Cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen went all-in on the Oscar®-nominated Molly’s Game by devising two distinct looks for director Aaron Sorkin that were used for scenes in Los Angeles and scenes in New York. The indie feature was shot mostly on sets built at Pinewood Studios in Toronto.
Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC earned his second Oscar® nomination in 2013, for Anna Karenina, in which he and director Joe Wright took an overtly theatrical approach to Tolstoy’s classic novel.
Intrigued by the possibilities of Panavision’s Millennium DXL, many talented filmmakers worldwide are choosing the camera for feature, television and commercials projects. With its unique Panavision build, DXL offers cinematographers the chance to take advantage of an 8K HDR large-format sensor, combined with Light Iron Color and an ergonomic, lightweight form factor.
Manhunt: Unabomber is an eight-episode Discovery Channel miniseries that dramatizes the federal government’s pursuit of Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist behind a string of letter bombs, some fatal, in the mid-1990s.
Is it a heist film, a love story, a comedy, an actioner or perhaps a musical? Baby Driver is all of them, straight from the genre-bending mind of writer-director Edgar Wright. Baby-faced Baby is a crack getaway driver recruited for a job that threatens a new love. He wants out, but the heist crew isn't so accommodating. And all this plays out to the soundtrack pulsating from Baby's earbuds. The film from Sony Tristar features Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Lily James, Jon Bernthal and a Subaru.
Eight seemingly disparate people from around the world have become linked. Through telepathy and a kind of astral projection, they bond and help each other using the others’ strengths to fight against a sinister force that is out to eliminate them. Such is the premise for the mind-tripping Netflix original series Sense8, created by J. Michael Straczynski, and Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the visual duo behind The Matrix trilogy and V for Vendetta.
Sam Levy’s calling card features distinctive films like Frances Ha, While We’re Young and Wendy and Lucy. On his latest project, HBO’s Crashing, Levy’s deft touch with the human condition also came in handy. The series centers on a stand-up comedian Pete Holmes as he struggles to make it in New York City. As a cinematographer who began his career in NYC, Levy could relate.
Linus Sandgren, FSF, whose credits include American Hustle and Promised Land, earned his first Academy Award® nomination on La La Land – one of 14 Oscar® nominations for the acclaimed film.
