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Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The two have been friends since they were teenagers and attended the same film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Together they have worked on six motion pictures: Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991), A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998), And Your Mother Too (2001), Children of Men (2006), and Gravity (2013). His work with Cuarón on Children of Men (2006), has received universal acclaim. The film utilized a number of new technologies and distinctive techniques. The "roadside ambush" scene was shot in one extended take utilizing a special camera rig invented by Doggicam systems, developed from the company's Power Slide system. For the scene, a vehicle was modified to enable seats to tilt and lower actors out of the way of the camera. The windshield of the car was designed to tilt out of the way to allow camera movement in and out through the front windscreen. A crew of four, including Lubezki, rode on the roof. Children of Men (2006) also features a seven-and-a-half-minute battle sequence composed of roughly five seamless edits.
Lubezki has been nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, winning three, for Gravity (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015). He is the first cinematographer in history to win three consecutive Academy Awards.- Cinematographer
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Gökhan Tiryaki was born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1972. He worked for national TV station (TRT) and joined the production of several TV films and documentaries as a cameraman between 1991 and 1996. Since 1996, he has been working as a cinematographer.
Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina), written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and produced by Zeynep Özbatur Atakan, has won three APSAs. Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Achievement in Directing, Gökhan Tiryaki was presented with the Award for Achievement in Cinematography and producer Zeynep Özbatur Atakan was awarded the Screen International Jury Grand Prize.- Cinematographer
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Pierre Cottereau is known for Café de Flore (2011), Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Wolf's Call (2019).- Cinematographer
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Born in Barcelona in 1981, Edu Grau is one of the youngest members of the American Society of Cinematographers. He is mostly known for his adaptable and beautiful style in very different movies such as A single man, Buried, The gift, Suffragette, Boy Erased, The Way Back and Passing as well as some European art-house like Honor de Cavalleria and Quién te cantará.
Edu (short for Eduard) specialized in Cinematography at ESCAC in Barcelona and the NFTS in London, before making his first feature as a director of photography at 23, Honor de Cavalleria, that was selected in Cannes Film Festival 2006. In 2008 Tom Ford felt in love with his reel and brought him to the US to shoot his big break A Single Man. Edu was 27. The movie, named by Vice one of the ¨30 most beautiful movies of all time¨, changed Edu's career and put him in the Global map of Cinematographers. He has worked since with some of the biggest stars and talents in the planet, with the likes of Nicole Kidman, Ryan Reynolds, Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck, Emily Blunt, Penelope Cruz, Micheal Fassbender, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Hall, David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Sam Rockwell, Margot Robbie, Ruth Negga and Michelle Williams to name a few.
His range of directors is equally impressive, ranging from art-house cult auteurs like Albert Serra and Carlos Vermut to powerful visual powerhouses like Tom Ford, Gavin O'Connor and Sarah Gavron combined with actors turned directors like Joel Edgerton and Rebecca Hall. Throughout his work, he has shown an impressive capability to adapt to the director's visual language while keeping a strong beautiful style that supports the performance of the actors.
Edu Grau won the Bronze Frog at Camerimage 2011 for his cinematography of Buried, as well as being nominated for the Goya, Gaudí and CECC Awards. He was selected in Competition at Camerimage for his films A single man, Suffragette and A single shot and Animals. He was nominated for a Goya and a Gaudí Award for Quién te cantará, as well as winning the CECC Award in 2019. He combines features films with TV series and commercials.
