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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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Máté Herbai was born in 1975 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer, known for On Body and Soul (2017), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) and Night Burns Like Cigarettes (2022).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Tomasz Naumiuk was born on 23 December 1981 in Olsztyn, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for High Life (2018), Nina (2018) and Mr. Jones (2019).- Cinematographer
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Rachel Morrison is an American cinematographer. She is best known for the films Fruitvale Station (2013), Cake (2014), Dope (2015), Mudbound (2017) and Black Panther (2018).
She began her career working on series and TV movies for a number of networks.
The independent film Palo Alto (2007) marked Morrison's debut as the primary cinematographer on a feature film.
For her work on Mudbound she earned a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, making her the first woman ever recognized in the category.- 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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David Higgs is known for RocknRolla (2008), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and His Dark Materials (2019).- Cinematographer
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The Mexico City native became obsessed with movies in his teens, attending local second-run cinemas that ran a different feature every day and frequenting film festivals. While studying filmmaking at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, he gravitated toward cinematography, serving as the DP on friends' projects. Unfortunately, when he graduated, Mexico was experiencing a period of economic turmoil, "which basically killed the film industry," he says. Undaunted, he worked on commercials, documentaries and short film projects, finally scoring his big break in 2004 with his Jim Jarmusch-influenced black-and-white photography on "Duck Season," directed by film school classmate Fernando Eimbcke, which earned him cinematography honors at Mexico's Ariel Awards. He earned another Ariel Award for "Silent Light" (2007) and a nomination for Eimbcke's "Lake Tahoe" (2008).
For the past three years, Zabe has been living in Los Angeles, working on a wide variety of projects, from the Adidas-sponsored short film "Original Is Never Finished" to writer-director Sean Baker's upcoming "The Florida Project." He has also shot music videos for the Pharrell Williams' "Happy" and "Marilyn Monroe," plus the Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Sacrilege."
"I evolved and developed in Mexico, but it opens up a whole new universe to live in the U.S.," says Zabe.- Cinematographer
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Dan Laustsen is a Danish cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Peak (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017) for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
He studied at the National Film School of Denmark from 1976 to 1979, to pursue a career of cinematography. Laustsen has been involved in the production of feature films, documentaries, and advertisements, and is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers.- Cinematographer
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Chung-hoon Chung was born on 15 June 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Last Night in Soho (2021).- 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).- Cinematographer
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Xavi Giménez was born in 1970 in Barcelona, Spain. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Machinist (2004), Agora (2009) and Transsiberian (2008).- Cinematographer
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Sebastian Winterø was born on 13 May 1974. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Crooked House (2017), Sia: Chandelier (2014) and Opponent (2023).- 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'.- Director
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Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making 8 mm films, Anderson cut his teeth shooting films on video and editing them from V.C.R. to V.C.R.
Part of Anderson's artistic D.N.A. comes from his father, who hosted a late night horror show in Cleveland. His father knew a number of oddball celebrities such as Robert Ridgely, an actor who often appeared in Mel Brooks' films and would later play "The Colonel" in Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997). Anderson was also very much shaped by growing up in "The Valley", specifically the suburban San Fernando Valley of greater Los Angeles. The Valley may have been immortalized in the 1980s for its mall-hopping "Valley Girls", but for Anderson it was a slightly seedy part of suburban America. You were close to Hollywood, yet you weren't there. Would-bes and burn-outs populated the area. Anderson's experiences growing up in "The Valley" have no doubt shaped his artistic self, especially since three of his four theatrical features are set in the Valley.
