My Influential Cinematographers - Sam Levy

Sam Levy


About 

Before becoming a cinematographer, he studied film-making at Brown University and The University of Paris-Michelet, after that he became an apprentice to Harris Savides. 

He has worked with directors such as Kelly Reichardt as well as Noah Baumbach on three of his films. Recently he has worked with Greta Gerwig.

Notable Films 

Wendy And Lucy - 2008
Frances Ha - 2012
While We're Young - 2014
Maggie's Plan - 2015
Mistress America - 2015
Lady Bird - 2017

Influence

His work on Lady Bird stood out to me because of the way he was able to use colour but also the way he shot both night and day which looked really good because of the choice of shooting format being digital.






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