On David Fincher’s Mank, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt channeled the aesthetics of Hollywood’s Golden Age, in order to tell the story of one of its legendary figures. Written by Fincher’s late ...

Erik Messerschmidt talks about his approach to very different but equally excellent new films: "The Killer" and "Ferrari." Just seven years ago, Messerschmidt was a respected gaffer on series like ...

Michael Mann’s “three decades of research” provided the key to putting audiences in the driver’s seat of vintage Ferraris racing down a thousand miles of Italian roads that are well known for taking ...

The Oscar-winning DP of 'Mank' combined aggressive action sequences with a painterly look for the Italian automaker’s personal story. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor There was significant pressure on ...

Erik Messerschmidt first worked with David Fincher as a Gone Girl gaffer—in collaboration with DP Jeff Cronenweth. But Messerschmidt got his chance to mine the auteur’s rich, iconic aesthetic as ...

The cinematographer for The Batman 2 recently shared photos from the much-awaited sequel, which have convinced fans that it ...

The Killer begins with an assassin (Michael Fassbender) in a half-completed WeWork office awaiting the arrival of his latest target. As he waits, he details his vocational mantras for the audience in ...

In the decades after his death in 1783, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's sculptures were exhibited in a hospital and an amusement park. Then the majority were warehoused for a hundred years before getting ...

NEW YORK — Not long after he died in 1783, 61 extraordinary busts fashioned by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt were put on tour and immediately became a huge hit. But they were not considered art, exactly — ...