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Cinematographer Paula Huidobro   talks with Filmmaker U about the challenges of shooting  the recent film "CODA." For this film, Paula had to work with deaf actors, shoot tons of scenes on a boat and many other unique scenarios!   Paula Huidobro was born in Mexico City. She attended the London International Film School and later on specialized in cinematography at The American Film Institute. Her feature film debut as a cinematographer was “Gardens of the Night” directed by Damian Harris in 2008, which received a Golden Bear Nomination at the Berlin Film Festival. She went on to shoot Paul Bettany’s directorial debut "Shelter" with Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie (TIFF Official Selection), "Tallulah" for Netflix (Jury Grand Prize nominee Sundance Film Festival), and most recently Oh Lucy (Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Nominee 2017, Critics Week Grand Prize Nominee 2017 and Independent Spirit Awards Nominee 2018). Her latest film is Apple TV’s ...

Go behind-the-scenes with the DP and Colorist of the new Netflix film “Passing” New York, NY – November 4, 2021 - Manhattan Edit Workshop’s “Sight, Sound & Story: Live” monthly online event series continues on November 11th behind the look of Netflix’s spectacular new film “Passing” with Cinematographer Edu Grau, ASC , and Colorist Roman Hankewycz with Moderator & Colorist Patrick Inhofer . Inside Episode XVI:  In this panel, Cinematographer  Edu Grau, ASC , and  Colorist Roman Hankewycz  discuss their collaboration to bring Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” a brilliantly stark color palette to elevate the story.  Edu will discuss his choice of lensing and their decision to shoot in color, though the finished film would be delivered in B&W, Dolby Vision.  Veteran Colorist and Educator  Patrick Inhofer  will moderate this in-depth discussion and bring the audience behind-the-scenes of one of the most distinctive looking films of the year!...

  Three-time Emmy-nominated Cinematographer Bob Richman joined us to discuss his work on "The September Issue," "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster,"and the award-winning Documentary "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills" and his decades shooting documentary films. Cinematographer Bob Richman began his film career working with vérité pioneers Albert and David Maysles, quickly transitioning from production assistant to camera assistant then operator. Finally he made the leap to director of photography on the Maysles’ "Umbrellas," which chronicled artist Christo’s installation of three thousand umbrellas north of Los Angeles and Tokyo. Today, Richman is an Emmy-nominated and Sundance award-winning cinematographer on almost a hundred documentaries including: Davis Guggenheim’s "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Waiting for Superman," Nathaniel Kahn’s "My Architect," Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s HBO films ...

From Sight, Sound and Story: The Art of Cinematography 2015. Recorded live at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway on September 30th, 2015. Paul Koestner has been a cinematographer for over three decades since graduating from one of those film schools nobody in the business cares about. His projects have included features, television series, commercials, industrials, documentaries and webcast series. Paul is perhaps best known through his work with Louis CK, with whom he has collaborated for the last twenty-plus years. Along with the FX Series bearing Mr. CK’s name, the two have worked together on projects such as "The Chris Rock Show," "The Dana Carvey Show," and numerous short-form pieces both personal and professional. Early obscure works include the film shorts "Caesar Salad" and "Ice Cream."  "Louie" is an American comedy-drama television series on the FX network that began airing in 2010. It is written, directed, edited, and prod...

This upcoming  November 14th , MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for its fifth year  with an evening devoted to the art of cinematography.  Join us as we celebrate the craft of visual storytelling from the masters behind the camera - we’ll go behind the scenes with some of the industry's best cinematographers in documentary & narrative films and then explore the process of bringing the look of cinema to the small screen in the golden of age of Peak TV.  Thursday, November 14,  2019 Schedule: 3:30 pm - Check-in 4:00 pm - Opening 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm - In The Moment: The Art of Cinematography in Documentary Filmmaking Moderator: Jim Kamp  (Producer ) Panelists:   Tom Hurwitz, ASC  ( American Dream, Harlan County U.S.A., The Queen of Versailles, Wild Man Blues)  &  Claudia Raschke  ( RBG, God is the Bigger Elvis, Mad Hot Ballroom) ​ 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm - The New Age of TV: Bringing...

The Sight, Sound & Story audio podcast series debuts featuring acclaimed Cinematographer Bruce Logan, ASC It’s a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in the art and tech of filmmaking and storytelling.” — Jason Banke, "Sight, Sound & Story" Executive Producer This new bi-weekly series will highlight an acclaimed editor, cinematographer, sound designers, VFX artists or content creator pulled from our decade long events; as well as our upcoming 2019 symposiums. This audio podcast will have exclusive interviews with masters like Anne V. Coates, ACE (“Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Elephant Man”), Michael Kahn, ACE (“Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Jurassic Park”), Robert McLachlan, ASC, CSC (“Game of Thrones,” “Ray Donovan”), William Goldenberg, ACE (“The Imitation Game,” “Argo), Kelley Dixon, ACE (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”), Bruce Logan, ASC (“Star Wars: Episode I – A New Hope,” “Tron”), Dylan Tichenor, ACE (“Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood”, Alan Hei...