explores the complex interplay of creativity and technology in cinematography as Emmy winners reveal their artistry behind impactful storytelling. September came in like an Emmy award and went out like one, too. The winged statuettes were handed out at the top of the month, and their larger than life versions decorate the … Read more

The politics of Emmy

As things continue to swelter in the US, our stateside columnist finds it’s not only politics heating up, but Emmy nods, summer films, Hollywood labour disputes – and everything else. In a recent newsletter, American historian Heather Cox Richardson was applying Ernest Hemingway’s line about how one goes bankrupt – “first gradually, and then suddenly” – to … Read more

Emmys 2023 winners announced

It was a three-way race at the strike-delayed Emmys tonight as HBO’s Succession and FX’s The Bear led all shows with six wins each, including Outstanding Drama and Comedy Series, respectively. And Netflix’s Beef took five trophies including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. The 2023 comedy Emmys were a Bear-fest. Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach continued their awards-season rolls, winning Best Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively, for … Read more

DP Andrew Wehde lays out the ingredients that helped shape The Bear

This article was shared with permission from Panavision.  – Cinematographer Andrew Wehde spent more than a decade shooting commercials for Michelin-star restaurants before he ventured into the frenetic kitchen of The Original Beef sandwich shop seen in FX series The Bear. Wehde joined the production for the second episode and went on to shoot the … Read more