Passing, his latest film by Rebecca Hall with Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp and Alexander Skarsgârd premiered in Sundance 2021 and was bought by Netflix, that is planning to release the B&W 4:3 movie in the awards season.- Cinematographer
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Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The Netherlands, but was rejected twice. After the rejection, Van Hoytema worked in a soap factory, carpentry factory and even played in a band. Hoyte and his brother decided to go to Poland to visit their roots, considering their grandpa was Polish. He eventually went on to attend the Polish film school in Lodz, which has been attended by other notable film makers, with the most notable being Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, and Krzysztof Kieslowski. At the later stages of Hoyte's education at the Lodz film school, Kieslowski was a professor there, who even supervised one of Hoyte's last projects. Hoyte left the Lodz film school early without having received a degree, but with many credentials. He started out with making documentaries. He later met someone who asked him to shoot a very low-budget film in Norway, which he accepted to do. This let Hoyte to film another film in Norway which was led by a a producer who was very active in Sweden. The producer offered Hoyte to work on a television show and another feature film. This started off Hoyte's career. He started to become a notable film maker in Sweden. His film 'Let the right one in' made him more known internationally.- Cinematographer
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Jolanta Dylewska was born on 9 March 1958 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. She is a cinematographer and director, known for Kronika powstania w getcie warszawskim wg Marka Edelmana (1993), Marek Edelman... And There Was Love in the Ghetto (2019) and In Darkness (2011).- Cinematographer
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Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His other film's as an cinematographer includes Amistad (1997), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The BFG (2016), and Ready Player One (2018).- Cinematographer
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SEAMUS McGARVEY (Director of Photography) has collected two Academy Award nominations for his cinematography: on Joe Wright's 2007 WWI drama "Atonement," and his 2012 adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, "Anna Karenina." In addition to the Oscar nominations, McGarvey won the British Society of Cinematographers (B.S.C.) award for "Anna Karenina" and "Nocturnal Animals" as well as a nomination for "Atonement," and also earned BAFTA and A.S.C. nods for both projects. "Atonement" also earned him nominations for the British Independent Film Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society, while walking off with the top honor from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. McGarvey has also won three Evening Standard British Film Awards for "Atonement," "Anna Karenina" and Stephen Daldry's "The Hours"; and five Irish Film & Television Awards for "Atonement," "Anna Karenina," "Sahara" "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and "Nocturnal Animals". He was Emmy nominated in 2017 for the dystopian TV drama "Black Mirror: Nosedive" Dir. Joe Wright. In 2004, he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's prestigious Lumière medal for contributions to the art of cinematography, sharing the company of such pioneers as Jack Cardiff, Freddie Francis, Roger Deakins and Sir Ridley Scott, McGarvey hails from Armagh, Northern Ireland, and began his career as a stills photographer before attending film school at the University of Westminster in London. Upon graduating in 1988, he began shooting short films and documentaries, including "Skin," which was nominated for a Royal Television Society Cinematography Award, and "Atlantic," directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. The latter project, an experimental, three-screen projected film created in 1997, earned Taylor-Wood a nomination for the 1998 Turner Prize, and would lead to an ongoing collaboration between McGarvey and the director. His four dozen credits as director of photography include Joss Whedon's superhero epic "Marvel's The Avengers," the industry record holder for highest opening weekend box office upon its release in May 2012, and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time; Lynne Ramsay's "We Need to Talk About Kevin"; Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," which earned an IFTA nomination; Gary Winick's "Charlotte's Web"; John Hamburg's "Along Came Polly"; Stephen Frears' "High Fidelity"; Mike Nichols' "Wit"; Michael Apted's "Enigma"; Michael Winterbottom's "Butterfly Kiss," McGarvey's first feature film credit; and two projects marking actors' directorial debuts: Tim Roth's "The War Zone" and Alan Rickman's "The Winter Guest." He also served as cinematographer on the pilot for the BBC/HBO TV series "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency," directed by Anthony Minghella. He reunited with director Wright for his 2009 drama "The Soloist," and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood (now Sam Taylor-Johnson) on her acclaimed 2008 drama, "Nowhere Boy," her 2011 short, "James Bond Supports International Women's Day" and the "Death Valley" segment of the 2006 erotic drama "Destricted." Following his work on "Godzilla" Dir. Gareth Edwards he reteamed with Taylor-Johnson on her big screen adaptation and Hollywood directorial debut of the bestselling phenomenon "Fifty Shades of Grey." "The Accountant," from director Gavin O'Connor. "Nocturnal Animals", from director Tom Ford. "LIFE" dir. Daniel Espinosa. "The Greatest Showman" Dir Michael Gracey and "Bad Times at the El Royale" Dir: Drew Goddard are his latest projects. His documentary work includes "Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home," which followed his work on Wright's "The Soloist," and filmed in the same locales; "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction"; "Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue"; and "The Name of This Film Is Dogme95." Supplementing his work on features and telefilms, McGarvey has also photographed and directed over 100 music videos, for such artists as PJ Harvey, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Robbie Williams.- Cinematographer
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Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematographer.
