It’s one thing to capture the reality of being in space. But how do you capture its sounds? The Montreal-based…
Cinematographer Ari Wegner needed a detailed spreadsheet of all the sightlines in The Power of the Dog, because the shoot…
Cinematographer James Laxton remembers his first collaborations with director Barry Jenkins at Florida State University’s film program almost two decades…
For the second consecutive year, a Netflix film was the most nominated at the Oscars. But this year, the film…
Monday is a love-at-first-sight story that starts in the burning-hot Greek summer, takes us through crazy urban parties, and eventually…
Newton Thomas Sigel is the cinematographer for Cherry, the latest from Anthony and Joe Russo. The adaptation of Nico Walker's…
Newton Thomas Sigel is the cinematographer for Cherry, the latest from Anthony and Joe Russo. The adaptation of Nico Walker's…
Filming High Life marked my first feature collaboration with writer-director Claire Denis. Part survival story and part erotic science-fiction, the film’s…
Director Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the industry together, from collaborating on shorts…
As DP on Skate Kitchen — writer-director Crystal Moselle’s first narrative feature about an all-female skateboarding crew coming of age…
With its aisles upon aisles of eye candy for the big kids into cameras, grips and lighting. Cine Gear Expo…
While growing up in Communist Bloc Poland, Janusz Kaminski was permitted by the government to watch gritty American movies of…
Thelma is a supernatural thriller about a young woman unaware that she possesses special powers. It’s also a romantic coming-of-age…
October 2017 was an especially spooky month on Moviemaker.com. With the brand new introduction of The World's 15 Best Genre…
Perhaps you’re someone who dreams of a career in moviemaking, and has come to the realization that the discipline, experimentation and…
How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff…
For every production, there are existing sets, and then there are additional set layers whose creation depends upon harnessing those sets'…
For our series “What’s in Your Kit?,” we ask a range of working cinematographers to share the gear they can’t…
Producer Thymaya Payne, during an initial phone call about our film Live Cargo, cut to the chase: “We’re shooting on…
This post was sponsored by Blackmagic Design. The lives of two convicts, Nick and Guy, are turned upside down when…
We shot Dark Night in June of 2015, in Sarasota, Florida: It was very hot and right in the middle of…
For our series "What’s in Your Kit?," we ask a range of working cinematographers to share the gear they can’t…
Many of Martin Scorsese's characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them so sure? As we've…
This is a recollection of a certain Thursday in May of 2014. The Chemical Cut crew and I, the DP,…