The Road to Emmy
Several years ago, director Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel Canyon, The Kids Are All Right) and cinematographer Fred Elmes, ASC (Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, The Ice Storm) served on a Sundance selection jury. “It’s a very intense experience...
Marta Kauffman received her first Emmy nomination in 1993--for Writing in a Comedy Series on the strength of the “For Peter’s Sake” episode of Dream On. She shared that nomination with fellow writer David Crane. She and Crane went on to create the iconic...
Craig Zisk is no stranger to the Emmy nominees’ circle. He has been up for the coveted award four times--three nominations for Best Comedy Series (Weeds in 2009; The Larry Sanders Show in 1998; and Brooklyn Bridge in 1992), and once for...
We start out with Beau Willimon, showrunner, exec producer, writer and creator of Netflix’s House of Cards which scored nine Emmy nominations in 2013, its debut year (and three wins--David Fincher for Outstanding Director on a Drama Series, Eigil Bryld for Outstanding Cinematography For...
The first time proved to be the charm for director Colin Bucksey. His initial primetime Emmy nomination made him the winner this evening for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special on the strength of the “Buridan’s Ass” episode of ...
The first time proved to be the charm for DP Neville Kidd. Tonight in Los Angeles, the first-time Emmy nominee wound up winning the coveted award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie on the strength of the “His Last Vow” episode of the...
If 2014 ASC Award nominations are any indication, then DPs Ashley Rowe and David Luther for their work, respectively, on Dancing on the Edge (“Episode 1.1”) and The White Queen (the episode titled “War at First Hand”), both Starz miniseries, should figure prominently among...
Now that the road to the Creative Arts Emmy Awards is in the industry's proverbial rearview mirror, a number of insights into what turned out to be winning work can be mined from SHOOT's The Road To Emmy series of features which will culminate next week with Part 12's coverage of the...
This is a tale of two first-time primetime Emmy Award nominees: director Julian Jarrold who earned his nomination on the basis of The Girl, an HBO telefilm; and cinematographer Robert McLachlan, ASC, CSC, who garnered his nom for the "Mhysa" episode of HBO's Game Of Thrones....
Last month, Michael Slovis, ASC earned his sixth primetime Emmy nomination in an Outstanding Cinematography category, the last four (2009, '10, '12 and '13) coming for his work on Breaking Bad (AMC) after a pair (2006 and '07) for his lensing of episodes of CSI: Crime Scene...