Road To Emmys Annual Series
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Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019
Emmy Nominees Shed Light On "Game of Thrones," "Fleabag," "High Castle," "Umbrella Academy," "Rent: Live"
For the second time in three years, The Man in the High Castle (Amazon) has been nominated for an Outstanding Visual Effects Emmy Award. The show’s VFX supervisor, Lawson Deming of Barnstorm VFX--a Burbank-based house which recently opened a studio in Vancouver, B.C.--was part of an ensemble that...
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019
Insights Into "Chernobyl," "Fleabag," "Russian Doll," "Ozark," "Jack Ryan," "Unfortunate Events," "When They See Us"
Director Johan Renck was a bit apprehensive going in that the fallout from Chernobyl (HBO) could very well include a limited audience. His creative instincts told him that the story was worthwhile but he wasn’t sure that it would generate significant viewership. Thankfully, the five-part miniseries...
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019
Director Thomas Kail Reflects On "Fosse/Verdon," His Latest Emmy Nominations
Included in its haul of 17 Emmy nominations, Fosse/Verdon (FX Network) scored two for direction--one for Jessica Yu on the basis of the “Glory” episode, and the other earned by Thomas Kail for the installment titled “Who’s Got the Pain.” As co-creator (with Steven Levenson) and executive producer...
Thursday, Jul. 25, 2019
Cinematographer Gary Baum Reflects On His 10th Emmy Nomination
Cinematographer Gary Baum, ASC last week earned his 10th career Emmy nomination--for the “Family, Trip” episode of Will & Grace (NBC). This is the second consecutive year Baum has earned an Emmy nod for the Will & Grace revival, which makes it all the more special in that the original show...
Thursday, Jul. 18, 2019
"Succession," "Mrs. Maisel," "Russian Doll" Emmy Nominees Discuss Direction, Lensing, Design
Prior to this week’s announcement of the season’s Emmy nominations, SHOOT connected with various contenders going back to our Spring Directors Issue in April and then this ongoing The Road To Emmy series of feature stories which started a little more than two months ago. As it turns out, a good...
Thursday, Jul. 11, 2019
Director Greg Yaitanes Reflects On "Castle Rock," Sissy Spacek's Performance
A self-described Stephen King fanatic, director Greg Yaitanes was a victim of scheduling when he had to pass on an initial invite to take on episodic work for Castle Rock , Hulu’s psychological horror anthology series based on King’s work and set in Castle Rock, Maine, a fictional location familiar...
Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019
Cinematographer Ben Richardson Takes Us To "Yellowstone"
Earlier this year, DP Ben Richardson earned his first career ASC Award nomination for “Daybreak,” the opening episode of Paramount Network’s original series Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner as John Dutton, patriarch of a family that controls the largest contiguous ranch in the U.S., under...
Thursday, Jun. 27, 2019
Hugo Blick Discusses Challenges Of, His Hopes For "Black Earth Rising"
Hugo Blick is a jack of many trades as reflected in his Emmy history. Back in 2015, he earned three nominations for The Honourable Woman starring Maggie Gyllenhaal in a Golden Globe-winning performance as a proponent for reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. For The Honourable Woman ,...
Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2019
Designing "The Hot Zone," Lensing & Composing "Our Planet," Editing "Insecure"
Production designer Mark Hutman is no stranger to the Emmy derby, having been nominated back in 2010 for the Glee pilot. He’s also no stranger to director Michael Uppendahl, with whom he worked on a couple of Glee episodes. So when Uppendahl, in his capacity as director and executive producer on...
Thursday, Jun. 13, 2019
Insights Into "Russian Doll," "Ozark," "Mrs. Maisel," "Man in the High Castle," "Umbrella Academy"
For Chris Teague, Russian Doll (Netflix) was a cinematographer’s dream come true. He recalled seeing the lookbook for the show, describing the imagery as “unique,” “absurdist,” full of “surrealist art and photography,” serving to “illuminate what the world of the show was going to be. There was the...