Live Free or Die Hard
Simon Duggan, ACS reveals how he captured all the action for the fourth film in the ever-popular Die Hard franchise. AC’s Australian correspondent, Simon Gray, will debrief Duggan about staging a series of explosive and more...

This issue of American Cinematographer magazine, has a special focus on integrating CG effects into live-action footage.

Sunshine
Alwin Küchler, BSC reveals the technical tricks he used on this visually stunning sci-fi drama from director Danny Boyle more...

The Bourne Ultimatum

Oliver Wood gives a full account of his work with director Paul Greengrass (United 93) on the third film in the internationally popular Bourne franchise, in which the rogue spy of the title (played by Matt Damon) attempts to more...

Atonement

Seamus McGarvey, BSC was behind the camera on this romantic drama based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McEwan. The story begins in the summer of 1935, when 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) sets off a chain of events that will alter several lives more...

Iron Man
Matthew Libatique, ASC helped director Jon Favreau bring this classic Marvel Comics character to the silver screen. Shooting in Playa Vista and Downey Studios and on locations ranging from Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall to Las Vegas’ Caesars more...

Quantum of Solace
Roberto Schaefer, ASC re-teamed with chameleonic director Marc Forster for the latest addition to the long-running James Bond franchise. The filmmakers traveled the globe — shooting on location in Panama, Chile, Italy and Austria and onstage at more...

Coraline
Creative talents from all over the world have spent the last two years in Oregon working on Coraline, the first 3-D digital stop-motion-animated feature. Based on Neil Gaiman's creepy tale about a girl who discovers a dangerous, hidden world behind the more...

Dexter
Romeo Tirone earned a 2008 Emmy Award nomination for his striking cinematography on this popular and critically acclaimed series, which tracks the movements of a Miami forensics expert who also happens to be a justice-seeking serial killer. Tirone takes more...

Watchmen
After taking Frank Miller’s graphic novel 300 from the printed page to the silver screen, director Zack Snyder and cinematographer Larry Fong set their sights on the comic-book world’s holy grail, Watchmen, written by Alan Moore more...

The May 2009 issue of American Cinematographer magazine salutes the ASC and Academy Award nominees for cinematography and offers a recap of the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Star Trek
(Paramount Pictures)
Following their collaboration on Mission: Impossible III, director J.J. Abrams and cinematographer Dan Mindel enlisted in Starfleet to boldly tell the long-awaited story of how Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Mr. Spock (Zachary more...

The July 2009 issue of American Cinematographer magazine focuses on the second wave of summer blockbusters.

Public Enemies
(Universal)
Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC helps director Michael Mann continue his work with HD video on this period crime drama, more...

The August 2009 issue of American Cinematographer magazine takes a special focus on integrating CG effects.

Julie & Julia (Sony)
Stephen Goldblatt, ASC will discuss his cinematographic recipe for this stylish film, which tracks blogger Julie Powell’s more...

The September 2009 issue of American Cinematographer magazine, has a special focus on international production.

Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Co.)
Robert Richardson, ASC reteamed with director Quentin Tarantino on this stylized World War II action-adventure more...

The October 2009 issue of American Cinematographer magazine, has a special focus on lighting.

Bright Star
Written and directed by Jane Campion, Bright Star chronicles the love affair between Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie more...