The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced today and I’ve been lucky enough to interview a few of those honored this year. Here are the links: Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer (for Creative Screenwriting) La La Land cinematographer Linus Sandgren (for Filmmaker Magazine) Lion cinematographer Greig Fraser (for Filmmaker Magazine) Moonlight cinematographer James Laxton (for Filmmaker Magazine)
Check out this interview I did for Filmmaker Magazine with Emmy-nominated Gotham cinematographer Crescenzo Notarile ahead of tonight’s Season 3 premiere on Fox. Notarile talks about Gotham’s signature style, the challenges […]
From my Filmmaker Magazine column, a talk with Green Room cinematographer Sean Porter. Here’s a sample:
Here’s a link to an interview I did with Swiss Army Man cinematographer Larkin Seiple for Filmmaker Magazine. And here’s a quick sample of Larkin talking about working with the […]
The reformed gunfighter unable to escape his past. The greedy land baron. The gentleman hired gun with his own code of ethics. In the 1950s, these were among the most […]
The Film: Bone Tomahawk The Cinematographer: Benji Bakshi The Tools: Shot on Red Epic Dragon The Plot: In this western, four disparate men (sheriff Kurt Russell and deputy Richard Jenkins, […]
The Film: The Final Girls The Cinematographer: Elie Smolkin The Tools: Shot on the Red Epic with short Angenieux zooms and Cooke S4 lenses The Plot: On the one-year anniversary of […]
An excerpt from an interview I did with Ashby writer/director Tony McNamara for Filmmaker Magazine. The film stars Nat Wolff as a suburban Virginia high schooler taken under the wing […]
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