Unholy Alliance In Black Mass, cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi and director Scott Cooper dramatize Boston mobster "Whitey" Bulger's shady dealings with the FBI. By Mark Dillon *|* 60 October 2015 J ames "Whitey" Bulger has earned his reputation as one of the most notorious gangsters in U.S. history. At the time of his 2011 arrest in Santa Monica, Calif., Bulger had been on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for a dozen years for 19 murders connected to his Boston crime organization, which specialized in extortion, bookmaking, arms trafficking and money laundering. But from the 1970s to the mid-'90s, he couldn't be touched. In the feature Black Mass, Johnny Depp portrays Bulger, who's recruited as an FBI informant by corrupt agent John Connolly ( Joel Edgerton). The bureau ends up serving Bulger American Cinematographer