Maryse Alberti was born on 10 March 1954 and is a French cinematographer who mainly works in the United States on independent fiction films and verite, observational documentaries.
14 Facts About Maryse Alberti
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Maryse Alberti was the first contemporary female cinematographer featured on the cover of American Cinematographer for her work on the Todd Haynes-directed Velvet Goldmine.
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At the age of 19 in 1973, Maryse Alberti traveled to New York City planning to see Jimi Hendrix in concert, but only discovered of his death after her arrival.
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Maryse Alberti first landed in the film industry as a still photographer for porn films.
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Maryse Alberti began her cinematography career working for the film company, Apparatus, run by short-film director Christine Vachon.
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Maryse Alberti won her first Sundance Film Festival award as a cinematographer for this film.
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Maryse Alberti secured her career after being hired for Todd Haynes' controversial pseudo-documentary feature film Poison.
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Maryse Alberti has voiced that her favourite genre of film is documentary because she finds there is "always an adventure [and] a lesson" with this medium and she enjoys learning how to use simple tools and work with small groups of people.
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In June 2006, Maryse Alberti traveled to Germany to film portions of the FIFA World Cup for scenes to be shown in Michael Apted's soccer documentary The Power of the Game.
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Maryse Alberti revealed that viewing the sport in person was helpful to see the world of wrestling.
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Maryse Alberti used a handheld camera for the action scenes and shot in 16mm film to, as she states in an interview with MovieMaker, "[embrace] a slightly grainy, edgier look".
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Maryse Alberti used the Arriflex 416 camera and Kodak Vision3 500T color negative film 7219.
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Maryse Alberti has stated that she could not see what she was photographing and could "only anticipate what the next fragment of time might look like" and thus aimed to create an "artistic anticipation".
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Maryse Alberti has discussed that being a woman in a field of work that mainly consists of men has not hindered her career and success.