Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, kìnema "movement" and γράφειν, gràphein "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor or light-sensitive ...

Digital cinematography is the process of capturing (recording) a motion picture using digital image sensors rather than through film stock.As digital technology has improved in recent years, this practice has become dominant. Since the mid-2010s, most movies across the world are captured as well as distributed digitally.. Many vendors have brought products to market, …

The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture History. Charles Rosher, the first recipient in 1928. In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) was not tied to a specific film; all of the work by the ...

Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American cinematographer who worked on over 130 films.During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the most sought after cinematographers in Hollywood due to his innovative filming techniques.

Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced.Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may …

Subsequently, in 1963 Goskino USSR was created by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of USSR on March 23, 1963, as the State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on Cinematography. From 1965 to 1972, its name was simplified to the Committee on Cinematography of the Council of Ministers.

Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is a Japanese American filmmaker. He first gained recognition for writing and directing the 2009 film Sin nombre and the 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre.He was the first director of partial East Asian descent to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, as the director and executive producer of the first …

Southern Gothic is an artistic subgenre of fiction, country music, film and television that are heavily influenced by Gothic elements and the American South.Common themes of Southern Gothic include storytelling of deeply flawed, disturbing or eccentric characters who may be involved in hoodoo, decayed or derelict settings, grotesque situations, and other sinister events …

Sir Roger Alexander Deakins CBE (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve.Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinematographers and to the American Society of Cinematographers.He is the recipient of five BAFTA Awards for Best …

The 1995 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 7, 1995, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1994, to June 15, 1995. The show was hosted by Dennis Miller at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.David Sandlin was commissioned to design the program catalogue. TLC and Weezer were the biggest winners of the night, with each taking home four awards.