Anderson got into film-making at a young age. His most significant amateur film was The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), a sort of mock-documentary a la This Is Spinal Tap (1984), about a once-great pornography star named Dirk Diggler. After enrolling in N.Y.U.'s film program for two days, Anderson got his tuition back and made his own short film, Cigarettes & Coffee (1993). He also worked as a production assistant on numerous commercials and music videos before he got the chance to make his first feature, something he liked to call Sydney, but would later become known to the public as Hard Eight (1996). The film was developed and financed through The Sundance Lab, not unlike Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). Anderson cast three actors whom he would continue working with in the future: Altman veteran Philip Baker Hall, the husky and lovable John C. Reilly and, in a small part, Philip Seymour Hoffman, who so far has been featured in all four of Anderson's films. The film deals with a guardian angel type (played by Hall) who takes down-on-his-luck Reilly under his wing. The deliberately paced film featured a number of Anderson trademarks: wonderful use of source light, long takes and top-notch acting. Yet the film was reedited (and retitled) by Rysher Entertainment against Anderson's wishes. It was admired by critics, but didn't catch on at the box office. Still, it was enough for Anderson to eventually get his next movie financed. "Boogie Nights" was, in a sense, a remake of "The Dirk Diggler Story", but Anderson threw away the satirical approach and instead painted a broad canvas about a makeshift family of pornographers. The film was often joyous in its look at the 1970s and the days when pornography was still shot on film, still shown in theatres, and its actors could at least delude themselves into believing that they were movie stars. Yet "Boogie Nights" did not flinch at the dark side, showing a murder and suicide, literally in one (almost) uninterrupted shot, and also showing the lives of these people deteriorate, while also showing how their lives recovered.
Anderson not only worked with Hall, Reilly and Hoffman again, he also worked with Julianne Moore, Melora Walters, William H. Macy and Luis Guzmán. Collectively, Anderson had something that was rare in U.S. cinema: a stock company of top-notch actors. Aside from the above mentioned, Anderson also drew terrific performances from Burt Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg, two actors whose careers were not exactly going full-blast at the time of "Boogie Nights", but who found themselves to be that much more employable afterwards.
The success of "Boogie Nights" gave Anderson the chance to really go for broke in Magnolia (1999), a massive mosaic that could dwarf Altman's Nashville (1975) in its number of characters.
Anderson was awarded a "Best Director" award at Cannes for Punch-Drunk Love (2002).- Cinematographer
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Dan Laustsen is a Danish cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Peak (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017) for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
He studied at the National Film School of Denmark from 1976 to 1979, to pursue a career of cinematography. Laustsen has been involved in the production of feature films, documentaries, and advertisements, and is a member of the Danish Society of Cinematographers.- 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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Michal Englert was born on 4 May 1975 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. Michal is a cinematographer and writer, known for Never Gonna Snow Again (2020), Woman of... (2023) and In the Name Of (2013).- Cinematographer
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John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process, rather than a dedicated cinematographer.- Cinematographer
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Eigil Bryld was born on 27 February 1971 in Odense, Denmark. He is a cinematographer, known for The Holdovers (2023), In Bruges (2008) and Ocean's Eight (2018).- 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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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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Alexander Dynan is known for First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Goodnight Mommy (2022).- Cinematographer
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Michal Sobocinski was born on 10 August 1987 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Father (2007), Moja dziewczyna (2008) and Filip (2022).- Cinematographer
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Drew Daniels is a Texan cinematographer whose credits include the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Award winning short film, Thunder Road as well as Krisha, the 2015 SXSW Grand Jury and Audience Award winning feature film. He shoots features, shorts, music videos and commercials all around the world but currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.- 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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Nicholas D. Knowland was born on 28 November 1941 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Berberian Sound Studio (2012), The Duke of Burgundy (2014) and Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995). He has been married to Harriet Cox since 1 April 2001.- Cinematographer
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Dominik Danilczyk was born on 21 June 1977 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. Dominik is a cinematographer, known for Kobieta z ciemnosci (2004), The Man with the Magic Box (2017) and Better Half (2019).- Cinematographer
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Ben Seresin B.S.C., A.S.C., has lensed a number of notable features with big-name directors. He collaborated with Michael Bay on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and on Pain and Gain. He shot Marc Forster's World War Z starring Brad Pitt (sharing credit with Robert Richardson, A.S.C.), and Tony Scott's Unstoppable for which he was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Cinematography. The movie starred Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. More recently, Seresin worked with Doug Liman on 2021's Chaos Walking starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong featuring Alexander Skarsgard and Millie Bobby Brown, and Niki Caro's upcoming feature, The Mother, starring Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes, set to debut in May 2023. He's currently filming the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong.
