From the Silver Screen reveal limited-edition necklace for The Phoenician Scheme

Ethical jewellery brand From the Silver Screen announces a ground-breaking collaboration with Focus Features and visionary filmmaker Wes Anderson: a limited-edition necklace crafted using silver reclaimed from the actual film reels of Anderson’s highly anticipated new film, The Phoenician Scheme, which is a contender to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes this weekend and premiers exclusively in UK cinemas May 23rd … Read more

Studio Babelsberg honours Wes Anderson with dedicated building

Studio Babelsberg honours director Wes Anderson with a building on the studio lot: The historic Haus 5 will now bear the name Wes Anderson Building (and Trickatelier). The building houses offices and functional spaces for costume and production design, as well as the so-called Trickatelier, which has played an important role in the history of visual effects and … Read more

Baker awarded the prestigious Stockholm Visionary Award

Sean Baker, the acclaimed director behind the Palme d’Or winner Anora, will be awarded the prestigious Stockholm Visionary Award at the upcoming Stockholm International Film Festival. The ceremony will take place on November 6 at Bio Skandia, coinciding with a special screening of Anora. The Stockholm Visionary Award celebrates American independent filmmakers who possess an … Read more

Robert Yeoman ASC / Asteroid City

COSMIC CREATION Robert Yeoman ASC enjoyed another inspiring creative adventure with director Wes Anderson, exploring new filmmaking terrain to create a multi-dimensional story that plays out in a stunning pastel coloured dreamlike desert and the contrasting harshly lit black-and-white world of a television studio. As expected from a Wes Anderson creation, the immersive and distinctive … Read more

Wes Anderson to receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award

La Biennale di Venezia and Cartier announce that the American director, writer and producer Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 80th Venice International Film Festival (August 30th – September 9th, 2023), dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the … Read more

ShotDeck Recreations: Karla Torres and Abisai Garcia (Moonrise Kingdom)

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

Robert Yeoman ASC / The French Dispatch

A LOVE LETTER TO LITERATURE The creative forces of Robert Yeoman ASC and Wes Anderson are victorious once again in The French Dispatch. The cinematographer and director – along with other collaborators such as production designer Adam Stockhausen and stop-motion DP Tristan Oliver BSC – reveal how they brought the collection of stories from the … Read more

Take a sneak peek inside the November 2021 issue of British Cinematographer

The November 2021 issue of British Cinematographer is now here! You can find out more about the exclusive interviews and articles you can expect to find inside our action-packed 108th edition now by reading on… GREIG FRASER ASC ACS ON DUNE Interpreting Frank Herbert’s novel Dune for the screen saw a team with imagination and … Read more

New post-production studio Assembly announces launch

Assembly, a new state-of-the-art post-production studio, has launched with a roster of seasoned professionals, set out to redefine the post-production experience and service the global creative market across advertising, film and television.   Founded by Art Williams, Oliver Hicks and Colin Moneymaker, Assembly’s core values include their flexibility of services and creative solutions, investment in leading … Read more

EnergaCAMERIMAGE full line-up announced

The extended line-up for EnergaCAMERIMAGE, including Main Competition, Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition, TV Series Competition, Polish Film Competition, Documentary Feature Competition and Director’s Debuts Competition, has officially been announced. The line-up is as followed: Main Competition: The Main Competition with the Golden Frog Award has been the most important part of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival from its beginning. The Competition exists since 1993 i.e. since … Read more

Join Light Bytes for ‘Lighting for Stop-Motion Animation’ livestream with Tristan Oliver BSC

Light Bytes’ next session ‘Lighting for Stop-Motion Animation’ promises to be a fascinating look into the world of lighting for camera and animation as they do a deep dive into the creative mind of one of stop-motion’s foremost cinematographers. They welcome Tristan Oliver BSC to the session – a leading director of photography whose work … Read more

Cannes 2021 line-up features 19 new films shot on Kodak film

Kodak Motion Picture and Entertainment is celebrating 19 films shot on film at Cannes including 8 titles competing for the Palme d’Or. Shot on film titles will also be featured in the Official Selection – Un Certain Regard, Semaine de la Critique and Directors’ Fortnight. Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Mia Hansen-Love, Juho Kuosmanen, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, … Read more

Tristan Oliver BSC / Isle Of Dogs

Man’s best friend Tristan Oliver BSC / Isle Of Dogs Man’s best friend Tristan Oliver BSC / Isle Of Dogs BY: Ron Prince “From a cinematographic point-of-view there’s no difference between shooting stop-frame and live action,” says Tristan Oliver BSC, the DP on Wes Anderson’s stylish and highly-acclaimed animated feature Isle Of Dogs, distributed by … Read more

May 2018:
Diversity, Dogs and Docudrama

Diversity, Dogs and Docudrama Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Diversity, Dogs and Docudrama Across The Pond / Mark London Williams Lead image: The Chapman Leonard Diversity Panel headed by (l-r): John Newby ASC, Donald A. Morgan, Patrick Cady ASC (c/o Chapman Leonard) We’re in the midst of that “advent calendar”-like season between NAB … Read more