Rolling Thunder W Roman Vasyanov, RGC, films the graphic World War II tank drama Fury the hard way for director David Ayer. By Michael Goldman *|* 68 December 2014 hen screenwriter/director David Ayer and cinematographer Roman Vasyanov, RGC reunited to start planning the gritty World War II tank drama Fury, they quickly realized it would be an exceedingly difficult movie to shoot. The filmmakers were committed to using authentic tanks, which are inherently unfriendly to the filmmaking process. Furthermore, they would have to spend most of their 62 days of principal photography mired in muddy fields on location in Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, England, where they would face ongoing struggles to stabilize their cameras and match the constantly shifting British skies. American Cinematographer