Wally Pfister Articles

Christopher Nolan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception INCEPTION Review Part I Besides its intriguing philosophical issues, Inception is a sight to behold thanks to outstanding work by cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, and set decorators Larry Dias and Doug Mowat. Yet, what makes Inception visually stunning are its special effects, for Christopher Nolan relies not on odd or fake-looking computer-generated images, but rather on [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page in Christopher Nolan's Inception Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount), John Powell Inception (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), A. R. Rahman * The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original [...]

Melissa Leo in David O. Russell's The Fighter So far there have been a couple of surprises of sorts, what with Alice in Wonderland winning for Best Art Direction (instead of either The King's Speech or Inception) and Inception's Wally Pfister, not True Grit's veteran Roger Deakins taking home the Best Cinematography Oscar. Melissa Leo won the Best Supporting Actress Award, and seemed in shock [...]

Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, True Grit Oscar Predictions 2011 Although Inception's Wally Pfister won the 2011 American Society of Cinematographers Award, it's important to note that the ASC is hardly a good judge of an eventual winner at the Oscars. Since 1986, only 9 ASC Award winners ended up taking home the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. That's about [...]