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Walter C. “Wally” Pfister is an American cinematographer and film director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 8th, 1961. When Pfister was about 11, a film company shot scenes for Shamus (1973), featuring Burt Reynolds, in his neighborhood. The boy was fascinated by the...Read more crew setting up lights and cameras. Soon afterwards, he began shooting 8 mm home movies and short films. After high school, Pfister worked as a production assistant at a television station, and within a couple of months, he borrowed a CP16 camera and began shooting little films on weekends. Upon showing one of his films to the station's production manager, he recruited Pfister as a cameraman. After working with Rober Altman as a second cameraman on his HBO show “Tanner '88” (1988), Pfister enrolled in the American Film Institute. During his second year, he collaborated in an Oscar-nominated short film called “Senzeni Na?” In 1991, Pfister shot his first feature film, entitled The Unborn. Following that, he made a series of low-budgeted horror films. In 1998, Pfister shot “The Hi-Line” in difficult conditions and on a budget of only $300,000. The film was shown in Sundance Film Festival, where Pfister met Christopher Nolan for the first time. The meeting led to the first collaboration between both artists, in the neo-noir thriller Memento (2000). Pfister went on to be Nolan's cinematographer on five other films: Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008) and Inception (2010). Pfister's debut as a feature film director was with the sci-fi thriller Transcendence (2014), starring Johnny Depp. Wally Pfister was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematograph four times, winning one for Inception at the 83rd Academy Awards.

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  • Walter C. “Wally” Pfister is an American cinematographer and film director. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 8th, 1961. When Pfister was about 11, a film company shot...Read more scenes for Shamus (1973), featuring Burt Reynolds, in his neighborhood. The boy was fascinated by the crew setting up lights and cameras. Soon afterwards, he began shooting 8 mm home movies and short films. After high school, Pfister worked as a production assistant at a television station, and within a couple of months, he borrowed a CP16 camera and began shooting little films on weekends. Upon showing one of his films to the station's production manager, he recruited Pfister as a cameraman. After working with Rober Altman as a second cameraman on his HBO show “Tanner '88” (1988), Pfister enrolled in the American Film Institute. During his second year, he collaborated in an Oscar-nominated short film called “Senzeni Na?” In 1991, Pfister shot his first feature film, entitled The Unborn. Following that, he made a series of low-budgeted horror films. In 1998, Pfister shot “The Hi-Line” in difficult conditions and on a budget of only $300,000. The film was shown in Sundance Film Festival, where Pfister met Christopher Nolan for the first time. The meeting led to the first collaboration between both artists, in the neo-noir thriller Memento (2000). Pfister went on to be Nolan's cinematographer on five other films: Insomnia (2002), Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008) and Inception (2010). Pfister's debut as a feature film director was with the sci-fi thriller Transcendence (2014), starring Johnny Depp. Wally Pfister was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematograph four times, winning one for Inception at the 83rd Academy Awards.

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