Seresin grew up in New Zealand and moved to the UK to pursue his dream in film. He built a stellar reputation in the commercial and television world before making his feature film debut on Mike Barker's The James Gang. He was able to strengthen his action prowess as 2nd unit director of photography on such films as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. His major break came when he took over for Dariusz Wolski, A.S.C. on first unit for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, after Wolski had to leave early to start work on another project.
In between films, Seresin uses commercials and music videos as a creative testing ground for new equipment and techniques. Seresin's PUMA commercial with director Ringan Ledwidge After Hours Athlete, was awarded the Film Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2011. And the NIKE commercial he lensed, Winner Stays On, was used as NIKE's main commercial during the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.- Cinematographer
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Pieter Vermeer is known for Aftermath (2017), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and Muzzle (2023).- 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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Magdalena Gorka is an international Director of Photography on dozens of incredibly successful films, television series, music videos and commercial campaigns. In addition to her evocative and emotional imagery, Magdalena is known for her skill in virtual production (e.g. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and her deep talent shooting cars, complex action sequences and mixed reality.
Magdalena has shot impactful commercials for global brands including Google, BMW, IKEA and ESPN, as well as memorable music videos for artists including Elton John, Katy Perry, The Chainsmokers and more. For her collaboration with director Marcus Khune on The Chainsmokers official video 'Don't Let Me Down', Magdalena received a VMA nomination for Best Electronic Music Video. The video now has over 2 billion views on YouTube.
Magdalena was nominated for the prestigious Golden Frog Award at Camerimage International Film Festival for her stunning cinematography in 'Jack Strong', directed by Wladyslaw Pasikowski.
Magdalena graduated from the Lodz School of Film in 2000. She now resides in Venice, California and travels the world looking for the light, illuminating joyful stories.- Producer
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Marc J. Francis' is a British director, producer and documentary cinematographer whose films have won worldwide critical acclaim and have been distributed across cinemas, television and streaming platforms.
His most recent film 'Walk With Me' about Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh, featured Benedict Cumberbatch as narrator, and was released theatrically around the world.
Marc's early directorial work includes 'Black Gold'; described as 'riveting and jaw-dropping" (LA Times), it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival winning worldwide critical acclaim and went on to be released in over twenty countries around the world. He followed up with 'When China Met Africa,' - a multi-broadcast project with the BBC, Arte France, and the Sundance Institute.
His current directorial work includes a documentary featuring Elizabeth Gilbert (Author: 'Eat, Pray, Love') and her former Syrian-American partner Rayya Elias - who passed away after being diagnosed with inoperable cancer.
Marc also Exec Produces through his production company Speakit and has established relationships with leading broadcasters and distributors.
Prior to his film career, Marc attended the University of Leeds in the UK where he studied Mandarin, and later lived in China during the economic boom of the mid-1990s.- Director
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Max Pugh was born on 29 August 1977 in England, UK. He is a director and editor, known for Walk With Me (2017), The Road to Freedom Peak (2013) and NYman with a Movie Camera (2010).- Visual Effects
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Andrew Finch is known for Others Will Follow (2017), Destruction Los Angeles (2017) and BraveStorm (2017).- Cinematographer
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Andrew Droz Palermo is a cinematographer and director. He is best known for A Ghost Story (2017), Rich Hill (2014) and A Teacher (2013).
As a cinematographer, Palermo frequently collaborates with director David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story, Strange Angel).
He also served as the cinematographer on You're Next (2011) and V/H/S (2012), both directed by Adam Wingard.
His directorial debut, Rich Hill (2014), a collaboration with his cousin, Tracy Droz Tragos, won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.- Cinematographer
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Thomas Townend is known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), Attack the Block (2011) and Harry Brown (2009).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Elisha Christian is known for Columbus (2017), The Night House (2020) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).