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The American Society of Cinematographers was founded in Hollywood in 1919 with the purpose of advancing the art and science of cinematography and bringing cinematographers together to exchange ideas, discuss techniques and promote the motion picture as an art form — a mission that continues today.
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American Cinematographer is a magazine[1][2][3] published monthly by the American Society of Cinematographers. It focuses on the art and craft of cinematography, covering domestic and foreign feature productions, television productions, short films, music videos and commercials.
The emphasis is on interviews with cinematographers, but directors and other filmmakers are often featured as well. Articles include technical how-to pieces, discussions of tools and technologies that affect cinematography, and historical features.
Cinematography World celebrates the people and organisations making moving images. Supporting, inspiring and empowering visual storytelling.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodInternational Intrigue: Andrew Dunn BSC shares his perspective as part of the internationally diverse team that brought the feature film Killer Heat to the screen. The feature Killer Heat unfolds in the wake of a treacherous love triangle involving twin brothers on an exclusive Greek island. The secretive investigation that follows falls to a visiting detective […] The post Cinematographer Andrew Dunn BSC on Killer Heat appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodEmmy Award-winning television host, writer, producer and comedian Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Oscars. It will be O’Brien’s first time hosting the broadcast. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official live red carpet show airing at […] The post Conan O’Brien to host 97th Oscars appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodThe European Film Academy has announced the winners of this year’s Excellence Awards, celebrating the artistry and craftsmanship of filmmaking across eight categories. These prestigious awards will be presented during the 37th European Film Awards ceremony on December 7th in Lucerne. An esteemed eight-member jury selected the winners from the European Film Awards Feature Film […] The post Benjamin Kračun BSC honoured with European Film Academy Award for Cinematography Excellence appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodSix colourists crowned 2024 winners as the art of colour grading is celebrated at EnergeCAMERIMAGE 2024 The winners of the 2024 FilmLight Colour Awards were announced on Sunday, 17 November at a dedicated ceremony at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in Poland. The ceremony was opened by director and 2024 ‘Guest of Honour’, George Miller, before the awards were […] The post FilmLight Colour Awards reveal 2024 winners appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodOne of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, Alfonso Cuarón, will come to Toruń and participate in the 32nd edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival, which begins next week. The five-time Oscar winner will showcase his latest production – the TV series Disclaimer. The creator of masterpieces such as Roma and Gravity is coming to Poland not only […] The post Alfonso Cuarón to visit Toruń for EnergaCAMERIMAGE appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodThe American Cinema Editors has revealed that veteran editor Sabrina Plisco has been elected president of the motion picture editors society. She becomes just the second woman to lead the organisation in its 75-year history. Plisco, a two-time Emmy nominee whose swath of credits over a five-decade career include Doctor Strange and Ms Marvel along with […] The post American Cinema Editors elects Sabrina Plisco as new president appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodThe new Zeiss Supreme Zoom Radiance set includes three purpose-built T2.9 high-end cine zooms: 15-30mm, 28-80mm and 70-200mm. Featuring the same T* blue lens coating as the popular Supreme Prime Radiances, they offer a similar look with consistent flares and warmer colour rendition. “With the new Supreme Zoom Radiance lenses, we offer the only modern […] The post Zeiss introduces Supreme Zoom Radiance – modern cine zooms with unique character appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodCamerimage has announced the lineup of another of this year’s TV Series Competitions including Baby Reindeer, Boy Swallows Universe, Fallout and more. Read the list at: TV Series Competition 2024 The post ENERGACamerimage TV Series Competition 2024 appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodThe main jury of the EnergaCamerimage International Cinematography Film Festival, chaired by Cate Blanchett, has issued a statement pledging support for the festival and committment to “meaningful discussion”, following controversial comments by festival director Marek Żydowicz regarding female cinematographers in its line-up. This statement comes after the exit of director Steve McQueen from the event, […] The post Main jury pledge “meaningful discussions” about inclusion during Camerimage Festival appeared first on Cinematography World.
- by Kirsty HazlewoodWomen in Cinematography echo the sentiments that have been made by Cinematography societies the world over since the release of Marek Żydowicz’s article in Cinematography World magazine on Nov. 8, 2024 and wish to provide greater context to this discussion. Camerimage’s historical exclusion of all but a few women is the very reason that Women […] The post Women In Cinematography issue response to Marek Żydowicz’s View From The Top article in Cinematography World appeared first on Cinematography World.
Filmmaker is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to independent film. The magazine was founded in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis. The magazine is now published by the IFP, which acts in the independent film community.