Prior to regularly collaborating with well-known directors like Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino, Richardson served an apprenticeship shooting second unit on Repo Man while filming television documentaries for PBS and the BBC. His work in television led Stone to hire Richardson to shoot both Salvador and Platoon. From there, he worked almost exclusively with Stone, filming Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July and The Doors, while occasionally branching out to shoot films like John Sayles' Eight Men Out and City of Hope.
Richardson also shot Stone's Natural Born Killers, Nixon and U-Turn. He then began collaborating with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. Scorsese chose him as DP on 1999's Bringing Out the Dead, while Tarantino snapped him up for Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Richardson continued to make his mark as Tarantino's DP on 2012's Django Unchained and 2015's The Hateful Eight, as well as on Ben Affleck's 2016 film Live By Night. He shot Director Andy Serkis's 2017 Breathe starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy; 2018's Adrift for Director Balthasar Kormakur starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin for STX, and 2018's A Private War for Director Matthew Heineman starring Rosamund Pike. Richardson then shot Tarantino's 2020 hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and 2021's Venom 2 for Sony/Director Andy Serkis.
Recent credits include 2022's Emancipation again with Fuqua for Apple Studios, 2023's Air directed by Ben Affleck for Amazon Studios, and The Equalizer 3 for Director Antoine Fuqua and for Columbia Pictures.- Cinematographer
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Robbie Ryan is an Irish cinematographer. He is best known for his work in Fish Tank (2009), Slow West (2015), American Honey (2016) and The Favourite (2018) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
Ryan has already work in more than 90 projects as an Cinematographer, including feature length, short films, commercials, and music videos.[LINK=tt1181614]- Cinematographer
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Bruno Delbonnel was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).- Cinematographer
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Xiaoding Zhao is known for House of Flying Daggers (2004), Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) and Shadow (2018).- Cinematographer
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Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.
He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.
Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (1990). He began his collaboration with the Coen brothers in 1991 on the film Barton Fink. He received his first major award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his outstanding achievement in cinematography for the internationally praised major motion picture The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
He is also known for his work in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
Deakins also worked as one of the visual consultants for Pixar's animated feature WALL-E.
In 2018 he won an Oscar for best cinematographer for his work in Blade Runner 2049.- Cinematographer
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Jose Luis Alcaine has a theory that the Frank Borzage movie A Farewell to Arms (1932) after a story by Ernest Hemingway, was the main and total inspiration for Pablo Picasso in the creation of the "Guernica", one of the most important painting of the 20th century. He believes that several images of a sequence of 5 minutes long showing the exodus of countrymen and soldiers on an infernal rainy night was the inspiration of Pablo Picasso. This sequence can be found in the second half of the movie - from minute 51 to minute 56 -. If you search "Jose Luis Alcaine and the Guernica" in the internet you will find the theory very well explained.- Cinematographer
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Jeff Cronenweth was born on 14 January 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Gone Girl (2014), The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).- Cinematographer
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Anthony Dod Mantle was born on 14 April 1955 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Antichrist (2009) and The Last King of Scotland (2006).- Cinematographer
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Newton Thomas Sigel was born in August 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Cherry (2021), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He is married to Lisa Chang.- Cinematographer
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Guillaume Schiffman is known for The Artist (2011), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and Populaire (2012).- Cinematographer
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Arkadiusz Tomiak was born on 20 February 1969 in Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Palimpsest (2006), Daleko od okna (2000) and Oblawa (2012).- Cinematographer
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Manuel Alberto Claro is a Chilean-Danish cinematographer best known for his work with director Lars von Trier on Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol 1 (2013), and The House That Jack Built (2018). Claro also shot the 2014 comedy Top Five starring Chris Rock and is known for his work with director Christoffer Boe on the feature films Everything Will Be Fine (2010), Allegro (2005) and Reconstruction (2003), which went on to win the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Claro has won numerous international accolades for his work. With an impressive 24 nominations and 12 wins, Claro has won awards at the Venice Film Festival, Camerimage, the Cannes Film Festival, and the European Film Awards. Additionally Claro's movies have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival.
