At this year’s Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards, Neal Bryant, SOC, and Carey Toner took home the award for Camera Operator of the Year in Television for their work on The Last of Us. For this issue of Camera Operator, we were able to sit down with Bryant to discuss his award-winning work on The Last of Us along with his history in the industry, career highlights, and the awards show itself.
The Last of Us is set 20 years after the outbreak of a fungal infection that transforms those infected into mindless ghouls, the world is in shambles as survivors try to carve out an existence amidst the ruins of society. It is in this world that the gruff, world-weary smuggler Joel meets Ellie, a young girl whose apparent immunity to the infection might represent humanity’s last, best hope for a better future. The Last of Us is based on the video game by developer Naughty Dog and is created by Craig Mazin. It stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
Watch the conversation here on SOC.org
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