David Williams

1 month ago | msn.com | David Williams

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2 months ago | theasc.com | David Williams

Photographed in stark black-and-white by Judy Irola, ASC and directed by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson, the indie feature Northern Lights (1978) — shot in extreme winter conditions in North Dakota — was a fictionalized account of the populist Nonpartisan League political movement of 1915, which empowered local immigrant farmers against East Coast corporations. Amid this paroxysm of class tension, two young lovers find themselves swept up in the tide.

2 months ago | theasc.com | David Williams

Born in Bushey Heath, England, on May 15, 1946, Society member Bruce Logan died on April 10 at the age of 78. His father, Campbell Logan, was a director who worked for the BBC, and Bruce’s interest in filmmaking came to him at an early age. Educated at Merchant Taylor’s Guild School — where he studied math, physics and chemistry — he became an animator.

2 months ago | theasc.com | David Williams

As a child growing up in Ireland, Sophie Darlington was deeply moved by the 1966 filmBorn Free, the famed dramatic feature inspired by the lives of British conservationists George and Joy Adamson while raising an orphaned lioness they named Elsa. “It’s corny but true,” Darlington says today. “From that moment on, lions fascinated me. I was nine years old and at boarding school in the U.K. as my folks were working abroad.

Mar 24, 2025 | theasc.com | David Williams

Our April 2025 issue of American Cinematographer presents coverage of the featuresMickey 17 and The Girl With the Needle and the streaming series Zero Day and Disclaimer. Also featured is a special focus on production-workflow tools, with a primer on process plates, and a detailed look at the specialized workflow for twinning an actor on Sonic the Hedgehog 3. A dive into postproduction explores the involvement of cinematographers in the color-grading process.