Recent credits include The Chorus Girls directed by Ditte Hansen and Louise Mieritz for TV2 Danmark in February, The Pact (2021) directed by Billie August for Motor Productions, five episodes of The Kingdom Exodus (Season 3, 2022) directed by Lars Von Trier for Zentropa Entertainment and A Taste of Hunger (2021) directed by Christoffer Boe for Zentropa Entertainment.
Claro has lensed commercials for many brands including H&M, Sony, IKEA, Canon, Nokia, Maersk, Momondo, Persil, Philadelphia, Synoptik, Tulip, Velux, Zeta. He has shot music videos for a wide range of artists, including FKA Twigs, Paloma Faith, Rhye, Sons of Raphael.
Born in Santiago, Chile and raised in Denmark, Claro studied still photography in Milan and worked as an assistant photographer before attending the prestigious National Film School of Denmark to study cinematography. Claro currently resides in Copenhagen with his partner and two children. He is fluent in Danish, English and Spanish.- Cinematographer
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Christophe Beaucarne was born on 24 September 1965 in Brussels, Belgium. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), The Brand New Testament (2015) and Coco Before Chanel (2009).- Director
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Anna Foerster is known for Underworld: Blood Wars (2016), Outlander (2014) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).- Cinematographer
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John Toll is an American cinematographer. His filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively.
He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee. Outside of film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Golden Globe-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8.
Toll was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line (1998).- Cinematographer
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Adam Sikora was born on 3 May 1960 in Mikolów, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Boze Cialo (2006), Essential Killing (2010) and Autsajder (2018).- Writer
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Lech Majewski was born on 30 August 1953 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. He is a writer and director, known for The Mill and the Cross (2011), Valley of the Gods (2019) and Wojaczek (1999).- Cinematographer
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Ryszard Lenczewski was born on 5 June 1948 in Milków, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Ida (2013), My Summer of Love (2004) and Last Resort (2000).- Cinematographer
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Timo Salminen was born on 11 July 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Man Without a Past (2002), Le Havre (2011) and Juha (1999).- Cinematographer
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Luca Bigazzi was born on 9 December 1958 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for The Great Beauty (2013), This Must Be the Place (2011) and Youth (2015).[LINK=tt1440345]- Cinematographer
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Born on 3rd of November 1983 in Lodz. Graduate of Cinematography Department of The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School, (PWSFTviT) in Lodz.
