When director Simon West approached his friend, cinematographer Peter Menzies Jr., about shooting his new thriller, a remake of 1979’s When a Stranger Calls, he had a simple proposition — he needed Menzies to make a $15 million thriller look like a glossy, $80 million Hollywood movie.... »
With sex, lies and videotape in 1989, Steven Soderbergh re-invented the indie feature. Since then, he’s ping-ponged between big Hollywood crowd-pleasers (Oceans 12, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Out of Sight) and his own, challenging experiments in filmmaking (The Limey, Full Frontal).... »
Every time director/writer John Stimpson went walking on part of his
property on Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts, he thought about the
local legend of a haunting that many of his friends claimed to have
experienced.... »
Lew Wasserman was the last of a breed: an old-school Hollywood film
mogul with a spectacular rise and fall. His story intrigued Barry
Avrich, president of Toronto-based advertising agency Endeavor, who has
a track record of directing documentaries about unusual people.... »
What attracted everyone to work on Stephanie Daley—
including leads Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn — is what
cinematographer David Rush Morrison calls "an amazing script."... »
Directors Joseph Kahn (Torque) and Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious,
Stealth) teamed with VFX house Digital Domain
(Venice, CA) to deliver effects-heavy spots for Saab that capitalize on
the car-maker’s background in aviation engineering.... »
To launch the Scion xA hatchback, Attik director/co-founder Simon Needham was charged with creating a compelling spot aimed at young adults by emphasizing the car’s look and luxury options, from hubcaps to... »
Lending a feature-film look to the new ABC hit political drama Commander In Chief , which stars Geena Davis as the country’s first female president, has been "a key ingredient to our approach,"... »
Cheating Death: Final Destination 3 marks the fourth collaboration between Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC, and director James Wong. The two previously merged their talent on Final Destination , The One and Willard... »
When principal photography began on the film Jarhead , the visual effects crew at Industrial Light & Magic expected they would create 89 shots during a scheduled 10 weeks of post-production. ... »
