Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Over the course of seven feature collaborations, cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC and director James Mangold have nurtured their shared sensibilities into an expanding visual language they continually modify to meet the needs of the story at hand. Their most recent movie, A Complete Unknown, charts Bob Dylan’s rise to fame in New York City’s folk music scene of the early 1960s. Papamichael recently spoke with Panavision for this video interview in which he reflects on his and Mangold’s visual style, praises star Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Dylan, and details the camera and custom lens solutions he employed to craft A Complete Unknown’s period-specific look.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/the-making-of-a-complete-unknown
Over the course of seven feature collaborations, cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC and director James Mangold have nurtured their shared sensibilities into an expanding visual language they continually modify to meet the needs of the story at hand. Their most recent movie, A Complete Unknown, charts Bob Dylan’s rise to fame in New York City’s folk music scene of the early 1960s. Papamichael recently spoke with Panavision for this video interview in which he reflects on his and Mangold’s visual style, praises star Timothée Chalamet’s portrayal of Dylan, and details the camera and custom lens solutions he employed to craft A Complete Unknown’s period-specific look.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/the-making-of-a-complete-unknown
