From first-time d.p.’s to Euro’s best-kept secrets, this year’s crop of lensers share one trait: insisting that their artistry serve the story.
Project: "Nobody Walks"
Role model: Shane MacGowan
Favorite tool: "The sun and natural light."
Representation: Sheldon Prosnit Agency
Project: "Melancholia"
Role models: Harris Savides and Anthony Dod Mantle
Favorite tool: "I like pencils. I wish I knew how to draw."
Project: "In Darkness"
Role model: William Shakespeare
Favorite tool: "A small lamp -- lately an LED type lamp."
Representation: ZA Agency
Project: "Anonymous"
Role models: "Anything in nature."
Favorite tool: "Atmospheric smoke."
Representation: Claire Best & Associates
Project: "Red Lights"
Role model: Roger Deakins
Favorite tool: "I'm not a very technical d.p. so I don't use a lot of toys."
Project: "Bellflower"
Role models: "I grew up watching Arnold movies and loved them."
Favorite tool: "Our flamethrower."
Representation: None
Projects: "The Off Hours," "Safety Not Guaranteed," "Your Sister's Sister"
Role model: Ellen Kuras
Favorite tool: "A well-stocked kitchen."
Representation: UTA
Projects: "Take Shelter," "Compliance"
Role models: Tim Orr and Ron Fricke'
Favorite tool: "I take my 5D SLR everywhere..."
Representation: Mortimer Jones
Project: "Warrior," "The Grey"
Role model: Rodrigo Prieto
Favorite tool: "I don't have any favorite tools. I like to adjust myself to each story and project."
Representation: ICM
Projects: "Tyrannasaur," "Submarine, "The Imposter"
Role models: "My wife," Roger Deakins
Favorite tool: "My vibration isolator."
Representation: Wizzo Features, WME
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Projects: "Tyrannasaur," "Submarine, "The Imposter"