American Cinematographer - March 2009 - (Page 30) Cutting-Edge Camerawork The television series Dexter, Life on Mars, True Blood and The Unusuals present their cinematographers with varied creative challenges. by Jay Holben, Jean Oppenheimer, Iain Stasukevich and Patricia Thomson 30 March 2009 I n an effort to survey the primetime scene, AC recently interviewed the directors of photography responsible for crafting the looks of Showtime’s Dexter, ABC’s Life on Mars, HBO’s True Blood and ABC’s The Unusuals. For Dexter, we spoke to recent Emmy nominee Romeo Tirone, who has shot the first three seasons of the series; for Life on Mars, we spoke to pilot cinematographer and recent ASC Award nominee Kramer Morgenthau, ASC, as well as series cinematographers and ASC members Frank Prinzi and Craig Di Bona; for True Blood, we spoke to Checco Varese and Matthew Jensen, who together set the look of the show’s first season; and for The Unusuals, we spoke to pilot cinematographer Peter Levy, ASC, ACS, and series cinematographer Roy H. Wagner, ASC.
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