Keep at it. Finding work has always been tough for filmmakers. Heck, it was tough even before the pandemic slowed down the industry. But there’s hope on the horizon. Even the most influential cinematographers of today fought their way out of the mud. Case in point? Hoyte van Hoytema, a cinematographer who’s shot Her, Ad Astra, Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Tenet to name a few. Before van Hoytema became the go-to cinematographer for many of the world’s leading filmmakers, he was shockingly unemployed and “sitting in his apartment in his underwear for years." Check out what he has to say in the video below. He says that, weirdly, this could be used as an advantage over other filmmakers/cinematographers that seemingly had all of their doors easily open for them in their careers. By being persistent with what you truly aspire to, you can learn a lot and develop yourself in other ways. Van Hoytema says that after all this time of being unemployed, it built up an insatiable and incredible hunger to work hard. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 20 January, 2021