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American Cinematographer · Lol Crawley, BSC, ASC on shooting The Brutalist in VistaVision
→ The Brutalist (2024) was photographed on Kodak 35mm 8-perf VistaVision negative.
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Beaumont Camera · Beaumont Camera rental confirmation — The Brutalist (2024)
→ A-camera on The Brutalist was a Beaumont VistaVision modified film camera.
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fxguide · Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS on Dune: Part Two camera package
→ Dune: Part Two used ARRI Alexa LF and Alexa Mini LF cameras recording ARRIRAW Open Gate.
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Variety · Greig Fraser breaks down Dune: Part Two cinematography
→ Greig Fraser used Panavision H-series and re-housed vintage primes on Dune: Part Two.
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IMAX Corporation · IMAX Filmed for IMAX — Dune: Part Two production notes
→ Selected sequences in Dune: Part Two were photographed in 1.43:1 IMAX 65mm.
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Productions touched
- 1917 (2019)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
- Anora (2024)
- Anora (2024)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
Shot of the day
2026-06-30
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Technical reference depth
Where CineCanon goes beyond TMDb metadata — hand-curated editorial across the working departments.
Stunts
The most under-documented department, catalogued
8 companies · 24 sequences · 24 rigging entries · 11 indexed SAG-AFTRA bulletins · 16 doubling credits.
VFX
Studios + breakdowns + colour-science chains
22 VFX houses with editorial tagline + summary + cited references; 19 per-production colour pipelines from camera-log to deliverable.
Gear
Camera + lens + lighting + grip
53 per-scene lighting setups with cinematographer motivation; 41 post-production assignments tying films to their DI labs and sound houses.
Productions
Locations, scenes, and a curated tier
68 geocoded shooting locations with sun-position metadata · 55 hand-curated films with full crew + scene-level equipment usage.
Awards
Every win and nomination, by craft
923 documented entries · 395 wins across 19 awarding bodies — Oscars, BAFTAs, Cannes, ASC, VES, Taurus. Filter by craft, org, year, or recipient.
Sound
Mixers, designers, foley, dub stages
3 post-houses tagged sound mix or sound design · 1,158 working sound-department crew with cited credits. Production mixers, supervising sound editors, re-recording mixers, foley.
Music & Score
Composers, scoring stages, supervisors
674 composers, orchestrators, music editors and supervisors · 8 scoring stages catalogued. Score deep-dives and curated cue-level listening guides coming online.
References
Cross-cited sources across the archive
14 URLs cited on more than one entity — Variety, fxguide, SAG-AFTRA, Wikipedia. Click any source to see every film, person, sequence, or bulletin that depends on it.
People
Stunt performers + coordinators
27 performers with documented disciplines, doubling history, training credentials, and primary company affiliation — the working roster of modern action coordination.
Featured Productions
55 hand-curated films with full crew, scene-level equipment data, and cited sources.
Anora
2024featureCURATED
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Anora
2024featureCURATED
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
Conclave
2024featureCURATED
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.
Dune: Part Two
2024featureCURATED
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
The Brutalist
2024featureCURATED
When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.
The Substance
2024featureCURATED
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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1917
2019featureCURATED
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
All Quiet on the Western Front
2022featureCURATED
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
Apocalypse Now
1979featureCURATED
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Arrival
2016featureCURATED
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Reference Queries
ALEXA 65 + Panavision Sphero anamorphic
Every theatrical feature shot on the ARRI ALEXA 65 with Panavision Sphero anamorphic lenses, sorted by Director of Photography.
Greig Fraser’s lenses on Dune: Part Two
Every lens series Greig Fraser specified on Dune: Part Two (2024), with the gear-detail page link and the scenes each lens covers.
Magic-hour exterior lighting (2023 features)
All 2023 productions with at least one curated exterior magic-hour scene, with the lighting plot per scene.