President’s Letter February/March 2018 February 1, 2018 "#Time Is Now" I have always made it a goal to include women and people of color on my crews, but that’s hardly been an easy ask. One time (in another country that shall go nameless), I was interviewing pote... Read More...
NEXT-Level Filmmaking January 12, 2018 Buckle up for the biggest, baddest, bravest Sundance yet, as ICG filmmakers (who account for more than half of all the shorts/features in the fest this year) dump a blizzard of daring and innovation on Park Cit... Read More...
President’s Letter January 2018 January 1, 2018 "What Dreams Are Made Of" In our professional lives as cinematographers, camera operators, assistants, DIT’s, still photographers and publicists, there’s nothing more satisfying than completing a successful day’s work on a project that any of you as crewmem... Read More...
In The Name Of The Father December 15, 2017 The penultimate episode of cinema’s greatest franchise has arrived. So which is more surprising?: who really are The Last Jedi’s heroes and villains, or its indie creators with an edgy new vision? You’d ha... Read More...
President’s Letter December 2017 December 1, 2017 "Problem Solved…" No matter what production we’re working on, or what job classifications we belong to, our jobs as Local 600 members always consist of solving problems. And one of the great methods of probl... Read More...
Over The Rainbow November 9, 2017 NBC’s hit reality performance series is a dream come true for any young vocalist, and that excitement is just as palpable for the large Guild camera team behind the scenes. Photo by Trae Patton/NBC Every singer has the desire to be heard; every budding st... Read More...
President’s Letter November 2017 November 1, 2017 "Tell Me Again…" Cinematography and cinematographers are on the ascendency, and one simple proof is the popularity and longevity of Camerimage, the world’s only film festival devoted entirely to cinematograp... Read More...
Humanity 2.0 October 3, 2017 Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, reveals what lies beyond ‘Ridleyville’ in Denis Villeneuve’s new Blade Runner 2049. Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece, Blade Runner, derived from Philip K. Dick’s cult novel Do Androids ... Read More...
President’s Letter October 2017 October 1, 2017 "Questions and Answers" Composer Mason Williams once noted that “the question is often much more interesting than the answer,” and we’re in a technological era where there are often many answers to each question. Sometimes those answers are based on the wor... Read More...
Deep Cover September 14, 2017 The creators of The Wire and Treme return to television for this gritty look at the origins of the porn industry – and a long-vanished world on New York City’s 42nd St. Standing in Times Square in 2017, watchi... Read More...
President’s Letter September 2017 September 1, 2017 "The Biggest Tent…" The International Cinematographers Guild is mostly known for the work our members do in narrative features and episodic series television. But we live under a much bigger tent, filled wit... Read More...
Shots Fired August 9, 2017 Detroit, 1967: One terrifying incident in the history of American Civil Rights becomes the centerpiece of a film tour de force for Barry Ackroyd, BSC, and director Kathryn Bigelow The city of Detroit was already in flames, its black population in a literal st... Read More...
