Will Cinematographer James Chressanthis, ASC win the 2006 Emmy race in running shoes? Nominated for ESPN2's FOUR MINUTES, the victory lap was taken in just creating the ultimate look at a great momen
July 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
Los Angeles, CA --- He used six cameras. He has five other competitors in the Emmy category for Outstanding Cinematography for a mini-series/movie. But for James Chressanthis, ASC, FOUR MINUTES encompasses his three loves:
cinematography, art and running. This is the second Outstanding Cinematography Emmy nomination for Chressanthis. His first was for the 2001 biography Life With Judy Garland. Will this Emmy nomination for ESPN2’s Original Movie about Roger Bannister’s first sub-four-minute historic mile run, be the one? Currently, Chressanthis is Director of Photography and one of the directors of the CBS primetime hit series Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Chressanthis’ artistic vision for FOUR MINUTES took on a life of its own. He donned period spiked running shoes to test a quarter mile track, while capturing the authentic feeling of training for a race. “I trained with Actor Jamie Maclauchlin, who portrayed Bannister and ran with the tiny Ikonoscop Super-16 miniature camera. I wanted to give the audience the feeling of being inside the pack, the screaming crowd pressing in upon the runners as they sprint into the final stretch,” explains Chressanthis.
For the majestic mile run, Chressanthis captured the diverse emotional range of the athletic exertion from the runner’s point-of-view, to the elation of victory, overcoming the ‘they said it couldn’t be done obstacle.’ But it was the training that was the most challenging part of production. “Thirty percent of the film involved training or racing. Each race in Bannister’s career was given a distinct character: from the ragged spiking of his early races, to the cold primitive night races
– and ending with the powerful grace of the record breaking run,” states Chressanthis.
James Chressanthis, ASC is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the International Cinematographers Guild. His credits include: 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, The Reagans, Eloise At The Plaza and Eloise At Christmastime (with Julie Andrews), The
Music Man, Chicago, Brian's Song, American Family and Urban Legend; to working on music videos with Dr. Dre, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Bobby McFerrin, MC Hammer and NWA.
The Creative Arts Awards are Saturday, August 19th and The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, August 27th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and broadcast on NBC.
For interviews with James
Chressanthis, ASC -please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai at 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com
JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC’s WEBSITE: http://www.chressanthis.com
FOUR MINUTES WEBSITE: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnMicrosite?showID=4min
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cinematography, art and running. This is the second Outstanding Cinematography Emmy nomination for Chressanthis. His first was for the 2001 biography Life With Judy Garland. Will this Emmy nomination for ESPN2’s Original Movie about Roger Bannister’s first sub-four-minute historic mile run, be the one? Currently, Chressanthis is Director of Photography and one of the directors of the CBS primetime hit series Ghost Whisperer starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Chressanthis’ artistic vision for FOUR MINUTES took on a life of its own. He donned period spiked running shoes to test a quarter mile track, while capturing the authentic feeling of training for a race. “I trained with Actor Jamie Maclauchlin, who portrayed Bannister and ran with the tiny Ikonoscop Super-16 miniature camera. I wanted to give the audience the feeling of being inside the pack, the screaming crowd pressing in upon the runners as they sprint into the final stretch,” explains Chressanthis.
For the majestic mile run, Chressanthis captured the diverse emotional range of the athletic exertion from the runner’s point-of-view, to the elation of victory, overcoming the ‘they said it couldn’t be done obstacle.’ But it was the training that was the most challenging part of production. “Thirty percent of the film involved training or racing. Each race in Bannister’s career was given a distinct character: from the ragged spiking of his early races, to the cold primitive night races
– and ending with the powerful grace of the record breaking run,” states Chressanthis.
James Chressanthis, ASC is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the International Cinematographers Guild. His credits include: 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, The Reagans, Eloise At The Plaza and Eloise At Christmastime (with Julie Andrews), The
Music Man, Chicago, Brian's Song, American Family and Urban Legend; to working on music videos with Dr. Dre, Weird Al Yankovic, James Brown, Bobby McFerrin, MC Hammer and NWA.
The Creative Arts Awards are Saturday, August 19th and The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sunday, August 27th at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and broadcast on NBC.
For interviews with James
Chressanthis, ASC -please contact publicist Stacey Kumagai at 818-506-8675 or mediamonster@yahoo.com
JAMES CHRESSANTHIS, ASC’s WEBSITE: http://www.chressanthis.com
FOUR MINUTES WEBSITE: http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnMicrosite?showID=4min
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