Wally Pfister is a cinematographer. He's that guy that sets up all the lights and does all the filming. He's got quite the impressive resume: 'Memento,' 'Moneyball,' 'Dark Knight,' 'Dark Knight Rises,' and he's most recently won an Academy Award for his work on 'Inception.' I found out he actually filmed a great majority of it with a hand-held.
Thanks to a grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he got out of Hollywood for a few days to lead some screenings in Sarasota. And his parents, locals Pat and Wally Pfister, were probably thrilled to have a visit from their son.
Pfister is a good buddy of Director Christopher Nolan and the duo has been working together for 13 years. They are both 'old-school' film guys who're known for staying true to film rather than digital. He's also pretty funny - he answered a phone call from his wife during the screening of 'Inception,' and even pointed out one of his errors.