- by Filmmaker StaffThe Gotham Film & Media Institute, Filmmaker‘s publisher, announced today in a press release that Emmy Award-winner Zendaya will receive the Spotlight Tribute for her performance as Tashi Donaldson in the Luca Guadagnino-directed film Challengers, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place Monday, December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. From the Gotham: The Spotlight Tribute was created by The Gotham in order to recognize phenomenal efforts by individuals in film and television who captivated global audiences with the biggest projects of the year. With the Spotlight Tribute, The Gotham will honor Zendaya’s remarkable […]
- by Lauren WissotIt’s a bit surprising to think that when I last interviewed Nanfu Wang it was for her six-part HBO docuseries Mind Over Murder, which revisited an infamous case of justice gone haywire in a small town in Nebraska back in the 1980s. Which, in terms of subject matter, is a far cry from this year’s followup (also for HBO). Night Is Not Eternal is a deep character study, a format the acclaimed director has long embraced, that charts the rise of Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of Oswaldo Paya, a five-time Nobel Peace Prize-nominated activist assassinated by the Cuban government in 2012. […]
- by Vladan NikolicI’ve been making films for many years now, at the unusual intersection of US independent and East-European cinema, and teaching at a university in New York. When COVID hit, it made me re-evaluate everything I was doing. I stopped the projects I was working on as they seemed superfluous in that reality. To me, the global response to the pandemic demonstrated like nothing before the shocking inability of international and national institutions to cooperate and deal efficiently and equitably with a planetary crisis. And now, it almost seems as if nothing had happened; it’s just “business as usual.” But it’s […]
- by Emily HuseToday, the IDA announced the nominees for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards. The show will be held on December 5th and hosted by actor and comedian Adam Conover. From the press release: Adam Conover to Host the 40th IDA Documentary Awards The Awards Ceremony will be hosted by actor, comedian, and writer Adam Conover on December 5, 2024, 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET at The Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and streamed live documentary.org and simultaneously on IDA YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram channels. Learn more about the nominees and get your tickets for the ceremony at documentary.org/awards2024 The […]
- by Filmmaker StaffActor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold will receive the Visionary Tribute for their collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures, at the 34th edition of The Gothams, taking place on Monday, December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Announced in a press release, the Gotham Visionary Tribute “recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film.” “In A Complete Unknown, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold have beautifully captured Dylan’s emergence in 1960s New York not just as an artistic evolution, but as a meditation on the necessity […]
- by Peter RinaldiAs an actor, Peter Vack is known for his work in television series such as I Just Want My Pants Back (series lead), Mozart In The Jungle, and Love Life, and recent independent films like PVT Chat, Eugene Kotlyarenko’s The Code and his virtuoso turn as an evil version of “Peter Vack” in Actors (written, directed, and co-staring his sister Betsey Brown). As a filmmaker, he has gotten a reputation for demanding an “all in” approach from his performers. His first feature, Assholes (called “the most disgusting movie ever”), won a jury prize at SXSW, and his latest, www.RachelOrmont.com, described […]
- by Natalia KeoganWhen she first started filming in the Republic of Artsakh—a small “breakaway” state where most residents were ethnically Armenian, but lived under the control of Azerbaijan—Emily Mkrtichian was planning to portray the pivotal roles local women play 30 years after experiencing a violent war. But her project was thrust in a completely different direction when the small sovereign state became besieged by sudden conflict once again. Taking its title from the opening line of most Armenian fairy tales, Mkrtichian’s feature debut is fascinated with the preservation of a place that no longer exists. For the first half of the film, […]
- by Natalia KeoganThreads concerning family, identity and resistance are carefully interwoven in Yalla Parkour, Palestinian filmmaker Areeb Zuaiter’s portrait of Gaza’s scrappy yet talented troupe of parkour athletes. After getting in touch with Ahmed Matar—a young man who dreams of securing a rare visa so that he may attend international parkour tournaments—Zuaiter realizes that by documenting his story, she can reconnect with a facet of her own heritage that she had once felt completely closed off to. While her family originally hails from the city of Nablus in the West Bank, conversing with Ahmed brings out the filmmaker’s own misconceptions about life […]
- by Tyler CoatesEvery Tuesday Tyler Coates publishes his new Filmmaker newsletter, Considerations, devoted to the awards race. To receive it early and in your in-box, subscribe here. I really didn’t want to write a newsletter about how a Trump victory might disrupt an already chaotic Oscar season, but here we are. When I had multiple publicists reaching out about their films on Thursday morning, proving our post-election malaise was limited to a single day, I realized that the show must go on—and the show, I fear, might become a lot dumber. I can’t help but think back to the 2017 Oscars, in […]
- by Vadim RizovI was delighted to be invited to the Tokyo International Film Festival, which came with the particularly desirable bonus of being elsewhere during the US election cycle’s final days. Taking into account the time difference on my date of return, I hoped an election-night nailbiter would let me fly back in unperturbed ignorance, but… The route back flew over the international date line; the metaphorical obviousness of literally going backwards in time to the States was too hamhanded for my taste, albeit appropriately overstated in keeping with the bludgeoning that’s about to occur. Before that hammer fell, the city more […]