Son of cinematographer Piotr Sobocinski and actress Hanna Mikuc a grandson of cinematographer Witold Sobocinski and actors Wanda Mikuc and Bohdan Mikuc, brother of cinematographer Michal Sobocinski- Cinematographer
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Sean Bobbitt was born on 29 November 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).- Cinematographer
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Ron Fricke is known for Samsara (2011), Baraka (1992) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).- Cinematographer
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Arthur Reinhart was born on 24 March 1965 in Kluczbork, Opolskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Jestem (2005), Nothing (1998) and Tristan + Isolde (2006).- Cinematographer
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Michele D'Attanasio was born on 18 June 1976 in Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Freaks Out (2021), Capri-Revolution (2018) and Caravaggio's Shadow (2022).- Cinematographer
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Anton Mertens is known for The Serpent (2021), Hotel Beau Séjour (2016) and War of the Worlds (2019).- Cinematographer
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Mikhail Krichman was born on 17 June 1967 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Return (2003), Loveless (2017) and Leviathan (2014).[LINK=tt1925421]- Cinematographer
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Born in Berlin (West), Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theatre sciences and worked in different theatres as a director's assistant before he began his studies at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. Since that time, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as Director of Photography and Cameraman with several film directors like Béla Tarr (Utazás az Alföldön (1995), The Man from London (2007), The Turin Horse (2011)), Gisa Schleelein (Tatau Samoa (2000)) and Gariné Torossian (Stone Time Touch (2007)). In 2000 and 2001 he directed several plays at different theaters in Germany. Since 1995 he is working as a guest lecturer at the Centre of Cinematographic Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in Barcelona/Spain, at the School of Visual Arts (ESBAG) in Geneva/Switzerland, at the Latvian Cultural Academy (LKA) in Riga, at the Tel Aviv University, at the Film and TV Academy Berlin (dffb), at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon etc. Retrospectives of his work had been presented in Lisbon/Portugal, Belgrade/Yugoslavia, Cambride/U.S.A, Athens/Greece, Brussels/Belgium, Oslo/Norway, Hannover/Germany, New York City/U.S.A., Buenos Aires/Argentina, Berlin/Germany, Barcelona/Spain, Bern/Switzerland, Ankara/Turkey, London/England, Potsdam/Germany, Bankok/ThailandHamburg/Germany. Fred Kelemen is member of the European Film Academy, the German Film Academy and the European Culture Parliament.- Cinematographer
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Phedon Papamichael, an award winning Cinematographer, was born in Athens, Greece and moved with his family to Germany, where in 1982 he completed his education in Fine Arts, in Munich. Working as a photojournalist brought Phedon to NYC in 1983, where he started crossing over into cinematography.
His first short film, the 35mm black & white SPUD, earned him the Award for Best Cinematography at the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. Following a call from John Cassavetes, his cousin and later collaborator, Phedon moved to Los Angeles. While continuing to work on short and experimental films, he began his feature career as a Director of Photography for Roger Corman, for whom he photographed seven films within two years.
Phedon now counts over 40 feature films to his credit as Director of Photography, including the early block-busters While You Were Sleeping starring Sandra Bullock and Cool Runnings, as well as Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, all directed by Jon Turteltaub.
His credits include many critically acclaimed films, such as Unstrung Heroes (Un Certain Regard, Cannes 1995), directed by Diane Keaton, and Unhook the Stars, starring Gena Rowlands and directed by Nick Cassavetes.
The Million Dollar Hotel, directed by Wim Wenders, was chosen as the Opening Film of the 2000 Berlin Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize, the Silver Bear, as well as the Golden Camera. The European co-production, 27 Missing Kisses, directed by Oscar nominated filmmaker Nana Djordjadze, premiered at Directors Fortnight in Cannes 2000. It garnered the Grand Prix Award at the 2000 New York/Avignon Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2000 Montpellier Film Festival, as well as the Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000 both films received a Camerimage nomination, for Best Cinematography.
In 2001 Phedon shot Moonlight Mile (Berlinale, 2003), directed by Brad Silberling, starring Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Holly Hunter. It was followed by Identity, directed by James Mangold, and the Oscar-nominated Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne.
His credits continued with The Weatherman, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine and Walk the Line, again directed by Mangold and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
Phedon shot the Academy Award nominated western 3:10 to Yuma, directed by James Mangold, starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale, and the blockbuster Pursuit of Happyness. In 2008 he photographed Oliver Stone's W. and then re-teamed again with James Mangold on Knight and Day, starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, which shot all over the world.
He shot two of the most award-winning films of 2011: Alexander Payne's The Descendants and The Ides of March, directed by George Clooney. This is 40, directed by Judd Apatow was released in 2012 and won Comedy of the Year from the Hollywood Film Festival.
