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Tom Cruise Shot a Lightsaber Duel in Star Wars

Tom Cruise Served as a Camera Operator for a ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Scene

Shawn Levy, the director of movies like “Free Guy” and multiple episodes of “Stranger Things,” was working on “Star Wars: Starfighter,” his Ryan Gosling-led entry in the franchise (set for release in ...

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Tom Cruise filmed a lightsaber duel for Shawn Levy's "Star Wars: Starfighter": 'How cool is that?'

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Tom Cruise visited 'Star Wars: Starfighter' set and ended up filming a lightsaber duel scene: 'Part of it was shot by Tom. How cool is that?'

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Tom Cruise Helped Shoot a Lightsaber Duel for ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’

As part of a brief profile of Levy published by the New York Times today, the paper revealed a delightfully odd fact from the set of the new film: Tom Cruise paid a visit and helped shoot a scene.

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Shawn Levy Let Tom Cruise Operate A ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Camera: “How Cool Is That?”

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Tom Cruise Shot New Star Wars Movie’s Lightsaber Duel

Deadline.com

Society of Camera Operators Awards Film & TV Nominations Revealed

Society of Camera Operators announced today the film and television nominees for its 2025 SOC Awards, which honor the craft of camera operation and celebrate the vital role camera operators and crews play in storytelling. Vying for the movie prize are the ...

Vanity Fair

What Happens to a Movie Without a Camera Operator? | Reverse Film School

‘Orange is the New Black,’ ‘Dark Waters,’ and ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum' camera operator, Oliver Cary, breaks down a movie scene camera angle by camera angle and demonstrates ways to film a scene using a rack focus, dollying in vs.

The Hollywood Reporter

‘La La Land’ Camera Operator Tops SOC Awards

The honors from the Society of Camera Operators were handed out Saturday at Loews Hollywood Hotel. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor La La Land camera operator Ari Robbins won the feature film camera operator of the year award on Saturday at the Society of ...

Backstage

Want to Work Behind the Camera? Steven Spielberg’s Go-To Camera Operator Has Some Advice

Behind (or, in some cases, in front of) every director is a camera operator executing shots to further the film’s narrative. Mitch Dubin considers his profession to be that of a visual storyteller: designing shots and moves in collaboration with a ...

The Cheat Sheet

‘The Office’: Whenever Pam Smiled at the Camera, the Real Camera Operator Couldn’t Help but Smile Back

Pam Beesly gives the camera a variety of looks throughout her time on The Office. She gives the camera pained looks, like Are you kidding me? This is really happening? She gives the camera sneaky looks when she’s up to something mischievous. And, perhaps ...

The Hollywood Reporter

‘A Star Is Born’ Camera Operator Tops SOC Awards

'A Star Is Born' camera operator P. Scott Sakamoto won the Society of Camera Operators' camera operator of the year award for features. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor During the awards ceremony, Jane Fonda accepted the Governor’s Award and Harrison Ford ...

Filmmaker

Watch: What Does a Camera Operator Do?

A reader, Dylan Toombs, passes along this video shot earlier this month at the The Banff Centre for Story Summit 2016 and featuring his interviews with three top Hollywood camera operators: Mitch Dubin (Saving Private Ryan, Bridge of Spies), Steve Fracol ...

Variety

‘West Side Story,’ ‘Snowfall’ Win SOC’s 2022 Camera Operator Of The Year Awards

During 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 ...