Friday, Mar. 24, 2023

Last year, Checco Varese, ASC won his first Emmy--for lensing the “Breakthrough Pain” episode of Dopesick, the limited drama series which delved into opioid addiction in America, taking us not only to a distressed Virginia mining community and a rural doctor’s office but also the...

Friday, Aug. 5, 2022

Gratification over an Emmy nomination goes beyond individual acclaim. And that’s clear from much of what nominees have shared with SHOOT this award season--including in both The Road To Emmy and Cinematographers & Cameras feature stories in this issue. 

Checco Varese, ASC,...

Friday, Oct. 22, 2021

Director Patricia Riggen, whose work spans features and TV, is no stranger to witnessing actor auditions but her experience on them for Dopesick proved especially impactful, inspiring and disconcerting at the same time. Dopesick, an eight-episode drama series that debuted on...

Friday, Jul. 9, 2021

Cinematographer Checco Varese, ASC found himself deeply drawn to Them (Amazon Studios), an anthology series on terror which in its first season takes us to 1950s suburbia.  A Black family moves from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles where they confront evil...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

One DP had a gratifying experience working on Alma Har’el’s first narrative feature film, feeling simpatico with the director’s visceral and poetic approach.

Another cinematographer was drawn to the prospect of lensing an old-school cop film, adding to a recent flurry of work which marked...

Monday, Oct. 26, 2015

One DP has captured a story of solidarity and survival with a movie—set to bow in November—that shows us the resolve and miraculous rescue of 33 men trapped in a gold and copper mine in Chile.

Another cinematographer brings a new meaning to the word “prolific” with her lensing of two...

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