- by Lauren WissotAdmittedly, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) was not in my geographic vocabulary before this region in the Caucasus Mountains took centerstage at last year’s IDFA, when first-time filmmaker Shoghakat Vardanyan nabbed top prize for 1489. The heartbreaking doc details the Armenian director’s real-time, smartphone-shot search for her brother, a young student and musician who’d been conscripted into the most recent war over their disputed homeland. And now we have Sareen Hairabedian’s cinematic, Gotham-supported My Sweet Land screening DOC NYC (where Emily Mkrtichian’s There Was, There Was Not, which follows four women in Artsakh, is also playing). Starring a bright 11-year old citizen of Artsakh named […]
- by Lauren WissotThough Debra Granik is no stranger to Sundance — 2004’s Down to the Bone, 2018’s Leave No Trace and 2010’s Oscar-nominated (in four categories) Winter’s Bone all premiered in Park City — I was a bit surprised to see the indie vet’s name attached to a project at the fest’s 40th edition earlier this year. Unlike the director’s prior critically-acclaimed films, Conbody vs Everybody is neither narrative nor a traditional feature doc, but a documentary in five chapters (six at Sundance, of which only parts four and five were screened) that took Granik and her longtime collaborators, EP Anne Rosellini and EP/editor Victoria […]
- by Natalia KeoganReturning for its 15th edition, DOC NYC presents yet another robust lineup of over 200 non-fiction short and feature-length films. Taking place in-person from November 13-21 and online through December 1, the largest documentary film festival in the country features buzzy future Oscar contenders, hidden gems from this year’s global festival circuit and even a handful of world premieres amid its 2024 program. Screenings will be held at several Manhattan theaters (namely IFC Center, SVA Theater and Village East) and via the festival’s own streaming platform. Below, from Filmmaker‘s writers, find a selection of recommended titles to seek out, which […]
- by Bedatri D. ChoudhuryOn a dull white piece of archival paper measuring 39.3 x 27.3”, ghoulish figures in wispy gray and red stenciled figures are engaged in various jousting poses. Text is sandwiched between the figures: “One day the streets all over the world will be empty. From every tomb I’ll learn all we imagine of light.” The 2016 painting by Nalini Malani, one of India’s foremost video artists, is titled All we Imagine of Light. Years later, her daughter Payal Kapadia would ask to borrow and rework the title for her film All We Imagine As Light, which would eventually go on […]
- by Lauren WissotJacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet’s Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other is as breathtakingly understated as its title is arresting. The doc, which picked up a Special Mention: DOX:AWARD when it world-premiered at CPH:DOX last March, stars the celebrated and prolific photographer Joel Meyerowitz (a two-time Guggenheim Fellow and NEA and NEH awards recipient with 50-plus books and over 350 museum and gallery exhibitions to his credit) and his less famous partner of 30 years, the British artist-musician-novelist Maggie Barrett. It’s also an up close and personal (literally — the filmmaker couple lived with their protagonists during production) […]
- by Natalia KeoganThe somber existence of a reclusive electronic musician is the focus of Allen Sunshine, the feature debut of 25-year-old Harley Chamandy. The eponymous character (played by Vincent Leclerc) resides in a charming lakeside cabin in Quebec, yet the idyllic nature of his surroundings is tempered by inconsolable grief over his wife’s recent death. As a big-name musical talent in her own right, the solitary Allen is pained by the fact that his grief is not just his own; though he deeply adored her and produced most of her music, it’s clear that fans, both rabid and casual alike, feel equally […]
- by Thomas TorreyIn 2015 I directed my first feature. It would be six years before I was able to direct my second. But once I had completed the first draft of that script, we had the film in the can within six months. It was a breakneck pace making Long December, a Christmas-set musical drama about a singer/songwriter chasing his dreams of stardom. Its process was complicated further by my choice to not only fill the story with musical numbers performed by the cast but to capture those performances live on-camera — with no lip-syncing or back-tracking. Pulling it off took a […]
- by Peter RinaldiJack Dunphy is a writer, filmmaker, animator, actor and podcaster. His shorts have played in festivals around the world and his latest, Bob’s Funeral, won Best Nonfiction Short Film at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. As an actor, he starred in Peter Vack’s Assholes and Caveh Zahedi’s legendary, unfinished, 24-hour retelling of Joyce’s Ulysses. He can soon be seen in Paradise and Lunch, the new film from Jordan Tetwesky and Joshua Pikovsky, and Anything That Moves from Alex Phillips. His wonderful new podcast, Revelations with Jack Dunphy, in which he talks about his struggles with addiction and mental illness with […]
- by Evan LouisonShot and set in Gravesend, a town in Kent, England, Andrea Arnold’s new film Bird, starring newcomer Nykiya Adams alongside Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, is a portrait of a young girl coming of age under chaotic circumstances. Twelve-year-old Bailey, played brilliantly by Adams, is bound by poverty and a dearth of options to her unstable father, Bug (Keoghan); she seeks solace in whatever independence she can find. When a mysterious stranger (Rogowski) appears on her doorstep, an uncanny bond is formed between them, altering the course of her life. Bird is currently in theaters from MUBI. Filmmaker: Your narrative […]
- by Tyler CoatesEvery Tuesday Tyler Coates publishes his new Filmmaker newsletter, Considerations, devoted to the awards race. To receive it early and in your in-box, subscribe here. Here we are, on Election Day — or, if you didn’t prioritize reading this newsletter on Tuesday, Election Week — and there’s no better distraction from the realities of the world and its discontents than the movies. Or, at least that’s what I’m telling myself. If your election anxiety was triggered in the middle of Focus Features’ Conclave, you’re not alone. I’m very curious to see how that movie in particular will be received post-election, […]
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