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Wally Pfister

A Master of
Photography

Wally Pfister is a director and cinematographer who directed the film Transcendence and worked with Christopher Nolan on a significant part of his filmography.


Biography of Wally Pfister

Wally Pfister is an American director and cinematographer born in Chicago in 1961. In 2014, he directed the film Transcendence but is better known for his previous work alongside Christopher Nolan on films like Inception or the Batman trilogy.

Wally Pfister

His Career

Wally Pfister has directed only one film in his career, the previously mentioned Transcendence. The rest of his career, he worked as a cinematographer on several award-winning films by Christopher Nolan such as Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008), and Inception (2010) for which he won the Oscar for Best Cinematography.

His distinctive style is marked by a perfect balance between practical and digital effects and his use of natural light.

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