American Cinematographer: Imaginative Lighting for Hard Choices
The dictionary describes naturalism as: “A technique of rendering artistic or literary subjects so as to reproduce natural appearances in detail.” That definition also aptly fits the look and feel of director Rick King’s new film Hard Choices.
Tom brings home 2 awards from Sundance
Two films of which Tom was director of photography were shown in competition at this year’s Sundance Film Festival – Queen of Versailles won the Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing for director, Lauren Greenfield. Love Free or Die, directed by Macky Alston, won the Special Jury Prize for the Documentary. Queen was the first film […]
Two films shot by Tom are up for Prime Time Emmys
Have You Heard from Johannesburg? – PBS Gloria: In Her Own Words – HBO
Love Free or Die premieres at Festivals and Churches
Macky Alston’s moving documentary, shot by Tom with several additional cameramen, about Eugene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, the first avowedly gay bishop in Christendom and his campaign to help change the church, is being shown at festivals and to groups and churches nationwide.
Fast Times at West Philly High shown on PBS Frontline July 17
This is a moving documentary, shot by Tom and directed by Deborah Morten, about a group of inner-city kids and their teachers who are competing against major corporations to build a car that gets 100 miles to the gallon, and win a nationwide contest. Link
Queen of Versailles opens nationwide on July 20
This award winning film, shot by Tom, which won director Lauren Greenfield the Best Director Award at Sundance, and is garnering great reviews opens at selected theaters in most major cities.
Tom now has a C-300 package
Tom now owns a Canon C-300 camera. This is a true movie camera that shoots in large format (super 35mm chip), with Canon lenses, yet is brilliantly hand-holdable.
Bio
Tom Hurwitz, ASC is one of America’s most honored documentary cinematographers. Winner of two Emmy Awards, the Sundance and Jerusalem Film Festival Awards for Best Cinematography, Hurwitz has photographed films that have won 4 academy awards and several more nominations (most recently for Dancemaker and Killing in the Name). His television programs have won literally dozens of awards, Emmy, Dupont, Peabody, […]