For his gorgeous B&W lensing on the highly acclaimed Nebraska, which received 6 Academy Award nominations and was directed by Alexander Payne, Phedon received an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA nomination and an ASC nomination amongst other honors. His latest film is The Monuments Men, a period film directed by George Clooney, and starring Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin which was shot in Germany and England.
In addition to his feature work, Phedon has shot and/or directed over 100 commercials for such clients as Nespresso, BMW, Audi, and Nextel.
On the music video side, his work includes The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Eelectrical Storm, directed by Anton Corbijn.
Papamichael's work also includes several forays into television. He received an ASC Award Nomination for Best Cinematography for Oliver Stone's innovative mini-series Wild Palms, as well as his second ASC Award Nomination for Best Cinematography for the Francis Ford Coppola-produced pilot White Dwarf.
Phedon resides in Los Angeles and Athens, Greece and speaks fluent English, German, French and Greek. He holds German, Greek and U.S. citizenship.- Cinematographer
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Eduardo Serra was born on 2 October 1943 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), Unbreakable (2000) and Blood Diamond (2006).- Cinematographer
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Giles Nuttgens was born in 1960. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Hell or High Water (2016), Hallam Foe (2007) and The Deep End (2001).- Cinematographer
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Hagen Bogdanski was born on 24 April 1965 in Berlin, Germany. He is a director and cinematographer, known for The Lives of Others (2006), The Physician (2013) and The Beaver (2011).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Tom Stern was born on 16 December 1946 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Changeling (2008), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Mystic River (2003). He was previously married to Françoise Combadière.- Cinematographer
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Jean-Paul de Zaetijd is known for Silent Ones (2013), The Giants (2011) and The First, the Last (2016).- Cinematographer
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Jody Lee Lipes (ASC) is a Primetime Emmy and Independent Spirit Award-nominated director of photography. In 2024, he was recognized by the British Society of Cinematographers, winning the prestigious Best Cinematography in a Television Drama Award.
Jody has worked with numerous acclaimed directors including: Derek Cianfrance on the Emmy-winning limited series "I Know This Much Is True" starring Mark Ruffalo; Kenneth Lonergan on the Oscar-winning "Manchester by the Sea" starring Casey Affleck; Savanah Leaf on the BAFTA-winning "Earth Mama"; Marielle Heller on the Oscar-nominated "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" starring Tom Hanks; Sean Durkin on the Emmy-nominated limited series "Dead Ringers" starring Rachel Weiss and the Sundance Film Festival Best Director Award-winning "Martha Marcy May Marlene" starring Elizabeth Olsen; Lena Dunham on the Independent Spirit Award-winning "Tiny Furniture" and the Emmy-winning "Girls"; Tobias Lindholm on the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated feature "The Good Nurse" starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain; Judd Apatow on the Golden Globe-nominated feature "Trainwreck" starring Amy Schumer; and Antonio Campos on the Gotham and Independent Spirit Award-nominated "Afterschool" and the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series "The Sinner."
In short form, Jody has worked with Mark Romanek, Jerrod Carmichael, Savanah Leaf, Miles Jay, Grant Singer, Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance (among others).
His most recent work, a forthcoming limited series produced by Element Pictures, was helmed by renowned filmmaker Janicza Bravo.
