How to Use director of photography in a Sentence

director of photography

noun phrase
  • Drew Daniels served as director of photography and shot the film on 35mm.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Ars spoke with director of photography Oren Soffer to learn more about the making of The Creator.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2023
  • His father, who worked as a director of photography in Venezuela, familiarized him with the field from a young age.
    Asli Pelit, Sportico.com, 26 June 2024
  • The director of photography is Lidia Nikonova and the editor is Kārlis Bergs.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 July 2023
  • Wang was listed as the director of photography on the film, whose budget included charges for the rental of an off-road vehicle and indicated that the project was shooting in the desert.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Seligman choreographed the fights along with her director of photography, Maria Rusche, and the cast was put through a fight-club boot camp led by stunt coordinator Devin Stovall.
    Kerensa Cadenas, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
  • Hutchins and Baldwin had discussed a close-up camera angle of the gun’s muzzle — a view that Hutchins, the director of photography, wanted as a way to heighten the drama in advance of a gunfight scene.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • What makes the documentary even more poignant is that its director of photography, Jorge Müller, who was detained and vanished after the coup, remains missing to this day.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Sep. 2023
  • On one hand, they are gorgeously shot by director of photography Scott Duncan.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2023
  • René-Lortie wrote and directed the short, with Alexandre Nour Desjardins as director of photography.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Each project gave him a chance to grow as a camera operator, and later, director of photography and program presenter.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The film’s dramatic centerpiece—the tense conversation while Ben is wading at the beach—was inspired by a real-life encounter shared by Melanie Akoka, the director of photography.
    Pepi Ginsberg, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023
  • While working as a gaffer on a commercial, the director of photography and cinematographer had a family emergency, giving Frohna the opportunity to lead the project.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The productions has added two safety officers, while cinematographer Bianca Cline will take over as director of photography.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Visually, Jefferson and his director of photography, Cristina Dunlap, strove to counterbalance some of the movie’s more outrageous moments of comedy.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2024
  • So the Australian director of photography developed a plan to keep his collaboration with Villeneuve as unadulterated as possible.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
  • Sound designer Leigh Kenyon deserves special attention along with director of photography Michael Tessari.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024

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