Haskell Wexler: 10 Key Films from a Master Cinematographer
06 Feb 2022Although cinematographer Haskell Wexler was a notoriously difficult man to work with, fired twice in the space of two years at the peak of his profession, you’d never know it from the astonishing list of directors he shot films for over the course of his 60 years behind the camera: Mike Nichols, John Cassavetes, Hal Ashby, John Sayles, Elia Kazan, Norman Jewison, Tony Richardson… the list goes on.Film/TV Labor Unions Rift in Canada Widens Over Streaming Wars
03 Feb 2022Canadian film and TV unions, guilds and lobbyists have been left divided as the federal government unveils Bill C-11, a legislative update to regulations covering foreign media players in the local film and TV production sectors.DP Roger Deakins Knighted by Prince Charles
03 Feb 2022Roger Deakins, the multiple Academy Award-winning cinematographer who has filmed countless Hollywood classics throughout several decades, has now been knighted by Prince Charles for services to film.Ellen Kuras First Woman to Receive ASC Lifetime Achievement Award
02 Feb 2022Ellen Kuras will become the first woman recipient of the American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award, which she will accept at the ASC’s 36th annual awards, March 20 at the ASC Clubhouse in Hollywood.From "Succession" to "Power" to Whatever Comes Next
27 Jan 2022In an ever-changing industry roiled by uncertainty, it makes sense to stay flexible and be ready to change your plans.
Janusz Kaminski On Spielberg’s Upcoming ‘The Fabelmans’
27 Jan 2022When cinematographer Janusz Kaminski was approached for West Side Story, he was “extremely excited and enthusiastic,” given the fact that his longtime collaborator Steven Spielberg had always wanted to make a musical, and was finally going to be able to bring his “dream project” to fruition.How I Shot That: Sundance Scripted Narrative Films
25 Jan 2022IndieWire reached out to the cinematographers behind the scripted narrative features premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival to find out which cameras, lenses, and formats they used, and why they chose them to create the looks and meet the production demands of their films. Here are their responses.Studios, Guilds Extend Return-to-Work Protocols to 2/13
24 Jan 2022The entertainment industry’s top guilds and studios have again extended their COVID-19 return-to-work agreement, the Directors Guild recently told members amid a nationwide omicron surge.Meet the DP Whose ‘Controlled Naturalism’ is Changing TV
13 Jan 2022Television, obviously, is a medium of pictures. Yet for many, many years, owing to technical, practical and economic reasons, the pictures were not much to look at: flatly lighted, stolidly framed, fashioned to convey dialogue, broad action and necessary information but rarely to communicate mood or tell their own sort of story.Local 600 Lends Expertise to "Chicago Made"
12 Jan 2022A new and exciting workforce development program in Chicago is turning out to be a win-win both for the Windy City and its film industry.
ICG Publicists Awards Nominees Announced
12 Jan 2022The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) has announced its final list of award nominations for the 59th Annual ICG Publicists Awards, honoring individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists that bring motion picture and television publicity campaigns to life.Partners: Guillermo del Toro & Cinematographer Dan Laustsen
12 Jan 2022In the mid-1990s, soon after making his Spanish-language debut “Cronos,” director Guillermo del Toro tried his monster-friendly hand at an American studio film for the first time. But working with Miramax on “Mimic,” a sci-fi horror movie about a plague of cockroaches in Manhattan, left behind a bitter first taste of Hollywood for the burgeoning Mexican auteur.