DP's who are also directors and writers

[Rick Shepardson]

So there is Nicholas Roeg who was a DP and became a director.

 

But are there any working DP's who also directed their own films? Or write screenplays?

 

It seems I'm about to DP a film that I have written, which is somewhat bizarre.

 

I actually just finished shooting my thesis which I also wrote.

My best advice is to be as professional as possible; stick to your role on set. After the director and I decided to work together I made it clear that the story was hers from that point on. Now and then an actor would ask me a question about the role. I always politely deferred them to the director. In the end, she pretty much saw things the same way I did. What changes she made added a new perspective and a little more life.

That being said; it is a F#CKING wierd experience to hold a light meter up to someone who previously only existed in your head!

good luck,

rick

[Max Jacoby]

Kubrick was an established photographer while still in high school. From what I have seen and read i believe he could have assumed most roles in a film production if he chose to do so.

There's a still of Kubrick on the set of Eyes Wide Shut with a lightmeter in his hand. I bet he wasn't it just holding it while Larry Smith was getting himself a cup of coffee.

[Liam Hall]

No one's mentioned Mike Serisen or Oscar winner Chris Menges and there are countless doco directors who regularly write, direct, shoot and edit - including me:)

[Michael B McGee]

Samuel Bauer is a director who also does camera op. He did the Green Day videos such as Holiday, Boulevard, and Amercian Idiot plus others...

 

i think you mean Samuel Bayer.

[Michael B McGee]

i don't believe anyone has mentioned Caleb Deschanel yet.

[Michael B McGee]

Ericson Core. shot and directed Invincible with Marky Mark.