cinematography – Michael Coulombe

I wanted to take a moment and say how devastated I am about the sudden death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. I worked with her on the film Archenemy in 2019/2020 and she was great. I just had to post this because it is heart breaking that we lost one of our own in the industry. Recently we have been fighting for on-set safety and this incident just solidifies just how important that is now - more than ever. My thoughts and prayers go out to Halyna's family. She leaves behind a husband and a 10-year old son. There was a vigil for her here in Los Angeles and I was able to go and pay my respects. While there I was able to reconnect with fellow coworkers and we were able to share our mutual respect for one of our fellow union sisters. Also while at the vigil I was interviewed by...

I was invited by my friend at Studio Institute Global to come in and teach script supervising to some students. They were having students from Saudi Arabia come in for a 5-week film course, as the Saudi government is looking to grow their film commission. I only taught for 3 days and I had two students - Aliaa and Ibrahim. They were amazing and very eager to learn. I know I gave them so much information in the short time I was there with them, but it felt good to help them understand the role of a script supervisor and how we work with each department in making the film! I am grateful to these two students but also grateful to the students as a whole. Their passion for filmmaking reminded of why I walked off my job 13 years ago to follow my passion. I am also thankful to Tobi and Ale...