Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Giovanni Ribisi began acting when he was 9 years old, and in the decades since, he’s appeared in projects as varied as Boiler Room, Gone in 60 Seconds, Lost in Translation, Flight of the Phoenix, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Selma, Meadowland, and Avatar and its sequel The Way of Water.
In recent years, he’s also been working as a director of photography, embracing the collaboration inherent in the role and the more objective perspective it provides on the story being told. In this interview, Ribisi retraces his journey from in front of the camera to behind it and discusses the early influence of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski on the set of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. Ribisi also details his experience as cinematographer on writer-director JT Mollner’s feature Strange Darling, emphasizing the importance of their preproduction planning.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/a-collaboration-with-panavision-giovanni-ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi began acting when he was 9 years old, and in the decades since, he’s appeared in projects as varied as Boiler Room, Gone in 60 Seconds, Lost in Translation, Flight of the Phoenix, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Selma, Meadowland, and Avatar and its sequel The Way of Water.
In recent years, he’s also been working as a director of photography, embracing the collaboration inherent in the role and the more objective perspective it provides on the story being told. In this interview, Ribisi retraces his journey from in front of the camera to behind it and discusses the early influence of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski on the set of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan. Ribisi also details his experience as cinematographer on writer-director JT Mollner’s feature Strange Darling, emphasizing the importance of their preproduction planning.
Find this on the Panavision website at panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/a-collaboration-with-panavision-giovanni-ribisi
