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Daniel Bishop won the Society of Camera Operators’ camera operator of the year in film award for his work on Edward Berger’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front during the first in-person Soc Awards presentation since the start of the pandemic.

On Saturday at Loews Hollywood Hotel, the award was presented to Bishop one week after All Quiet Dp James Friend won the BAFTA in cinematography.

Also during the Soc Awards, Dave Chameides and “B” camera operator Cristian Trova, were awarded the camera operator of the year in television honor for their work on the Ozark series finale, “A Hard Way to Go.”

In the feature competition, Bishop topped a field of nominees that included Lukasz Bielan for Bullet Train; Mitch Dubin with “B” camera/Steadicam operator Colin Anderson for The Fabelmans; Jason Ellson for Elvis; Geoffrey Haley for The Gray Man; and Ari Robbins for Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths...

The Society of Camera Operators unwrapped the nominees for its Camera Operator of the Year Awards, which will be presented Feb. 25 during a ceremony at Loews Hollywood Hotel.

The Gordon Parks Foundation will also be recognized during the awards, for Parks’ “leadership and pioneering of social justice.”

Below, the list of nominees follows.

Camera Operator of the Year- Film nominees

Lukasz Bielan – Bullet Train

Daniel Bishop, Soc – All Quiet on the Western Front

Jason Ellson, Soc – Elvis

Geoffrey Haley, Soc – The Gray Man

Mitch Dubin, Soc – The Fabelmans, with Colin Anderson, Soc, “B” Camera / Steadicam Operator

Ari Robbins, Soc – Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Camera Operator of the Year- Television nominees

Dave Chameides, Soc – Ozark, S 4 Ep 14, “A Hard Way to Go” with Cristian Trova, Soc, “B” Camera Operator

Sam Ellison, , Soc – Severance, S 1 Ep 3, “In Perpetuity” with Stanley Fernandez, Camera Operator

Sarah Levy, Soc – Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty...

“La La Land” is one of the most lauded films of the year, landing 14 Oscar nods, tying a record previously set by “All About Eve” (1951) and “Titanic” (1998). The musical boasts a number of dazzling song-and-dance scenes, and now filmmaker Damien Chazelle has shared some never-before-seen footage of the rehearsal of the opening number, which took place on a highway ramp full of cars. Oh, and it was all shot on his iPhone.

The rehearsals for “Another Day of Sun” took place on in a Los Angeles parking lot and Chazelle captured everything with his smart phone. The video features an insert where you can see how it compares with the final scene.

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Chazelle and choreographer Mandy Moore began planning for the scene and “walking it through, talking it out and diagramming it out. The...

As you may have heard, there’s this little movie, “La La Land,” that’s flown under the radar since it was released late last year. Damien Chazelle’s musical, which is up for a record-tying 14 Academy Awards, is just a week away from fulfilling its Oscar glory and allowing us to move on to the subject of the other musically inclined film starring Ryan Gosling. In the meantime, check out a brief video showing off the Steadicam work on “La La Land.”

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Posted to Instagram by cameraman Ari Robbins, the clip features a scene in which Emma Stone and her cohorts sing and dance their way out of her apartment and onto the streets of Los Angeles. We see both the scene itself and a behind-the-scenes view, the Steadicam rig...

After having “Burn the Witch” on repeat for the last few days, you can now add another new Radiohead song to your playlist. As rumored thanks to a slip-up, Paul Thomas Anderson has directed a new music video for “Daydreaming,” from the upcoming album set to be released this Sunday, May 8 at 2 p.m. Est.

The six-minute video finds the Inherent Vice director following Thom Yorke through a dreamscape and a variety of locations, from a hospital to a home to a beach to a mountain. Check out the video below and for more on PTA’s filmography, watch a recent, excellent 2.5-hour video series on his entire career, including his Jonny Greenwood collaborations.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Producers: Sara Murphy, Albert Chi, Erica Frauman

Editor: Andy Jurgensen

Production Companies: Ghoulardi Film Company, m ss ng p eces

Assistant Directors: Adam Somner, Trevor Tavares

Gaffer: Michael Bauman

Key Grip: Jim Kwiatkowski...