Exposure: Ken Burns

Ken Burns was born in Brooklyn and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He enrolled at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1971 with, as he puts its, “a naïve notion of preparing for a career as a narrative filmmaker in the tradition of John Ford or Alfred Hitchcock.” Jerome Liebling and Elaine Mayes were among his mentors on the faculty. They were both still photographers who focused on socially relevant issues. Read more

ICG November 2009

FEATURES

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
DP Robert Presley
By Carolyn Giardina

THE BLIND SIDE
DP Alar Kivilo, ASC, CSC
By Margot Carmichael Lester

DANCING WITH THE STARS
By Ted Elrick

THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA
DP Buddy Squires

THE SEPTEMBER DIARIES
By Bob Richman

EXPOSURE: Ken Burns

DEEP FOCUS: Paul Goldsmith, ASC

FLASH FRAME: August Thurmer

GEAR GUIDE: Documentary Focus

Ghosts in the Machine

Robert Presley and Robert Zemeckis Employ Leading Edge 3D and Motion Capture Technology to Re-imagine Dickens’ Enduring Holiday Tale. By Carolyn Giardina

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Digging Down Deep…

Cinematographers Antonio Rossi and Ben Bloodwell talk about Dirt! The Movie – a different kind of documentary about a very different kind of a subject. By Phillip Williams

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ICG October 2009

FEATURES

SURROGATES
DP Oliver Wood
By Kevin H. Martin

INSIDE THE DI SUITE
Stefan Sonnefeld, David Cole, Milton Adamou
By Debra Kaufman

NURSE JACKIE
DP Vanja Cernjul
By Nic Gardner

BIG DOOR WEBISODES
By Kevin H. Martin

TAPELESS WORKFLOW
By Carolyn Giardina

EXPOSURE: Greg Kennel

DEEP FOCUS: Dean Semler, ASC, ACS

FLASH FRAME: Louis Rothenberg & Andrew Rowlands

GEAR GUIDE: Workflow

Being There

Cinematographer Oliver Wood finds his more “perfect self” for Surrogates, a graphic-novel inspired, future-thriller starring Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell. By Kevin H. Martin
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Cinematographer Hisham Abed goes in search of a Secret Girlfriend for a new Comedy Central reality series. By Andrew Takeuchi

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