Cinematographer – someone who oversees or directs photography and camerawork in film-making, especially one who operates the camera.

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Roger Deakins – an English cinematographer who worked on Prisoners (2013), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and 1917 (2019).

“The biggest challenge of any cinematographer is making the imagery fit together of a piece: that the whole film has a unity to it, and actually, that a shot doesn’t stand out.”

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Hoyte van Hoytema – a Dutch-Swedish cinematographer who worked on Her (2013), Dunkirk (2017), and Tenet (2019).

“The camera wants to follow the action. Our actors are kind of pulling the camera wherever the camera needs to be. It’s a very reactive way of filming. You could compare it with doing a documentary, where you’re always a little bit behind the action.”

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Robert Richardson – an American cinematographer who has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, for his work on JFK, The Aviator, and Hugo.

“It’s far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture.”

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