UNKNOWN TERRITORY I’ll start with a confession. I’ve probably seen about five horror films in my life, and most of them through my fingers. So, I was surprised and intrigued when my agent said that director Christopher Smith wanted to meet me for The Banishing, a feature in which a family are terrorised by the unquiet dead in an English vicarage … Read more
Eyes Wide Open Clapperboard / Larry Smith BSC Eyes Wide Open Clapperboard / Larry Smith BSC BY: David A. Ellis Award-winning cinematographer, producer and director Larry Smith BSC has been responsible for the look of numerous productions, including TV output, which includes, Agatha Christie’s Marple (2004) and Elizabeth I (2005). He worked with the late … Read more
Willing and able Clapperboard / James B. Devis BSC Willing and able Clapperboard / James B. Devis BSC BY: David A. Ellis During a career stretching over 50 years, James Devis BSC operated on a healthy number of great films with many notable directors and cinematographers, including Moonraker (1979, dir Lewis Gilbert) with Alec Mills … Read more
Goodness gracious Meet The New Wave / Vanessa Whyte Goodness gracious Meet The New Wave / Vanessa Whyte Filmography (so far): cinematographer on BBC’s Murdered For Being Different (2017) and Operator (2015), Best British Short BAFTA Winner 2016; second unit DP on Broadchurch (season 3, 2016), Fortitude (season 1, 2015) and Get Santa (2014). When … Read more
