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Bolts Man
Bolts Man
camera operator
Helena Bonham Carter lights up in The Wings Of The Dove and below, Mike Proudfoot working on set, and inset: Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons in Damage (BFI Stills)
“I’m part of a dying breed,” he sighs. “There aren’t too many operators left with my kind of expe- rience, perhaps half a dozen, who are content to be operators and not use it as a stepping stone to DP. Personally I think there are more than enough good DPs around at the moment.
“A lot of guys have gone from focus pulling straight to lighting and by-passed the operator spot, so I think there’s a huge gap really, because there are a lot of DPs who don’t want to get involved in what we do. I’m a nuts and bolts operator, I know all the equipment, I know what we can do and I have guys with me to help me achieve what I need to achieve. People hire us to make it look good - but, given enough time I know we can always make it look better.” ■ ANWAR BRETT
Restoration and The Van were photographed by Oliver Stapleton BSC, and The Wings Of The Dove lit by Eduardo Serra. All were originated on Fujicolor Motion Picture Negative.