Ian Seabrook: Last News

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorDuring a virtual celebration on Saturday, the Society of Camera Operators (SOC) announced winners for the 2022 camera operator of the year awards in film and television categories.The recipients for camera operator of the year in film are Mitch Dubin and “B” camera operator John “Buzz” Moyer for “West Side Story.” Manolo Rojas and “B” camera operator Pauline Edwards earned the camera operator of the year in television award — for their work in the “Snowfall” episode “Betrayal” (S4 E8).This year’s SOC Awards Celebration marked the first time that the SOC expanded nominations to include both “A” and “B” camera operators — allowing for increased recognition of the collaborative efforts among operator teams. Dubin, Moyer, Rojas and Edwards topped an impressive group of nominees in both film and television.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn a key sequence in Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” Emily Blunt’s Lily Houghton and Dwayne Johnson’s skipper Frank have to dive off their boat to solve an underwater puzzle. Not only does Lily get trapped, but she ends up fighting for air as the drama unfolds.Underwater director of photography Ian Seabrook stepped in to film Lily and skipper Frank as they seek the Tears of the Moon from a rare tree.The sequence, Seabrook says, took just under two weeks to film.