By David Zou
There’s a reason that only 14 of the approximately 350 people in the legendary American Society of Cinematographers are women, but it’s not a very good one. If the business has enough trouble in giving opportunities to women directors, then the trouble gets bigger when it comes to a job that involves a certain physical aspect.
Among all mind-boggling statistics regarding women, which any film buff has come across at least once and immediately forgot about it because it seems surreal, there’s one thought that anyone can grasp: no woman has ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and over 600 men have.
According to statements made by women DPs, the field itself becomes less attractive when you know there’s almost no chance at all you’ll be given opportunities to thrive in it. As long as Hollywood’s white-old-male problem persists at the top of the chain, the industry will remain more sexist than not.
Like many female directors have gone to do, DPs have also found refuge in TV and documentaries. Some of them have been lucky enough to shoot high-quality feature films with well-known filmmakers, and some are now beginning to reveal their talent in recent indie big hits. Whether they can push three trolleys piled with heavy kits or not, these DPs have their own unique way of looking at things and that is one quality anyone can appreciate regardless of gender.
This list includes 10 of the best examples in recent memory, with an emphasis on how good of a film it is and how each cinematographer’s influence made it great.
Note: these films are not ranked in any particular order.
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
D.P: Ellen Kuras
Michel Gondry and Charles Kaufman are given the continue…
From:: Taste Of Cinema