Jody is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), The Director's Guild of America (DGA), and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).- Cinematographer
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Per Källberg was born on 14 March 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Agnes Cecilia - En sällsam historia (1991), Stockholm East (2011) and Man on the Roof (1976). He died on 17 February 2014.- Cinematographer
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Juan Ruiz-Anchia, ASC was born in the capital of the Basque Province of Spain, Bilbao. He graduated in 1981 from the American Film Institute (AFI in Hollywood, CA) with a Master in Visual Arts as a Director of Photography. Prior to attending AFI, he graduated from the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía in Madrid, Spain in 1972. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and a member of the International Cinematographers Guild. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences of Hollywood and a member of the Directors Guild of America.- Cinematographer
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Martin Sacha was born on 14 April 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is a cinematographer, known for Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Extraction II (2023) and Child 44 (2015).- Cinematographer
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Fabio Cianchetti was born on 22 April 1952 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Dreamers (2003), Canone Inverso (2000) and La terra (2006).- Cinematographer
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Lee Mo-gae is known for A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), The Good the Bad the Weird (2008) and I Saw the Devil (2010).- Cinematographer
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Radek Ladczuk was born on 2 June 1976 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Babadook (2014) and Suicide Room (2011).- Cinematographer
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Adam Arkapaw is known for his work on films such as Macbeth (2015 - ASC spotlight award) Animal Kingdom (2010 - Camerimage Cinematographer Debuts Competition winner) The Snowtown Murders (2011) Light Between the Oceans (2016) Lore (2011) and Assassin's Creed (2016). He is also the Emmy Award-winning cinematographer of Top of the Lake (2013) and True Detective Season 1 (2014). Born in Bowral, a small town south of Sydney, Australia. Arkapaw studied at Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts, getting his start making shorts and commercials.- Cinematographer
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Rob Hardy ASC BSC is a British Cinematographer known for his ground breaking work on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and his ongoing collaboration with Alex Garland: Ex-Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Men and most recently, the visceral epic Civil War.
He also won the BAFTA for cinematography on the beautiful and controversial drama Boy A which was swiftly followed by the influential & hallucinatory Red Riding 1974.
Other credits include James Marsh's atmospheric Shadow-Dancer and the beautiful period piece Invisible Woman for Ralph Fiennes.- Cinematographer
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Elliot Davis was born on 23 May 1948 in the USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Out of Sight (1998), Twilight (2008) and Man of Tai Chi (2013).- Cinematographer
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Rob Hardy ASC BSC is a British Cinematographer known for his ground breaking work on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and his ongoing collaboration with Alex Garland: Ex-Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Men and most recently, the visceral epic Civil War.
He also won the BAFTA for cinematography on the beautiful and controversial drama Boy A which was swiftly followed by the influential & hallucinatory Red Riding 1974.
Other credits include James Marsh's atmospheric Shadow-Dancer and the beautiful period piece Invisible Woman for Ralph Fiennes.- Cinematographer
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Guillermo Navarro was born in 1955 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Cronos (1992) and I Am Number Four (2011).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Piotr Niemyjski was born on 11 September 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Fear of Falling (2011), Foreign Body (2014) and Eter (2018).- Cinematographer
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Jean-Marie Dreujou is known for Wolf Totem (2015), La fille sur le pont (1999) and Two Brothers (2004).- Cinematographer
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Giorgos Arvanitis was born on 22 February 1941 in Dilofo, Kozani, Greece. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for The Swamp (1973), Such a Long Absence (1985) and Sti skia tou fovou (1988).- Cinematographer
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Bradford Young is an American cinematographer. His feature films as director of photography include White Lies, Black Sheep (2007), Pariah (2011), Restless City (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Mother of George (2013), and Arrival (2016).
In January 2017, Young became the first African-American cinematographer to be nominated for an Academy Award, for his work on Arrival. He is also the first person of color to be nominated in the Academy Award cinematography category since 1998 when Remi Adefarasin was nominated for Elizabeth.- Cinematographer
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Martin Gschlacht was born in 1969 in Vienna, Austria. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Goodnight Mommy (2014), Women Without Men (2009) and Revanche (2008).[LINK=tt1680679]- Cinematographer
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Florian Hoffmeister was born in 1970 in Brunswick, Germany. He is a cinematographer and director, known for True Detective (2014), Tár (2022) and Pachinko (2022).- Cinematographer
Markus Förderer was born in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for Constellation (2024), Red Notice (2021) and I Origins (2014).- Cinematographer
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Marius Dybwad Brandrud is known for Afert Your (2013), femton noll tre nittonde januari två tusen sexton (2024) and Involuntary (2008).- Cinematographer
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Antonio Riestra ASC, AEC, ACK Director of Photography February 1969
From B & W stills developed and printed in his home garage to multi camera large feature film projects and all those in between, Antonio has developed a fluid intuition and adaptability to collaborate in different genres, budgets, countries and languages. Antonio is a self taught cinematographer that came through the ranks from being a loader to a focus puller to an operator in Amores Perros to a 2nd Unit DP in Frida.
