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Ari Wegner ACS captures The Power of the Dog with Panavision optics

By Reel Chicago Feb 24, 2022

Cinematographer Ari Wegner, ACS is no stranger to dramatic filming locations. For the 2013 feature Ruin, she worked in the Cambodian jungle; the remote landscapes of the 2...

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Coodie and Chike take us behind the scenes of ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’

By Reel Chicago Feb 18, 2022

Filmmakers Clarence Simmons and Chike Ozah — better known as Coodie and Chike — have worked with Kanye West on music videos like Through the Wire, Two Words and Jesus Walks...

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Interview: Director Kamelya Alexan winner of the MFF Empowerment Award

By Javier Navarrete Feb 11, 2022

Director and self-proclaimed wearer of many hats, Kamelya Alexan won the Empowerment Award at the 2022 Midwest Film Festival’s Best of the Midwest Awards, for her short, Chan...

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Composing duo Robl + Sutta score Chicago film Grasshoppers

By Reel Chicago Nov 17, 2021

The composing duo Robl + Sutta recently scored the original soundtrack for Grasshoppers, award-winning filmmaker Brad Bischoff’s directorial feature film debut. ...

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Behind the Scenes of ‘Respect’ and ‘The Many Saints of Newark’

By Reel Chicago Oct 14, 2021

Kramer Morgenthau, ASC takes Panavision behind the scenes of the period features Respect and The Many Saints of Newark. On the surface, a biopic about “Queen of Soul�...

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Behind the Scenes of The Suicide Squad with Erin Sarofsky

By Reel Chicago Sep 17, 2021

The Suicide Squad, consider to be the best DC Universe film of all time, is the third James Gunn superhero action adventure for the creatives and producers from one-stop cross-...

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‘In the Heights’ DP Alice Brooks talks crafting a big look

By Reel Chicago Jun 29, 2021

Cinematographer Alice Brooks discusses using DXL2 and G Series anamorphics to craft a big look for director Jon M. Chu’s musical In the Heights. In 2002, when cinematogra...

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Stunt insurance for an 8000 pound RV on a frozen lake

By Reel Chicago Jun 4, 2021

Jeremy Pinckert of Explore is an Emmy Award winning director of commercials and branded content. Time and time again, Jeremy has proven that he has the eye-catching vision...

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Steeves and Cutters on the making of before/during/after

By Reel Chicago Feb 2, 2021

While many people dream of assembling a Who's Who list of premier talents to help them tell their personal story on the big screen, highly accomplished actor turned screenwrite...

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Sarofsky talks details on doc series, ‘A Mystery to Me’

By Reel Chicago Nov 17, 2020

The filmmakers behind A Mystery to Me, a new documentary series that aims to raise awareness of the rare neuromuscular disease myasthenia gravis (MG), give details on their inn...

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Don Burgess reteams with Zemeckis to adapt The Witches

By Panavision Nov 10, 2020

The Witches marks the eighth feature collaboration between director Robert Zemeckis and cinematographer Don Burgess, ASC, following such titles as Forrest Gump, ...

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Seamus Tierney talks tricks & treats of Hubie Halloween

By Panavision Oct 23, 2020

Cinematographer Seamus Tierney captures the tricks and treats of Hubie Halloween in large format with DXL2. Hubert Shubert “Hubie” Dubois was born and raised in Salem,...

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‘Dreaming Grand Avenue’ director Hugh Schulze

By Reel Chicago Oct 9, 2020

Dreaming Grand Avenue, produced by Newcity's Chicago Film Project, is the story of Maggie and Jimmy, who have never met, but they keep showing up in each other’s dreams. As t...

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Lovecraft gets the unimaginable from Framestore

By Framestore Aug 19, 2020

Behind the Scenes: Lovecraft Country calls on the visionaries of Framestore to bring to life all the creatures and mythos that would need to be realized. When the team adapt...

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Behind the Scenes: DP Tommy Maddox-Upshaw

By Megan Donnelly - AbelCine May 11, 2020

Megan Donnelly of AbelCine recently had the opportunity to sit down for a conversation with DP Tommy Maddox-Upshaw to discuss his career, his inspirations, and his most recent ...

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Behind the Scenes: documentary filmmaker Robert Hanna

By Noah Kadner - AbelCine Apr 19, 2020

Noah Kadner, Editor-in-chief at AbelCine goes Behind the Scenes with filmmaker Robert Hanna. Cinematographer Robert Hanna is an Emmy-award winning, veteran commerical, and d...

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Behind the Scenes: ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ DP, Dan Mindel

By Panavision Apr 5, 2020

Behind the Scenes: Honoring the visual tradition of the first eight films, Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC, SASC reteams with Panavision to conclude the Star Wars saga with Episode IX ...

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High-Speed cameras and ‘The Slow Mo Guys’

By Noah Kadner - AbelCine Mar 30, 2020

Noah Kadner, Editor-in-chief at AbelCine goes Behind the Scenes with The Slow Mo Guys. The Slow Mo Guys are creator/cinematographer Gavin Free and co-host Dan Gruchy. F...

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With DP Jacques Jouffret on the set of ‘Bloodshot’

By Panavision Mar 23, 2020

In a cinematic universe expanding with superheroes, the creative challenge for filmmakers is to set newcomers apart from the crowd. The task is doubly important for Bloodshot, ...

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Mott Hupfel takes ‘The Last Shift’ to Sundance

By AbelCine Mar 16, 2020

Mott Hupfel is a cinematographer known for his work on The Savages, The American Astronaut, The Cobbler, and You. When researching the Sony VENICE for an upcomin...