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Wally Pfister

Director of Photography·US
IMDb ↗Wikidata ↗
Member of: ASC

Career

Stats

Credits
2
2 productions
Active
2008–2010
2 decades
Most-used aspect
2.39:1
2 of 2 productions
Top collaborator
Christopher Nolan
2 shared · Director

Career

Filmography

ProductionYearRoleFormat
Inception2010Director of Photography2.39:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)
The Dark Knight2008Director of Photography2.39:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf (Panavision spherical)

Loadout

Equipment used

Cameras, lenses, and lighting attributed to scenes on productions this person crewed in a camera-department role. Counts aggregate across all such productions.

SeriesItemsProductionsScenes
Panavision Millennium XL2
Panavision · camera body
  • Panavision Millennium XL2 (35mm)
23
IMAX 65mm Film Cameras
IMAX Corporation · camera body
  • IMAX MSM 9802 (65mm 15-perf)
11

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Frequent collaborators

People who have worked on the most productions alongside Wally Pfister.

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Christopher Nolan
Director · 2 shared