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ECA 2022 Honorees

With COVID (hopefully) in the rear-view mirror, the only awards event devoted to new cinematographers returns to an in-person gathering.  by Margot Lester / Framegrabs Courtesy of Local 600 members/ECAs   It’s been a minute since ICG’s annual Emerging Cinematographer...

Skin Deep

Andrew Dominik waited 14 years to get Blonde made; his new Netflix feature, shot by Chayse Irvin ASC, CSC, renders Hollywood’s most famous starlet from the inside out.      by Valentina Valentini / Photos by Matt Kennedy, SMPSP / Netflix...

Child’s Play

Director of Photography Matthew Williams leans into his long-time filmmaking partners to visualize the new Apple TV+ series, Amber Brown. by Margot Lester / Photos by James Daniel Nell / Apple TV+   “My mom always told me there’s a...

Deep Dive Live | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Local 600/ICG Magazine’s “Deep Dive” went live (in-person) on May 26, 2022, with the creative/crafts team behind HBO’s talked-about new series “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” The shot-on-film, L.A.-based project enjoyed a highly collaborative workflow that marked...

Are We All OK?

Sundance 2022 heads back online as Local 600 filmmakers navigate another year of virtual premieres. by David Geffner / Photos Courtesy of Sundance Institute Unless Otherwise Noted   Last year in this space I wrote about a “virtually compelling” version...

#TheSkyisFalling

Oscar-winner Linus Sandgren, ASC, FSF, tries to outrun the apocalypse in Adam McKay’s latest satirical epic, Don’t Look Up  by Pauline Rogers / Photos by Niko Tavernise / Netflix   “It’s almost like an old Marx Brothers movie or The Three...

Pill Happy

Hulu’s new series, Dopesick, reteams Checco Varese, ASC, and Director Patricia Riggen for a searing look inside America’s opioid crisis.  by Margot Carmichael Lester / Photos by Gene Page & Anthony Platt / Hulu   Some projects you do for...