director of photography

noun phrase

: the person who is in charge of filming for a movie

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Paolo Carnera serves as director of photography, Carmine Guarino as production designer, Daniela Ciancio as costume designer, and Jacopo Quadri as editor. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026 The Croatia locales serve the film well with director of photography Maciej Twardowski giving it all a moody but striking texture. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026 The look of the film is the result of the collaboration between director of photography Maria Codina, production designer Claudia González, and costume designer Cristina Rodríguez. Ed Meza, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026 Going into Luigi, Mandelup and her main collaborators — producer Lauren Cioffi, field producer Peter Heres, and director of photography Benjamin Whatley — had all been eager to break out of years-long production cycles inherent to long-form documentary filmmaking. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for director of photography

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