Twenty years behind the camera, a thesis on constructed authenticity, and now a daily practice with generative AI. I share what I see happening to the craft. No hype, just the work.
What generative AI means for documentary truth, for the craft of the cinematographer, and for who owns the stories. Constructing authenticity, from Kiarostami to the prompt.
Documentary cinematography and filmmaking from the inside: working intuitively, small crews, the New Deal way of producing, and what a camera does to the people in front of it.
Getting close to fragile lives and inner worlds on screen, such as sleep, absence, illness and the people behind the headlines, without exploiting the people in front of the camera. What two decades of documentary work, on films such as In de armen van Morpheus, Are You There? and Schuldig, taught me about portraying vulnerability with care.
"Hollywood is a classical concert, entirely set in stone. I am the jazz musician who reacts freely to what happens in front of the camera."Enquire