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  Join us on August 19th at 5PM ESD online for our next Sight, Sound & Story event! #cinematography #JohnSimmons #Cinematographer #ASC #SightSoundAndStory #SSSLIVE2020 The second "Sight, Sound & Story: Live" focuses on Cinematographer John Simmons, ASC's career and his role in mentorship in the industry. John Simmons, ASC, won the Best Cinematography Emmy for the Nickelodeon multi-camera series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn" and has three additional Emmy nominations. He has worked behind the camera since the early 1970’s shooting documentaries, music videos, commercials and features. Moderated by Snehal Patel from ZEISS, the two will talk all-things cinematography and filmmaking and wrap it up with a Q&A from the audience! Sign up here for a free ticket! https://buff.ly/3h0lRDD All attendees will receive a link and password to a Vimeo Live event an hour prior to the start of the event.

Free Live Talk from Filmmaker U! Ellen Kuras, cinematographer for  Be Kind Rewind ,  He Got Game ,  Wormwood ,  Bamboozled, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , and so much more, will be answering your questions. She will discuss her work, shooting fiction vs. documentaries, and so much more ! Friday, August 7, 2020, at 2PM EST | 11AM PST This event will be hosted on Filmmaker U's facebook page  HERE  and on Filmmaker U's YouTube page  HERE .

Cinematographer Buddy Squires, ASC on following his instincts in "Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama." From Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography on December 6th, 2017.   Buddy Squires, ASC is an Oscar nominated filmmaker, an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, and a member of both the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His more than 200 screen credits include two Oscar winners, seven Academy Award nominees, and ten Emmy Award winning productions. Personal honors include thirteen Primetime Emmy nominations with one Emmy Award. Squires also received the Eric Barnouw Award, a Crystal Heart Award, a Christopher Award, and a Golden Lens Award. His work is regularly featured at the Sundance, Telluride, and Tribeca Film Festivals. The Los Angeles Times praised Squires’ cinematography as “gorgeous… astonishing camera work.” Time Magazine has called it “visually amazin...

Cinematographer Igor Martinović on using natural light and authentic locations in "The Night Of." From Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography on December 6th, 2017.   Igor Martinović is a New York based cinematographer of feature and documentary films as well as TV series and commercials. He photographed the Academy Award winning documentary "Man on Wire," directed by James Marsh, which also won a BAFTA for Best British Film, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. His other docs include "Keith Richards: Under the Influence" directed by Morgan Neville and "Wormwood" directed by Errol Morris.   Igor was nominated for Emmy Awards for his work on the Netflix/David Fincher TV series "House of Cards" and for the documentary "What Happened, Miss Simone?" directed by Liz Garbus. Other work of note includes the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winn...

Cinematographer Julio Macat, ASC on filming the church in "Home Alone." From Sight, Sound & Story: The Art of Cinematography on December 6th, 2017. The first film shot by Julio Macat, ASC, was the huge box-office hit "Home Alone."  He then went on to photograph "Home Alone II," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Nutty Professor," "The Wedding Planner," "Cats and Dogs," "Bringing Down The House," and "Wedding Crashers," all of which opened to the #1 box office position in the US.  The total domestic box office receipts of the films he has photographed is over $1.7 Billion.   His extensive credits also include the features: "So I Married an Axe Murderer," "My Fellow Americans," the remake of "Miracle on 34th Street," "Because I Said So" and "Smother," both with actress Diane Keaton, and the action picture "Ballistic: Ecks vs. S...

This upcoming December 6th, MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for the third 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 & television and then explore the process of shooting narrative feature films with an acclaimed cinematographer. Wednesday, December 6, 2017 ​ Schedule: 4:00pm - Check-in ​ 4:30pm - 5:30pm - "In The Moment: The Art of Cinematography in Documentary Filmmaking" Moderator: Hugo Perez ("Neither Memory Nor Magic,""Lights Camera Uganda") Panelists: Joan Churchill, ASC ("Shut Up & Sing," "Kurt & Courtney," "Last Days in Vietnam") & Buddy Squires, ASC ("The Vietnam War," "The Statue of Liberty," "The Civil War," "Baseball," "The ...

This upcoming  December 6th , MEWShop's acclaimed speaker series returns for the third 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 & television and then explore the process of shooting narrative feature films with an acclaimed cinematographer. Wednesday, December 6 , 2017 ​ Schedule: 4:00pm - Check-in ​ 4:30pm - 5:30pm - "Thinking in Pictures - Perspectives, Composition, Lighting and Mood in Documentary Filmmaking" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 5:45pm - 6:45pm - "The Golden Age of Television: Bringing the Look of Cinema to the Small Screen" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:  TBD 7:00pm - 8:00pm - "Behind the Lens: A Conversation with an Acclaimed Cinematographer" Moderator:  TBD Speakers:...