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FEATURE ASCENDING STARS

Our first talent compilation lists the rising stars of European-based cinematography

present our first talent list. We will listen to our readers as to how we can perhaps elongate our lists to other areas of the industry and other talent groups. But most of all we will be keeping an eye on this carefully compiled set of talented people and wish them the best of luck in their ascending life in one of the best industries in the creative world.

ow do you pick one talented DOP from another to compile a list like this? It has to do with their credits, their word-of- mouth credibility but mostly what they bring to the screen. With all our stars we have noticed certain ways that they work that pushes the art a little bit further on. New ways of framing for instance, using the new technologies of lighting in ways that change the direction that lighting is headed, new ways to move the camera and perhaps new ways to use colour. For sure our list is compiled subjectively but then researched from opinions emanating from the industry. We then had to decide when an ascending star legitimately becomes just a star of

cinematography. Does your first movie credit stop you being a rising star or does a Netflix, Amazon or Hulu commission have the same effect? It’s perhaps not that cut and dried, as some BBC programming has been part-funded by US companies and will naturally settle on Netflix, for instance. Just by reading these bios from our list you will get a sense that our stars had been destined to ascend in this industry by some of the awards they have already been given, so easy for us you could say to identify them. But we still needed confirmation from the industry; and not just from their peers and set-buddies but also from creatives further up the workflow, as in grading rooms and editing bays. So it is with great pride that we

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