January 12, 2018

3 Cinematography Musts From ‘Game of Thrones’ DP Anette Haellmigk

Collaboration and cooperation reign in Haellmigk’s kingdom.

Game of Thrones DP Anette Haellmigk has spent her life in film and video production. Her cinematography career began in 1980 when an avant-garde German filmmaker named Hellmuth Costard offered Haellmigk a job as a first assistant cameraperson. It was in working with Costard that Haellmigk realized that she had found her calling as a cinematographer. According to her Behind the Lens column for CreativeCow.net, “Cinematography combines the artistic and the technical, which I liked. So I have found my path.”

Haellmigk went on to learn as much as she could about cinema cameras and eventually connected with Jost Vacano (DP Das Boot) who mentored her and brought her to the U.S. where their work together continued. When Vacano was asked to DP Robocop and Total Recall, Haellmigk worked alongside him and those opportunities opened doors for her.

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Source: NoFilmSchool