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David Lean
FilmmakerKnown for: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
David Lean co-directed Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946) before embarking on a series of increasingly ambitious large-scale productions — The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) — that redefined what the widescreen image could contain. His use of the desert, the sea, and the mountain landscape as emotional instruments earned him two Academy Awards for Best Director. He worked in extreme conditions with small crews for long periods and was known as a perfectionist of rare intensity.
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Panavision
The Panaflex Gold is a 35mm motion picture camera produced by Panavision, a company that manufactures equipment exclusively for rental to productions. Its near-silent operation and compatibility with Panavision's proprietary anamorphic and spherical lens systems made it a standard for Hollywood features from the 1980s onward. Christopher Nolan and many other directors continue to use Panavision equipment for productions shot on film.
“Lean shot "Ryan's Daughter" (1970) and "A Passage to India" (1984) using Panavision equipment; his collaboration with the cinematographer Freddie Young across three films used Panavision anamorphic lenses to achieve the widescreen landscape compositions for which his later work is known. Documented in Kevin Brownlow's "David Lean: A Biography" (1996).”
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