Oscar winner Erik Messerschmidt, ASC to be honored in Mallorca
The festival’s Cinematography Focus, a new sidebar programme introduced last year, welcomes directors of photography from across the world to participate in panels, networking events, and screenings. As guest of honour this year, Messerschmidt will participate in events within the sidebar and the festival will screen the Oscar-winning drama Mank, showcasing his impressive and extensive body of work.
Having lensed two of the most talked about films at this year’s Venice film festival — Ferrari, directed by Michael Mann, and The Killer, by David Fincher, Messerschmidt also recently wrapped Sinking Spring for director Ridley Scott and Apple TV+.
Previously, he shot Fincher’s acclaimed Mank, chronicling the screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz’s turbulent journey to write Citizen Kane alongside Orson Welles. Messerschmidt’s meticulous and striking black-and-white recreation of the period’s aesthetic earned him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, an ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a Feature Film, a BSC Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Release, a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Cinematography, as well as Best Cinematography award nominations from multiple film critics bodies.
Other credits include Devotion for director J.D. Dillard; several episodes of the HBO Max original series Raised By Wolves from producer Ridley Scott; and the first and second seasons of Fincher’s Emmy-nominated hit thriller series, Mindhunter for Netflix.
The 12th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival edition is only 1 month away! See you in Mallorca!
Sandra and the EMIFF Team
