Each year, the Society of Camera Operators hosts its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards to honor not only some of the finest examples of camera operating in the past year, but also to shine a spotlight on individuals who have given us a career’s worth of exceptional work behind the camera. It’s a space where people … Continue reading Operating for Operators – Society of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards
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 … Continue reading Camera Operator of the Year: Television
Nominated for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards and winner of the SOC’s Camera Operator of the Year in Film, Society of the Snow recounts the harrowing true story of the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Camera Operator had the chance to speak with A camera operator Juanjo Sánchez, SOC, and … Continue reading SOCIETY OF THE SNOW – No Easy Shots
During the Society of Camera Operator’s Lifetime Achievement Awards this February, three operators were recognized as Camera Operators of the Year. Daniel Bishop SOC | ASSOC BSC | ACO was recognized in the Film category for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front, and the operating team of Dave Chameides, SOC, and Cristian … Continue reading Camera Operator of the Year Roundtable
A seminal work in both literature and cinema, All Quiet on the Western Front remains a sobering portrait of both the senseless terror and the tragic waste of war. Now, nearly a century later, Edward Berger’s new telling of this story aims to remind us of these truths as the world once again finds itself … Continue reading ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Going to War
In this dynamic retelling of the seminal musical West Side Story, Steven Spielberg takes us to the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the mid-20th century as young lovers Tony and María forge a romance amid a hotbed of racial and economic tension. The film stars Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Rita … Continue reading WEST SIDE STORY – Musical on a Massive Scale
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