His main unit feature DP career began in Prague with the film Normal directed by Julius Sevcik for which he was nominated for a Czech Lion, this took him to the deep Catalunya with Agusti Villaronga in "Pa Negre" which awarded him a Goya and a Gaudi award. Then to The Face of Love in LA directed by Arie Posin and performed by Annette Benning and Ed Harris. Mama directed by Andy Muschietti and produced by Guillermo del Toro opened a whole other world for Antonio which brought the Last Knights with Kaz Kiriya and Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen an action film taking place in an inclusive Medieval realm. In the past few years he has collaborated with Akiva Goldsman (A beautiful mind) on Stephanie, Juan José Campanella (The secret in her eyes Oscar winner) in a TV show The Envoys and also with Adrian Grunberg (Rambo: Last Blood) on Black Demon and now Bandits for Netflix which is set to stream at the beginning of 2024 as well as Avenue of the Giants written and directed by Finn Taylor and produced by Jeanine Samuel.
Antonio has evolved to empathize with very different stories and always being able to instrument a different cinematic language and visual grammar for each. He has learned from all his Director friends very different forms of storytelling.- Cinematographer
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Larry Fong is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Linguistics, and from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) with a film degree. After graduation he started shooting music videos, including REM's 'Losing My Religion', winner of MTV's Music Video of the Year. TV commercials followed as did episodic television (JJ Abram's 'Lost'). His first studio film, '300', began a long running collaboration with director Zack Snyder, most recently Warner Bros' 'Batman v Superman'.
His recent work with Universal, Paramount, Legendary, Disney, Amazon, and Netflix include 'Kong: Skull Island', 'The Tomorrow War', 'Rescue Rangers', 'Secret Headquarters', and 'Damsel'.- Cinematographer
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Lol Crawley was born on 2 November 1974 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. Lol is a cinematographer and producer, known for Four Lions (2010), White Noise (2022) and The Devil All the Time (2020).- Cinematographer
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Haris Zambarloukos was born on 11 March 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Belfast (2021), Cinderella (2015) and Death on the Nile (2022).- Cinematographer
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Lukasz Gutt was born in 1980 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for All Our Fears (2021), A Heart of Love (2017) and My Name Is Ki (2011).- Cinematographer
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Ting-chang Chin is known for Cape No. 7 (2008), Lian ren (2005) and Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011).- Cinematographer
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Jakob Ihre was born on 3 December 1975 in Sweden. He is a cinematographer, known for Thelma (2017), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and Chernobyl (2019).- Cinematographer
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Luc Montpellier is known for Women Talking (2022), Tales from the Loop (2020) and Away from Her (2006).- Cinematographer
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Morten Søborg was born on 18 August 1964. He is a cinematographer, known for Valhalla Rising (2009), After the Wedding (2006) and Chernobyl Diaries (2012).- Cinematographer
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Andreas Wessberg was born on 15 June 1972 in Åmål, Dalsland, Sweden. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Utsatt (2006), Stand Your Ground and The Machinery (2020).- Cinematographer
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Juan Jose Saravia was born on 8 October 1969 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Killing Cabos (2004), The Last Death (2011) and Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017).- Cinematographer
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Thierry Arbogast was born in 1957 in France. He is a cinematographer, known for The Fifth Element (1997), Léon: The Professional (1994) and La Femme Nikita (1990).- Cinematographer
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Slawomir Idziak was born on 25 January 1945 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Gattaca (1997). He was previously married to Maria Gladkowska.