Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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From moody thrillers to extravagant period dramas, cinematographers are the architects of unforgettable screen worlds—but would they actually want to live in them?

In this candid Pana Speed Round, we asked a group of top cinematographers to reflect on the strange, beautiful, and often brutal worlds they’ve helped create.

Watch as they wrestle with the question: “Would you live in the world of your film?”

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🎥 Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/would-these-cinematographers-live-in-the-worlds-they-help-create

00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - Alexis Zabé, ASC, AMC
00:19 - Warwick Thornton
00:26 - Erik Messerschmidt, ASC
00:30 - Jamie D. Ramsay, BSC, SASC
00:36 - Pedro Luque, SCU
00:45 - Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC
00:56 - Linus Sandgren, FSF, ASC
01:14 - Anna Smoroňová, ASK
01:23 - Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC
01:39 - Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC
01:45 - Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC
01:56 - Michał Sobociński, PSC
02:08 - Shelly Johnson, ASC