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Contender – Director of Photography Pawel Edelman, Carnage
Lensing comedy-drama Carnage, award-winning director of photography Pawel Edelman was literally cornered, as were the quartet of actors who make up the entire cast. The film is directed by Roman Polanski, with whom the DP has worked on his three previous films. The movie is about an increasingly hostile confrontation between two sets of... »
Contender – Director of Photography Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Among the many felicities of comedy-musical The Artist, French director Michel Hazanavicius’ captivating silent-film tribute to American filmmaking as the silent era transitioned to the talkies at the end of the 1920s and early 1930s, is the spot-on black-and-white cinematography of Guillaume Schiffman. It’s therefore surprising to learn that the film was shot in... »
Contender – Hair and Makeup Designer Jenny Shircore, My Week With Marilyn and W.E.
It’s quite possible that hair and makeup designer Jenny Shircore, Academy Award winner for her work on 1999’s Elizabeth, could be adding another gold statue to her collection this year for her outstanding work on My Week With Marilyn. Michelle Williams’ remarkable transformation from her own gamine looks to the sexy blonde bombshell Marilyn... »
Contender – Director of Photography Manuel Alberto Claro, Melancholia
Melancholia is the visually stunning, apocalyptic new film from boundary-pushing Danish director Lars Von Trier. The movie is a psychological disaster story about nothing less than the end of world. The title references the personal depression that starts unraveling a newly-wed bride, played to great acclaim by Kirsten Dunst. Melancholia is also the... »
Contender – Costume Designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs is a film that has been in the making since Glenn Close starred in the 1982 off- Broadway stage production adapted from George Moore’s short story. Directed by Rodrigo Garcia, Close’s sensitive portrayal of a woman disguising herself as a man in order to find employment and survive in 19th century Ireland... »
War Horse Screening and Q&A Features Spielberg’s Close Collaborators
BTL Screening members were recently invited to an extra screening opportunity of Steven Spielberg’s film War Horse at the Directors Guild of America followed by a Q&A session with four of Spielberg’s inner circle who served as integral creators on the film. The panelists shared their insights, personal feelings and memories of shooting,... »
Contender – Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato, Hugo
Generally, if Rob Legato’s been working on something, he emerges in the contender conversation – which seems to happen every other year or so. There were the special and visual effects for Scorcese’s The Aviator, followed by The Departed, after which he headed off to set up a pipeline for this new James Cameron... »
Contender – Cinematographer Wally Pfister, Moneyball
Talk about range. One year ago, Wally Pfister won the Oscar for best cinematography for Inception, a photographic spectacle of undulating streets and men in suits floating along the ceilings of hotel corridors. This year he’s a contender for shooting Brad Pitt in a pickup truck driving through Long Beach. »
Contender – Supervising Sound Editor Shannon Mills, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
On any franchise it gets tough to “keep it fresh” when it comes to sound. On the fourth installment of Walt Disney Pictures’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, three-time winner and nine-time Golden Reel Nominee, supervising sound editor Shannon Mills puts it like this, “We wanted to come up with a fresh... »
Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes tells an origin story that lays the foundation for the mythology of the first Planet of the Apes film, which takes place 3,000 years in the future. The success of the current film hinges on the believability of the main character, Caesar, a chimpanzee played by a... »
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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in HeadhuntersMay 2012 | By Jack Egan
Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »
Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero
April 2012 | By Scott Essman
With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »