26,000 frames for Spielberg
Filed under: Drama, Dreamworks, Steven Spielberg
Not many photographers get the chance to break into unit photography on a movie
set by working with Steven Spielberg. It happened to Karen Ballard, though; the photagrapher shot 26,000 frames for
Spielberg as his unit photographer on the set of Munich.
Ballard, who started working as a freelance photog in 2001, wanted to break into shooting stills on movie sets. When
she heard through a friend that Spielberg was looking for a photojournalist to be unit photographer for
Munich, she threw her name in the hat. Spielberg liked her photos and hired her, and next thing she knew she
was shooting in Malta and trying to avoid screwing things up or bumping into Janusz Kaminski, the Director of
Photography for Munich.
Ballard has an amazing chronicle of her experience up on her website. If you've ever wondered how cool it would be to work on a Spielberg film, Ballard can tell you - it's way cool.
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2-14-2006 @ 12:33PM
Gisela said...
Mainstream Media would have us believe that Spielberg's film "Munich" has raised the hackles of every decent Jewish intellectual
in America.
Suffice to point out, that there is a broad base of moderate Jewish intellectuals and members of the middle class, who are deeply convinced that the right for Israel to exist has to be and can be defended by means, which do not contradict deeply held and cherished Jewish traditions and ethics.
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