Jury 2024 Q&A

GUEST OF HONOUR GEORGE MILLER George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He rose to prominence directing the dystopian action-adventure films Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). …

JURY PRESIDENT MANDY WALKER Mandy walker is an Australian cinematographer, now living in the USA. One of the few female DPs working on big-budget feature films today. An accredited member of the American ASC and Australian ACS associations. Inducted into …

ROBERT RICHARDSON Robert Richardson ASC is an award-winning American cinematographer known for his use of high contrast lighting, shapeshifting style, dynamic camera movements and keen eye for detail. He has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times, for …

CATHERINE GOLDSCHMIDT Catherine is an Emmy and ASC Award nominated cinematographer. With a background in shooting award-winning independent features and documentaries, Catherine was named a “Rising Star of Cinematography” by American Cinematographer Magazine for her work in episodic. Her TV credits include …

YONG HOU Hou Yong is a professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, doctoral supervisor, first-class cinematographer, and the president of the Chinese Society of Cinematographers. His cinematography works include 29 films such as “The Horse Thief,” “The Blue Kite,” “The …

AVIK MUKHOPADHAYAY Born in 1966, graduated in Chemistry from Kolkata University, received diploma in Cinematography from FTIl in 1993. Since then started working as a Cinematographer, worked with eminent directors like Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen,Rituparna Ghosh, Shaad Ali, Shoojit Sarkar, …

刘寅 MICHAEL LIU Michael Liu is a distinguished Chinese cinematographer known for his exceptional work Chinese cinema. With a career spanning over two decades, Liu has developed a reputation for his innovative visual storytelling and his ability to blend traditional …

BIRGIT GUDJONSDOTTIR The cinematographer Birgit Gudjonsdottir has been filming commercials, documentaries, and fiction films since the late 1980s. She has worked on international productions such as “Goodbye Lenin,” “The Bourne Supremacy,” “Aeon Flux,” “Beyond the Sea,” and “The Three Musketeers.” …

TIM KUHN, BVK Tim Kuhn, BVK is an award winning german director of photography living in Berlin. Member of the German BVK and the German film academy. After studying History of Latin America, he attended the prestigious film school in …

ELODIE ICHTER Élodie Ichter combines an artist’s eye with a passion for creative collaboration and a deep technical understanding of post-production workflows. Born and raised in France, Élodie studied cinema at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA) in Paris …