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  "Cinematography is the process of capturing a vision on film. As both an art and a craft it is a dynamic process that involves the composition of light, shadow, time and movement. For the cinematographer this requires a synthesis of technical skills and creative sensibility".

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CINEMATOGRAPHER'S GUILDS / NAT. CINEMATOGRAPHERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES / PROFESSIONAL GUILDS

ORGANIZATIONS / COOPERATIVES

ACTV  Asociaci de Camarrafos de Televisi y Video (Spain)

AFCF  Association Fran?ise des Cadreurs de Fictions (France)

BKSTS ? The Moving Image Society (UK)

CST ? Commission Sup?ieure Technique de l'Image et du Son (France)

GBCT ? The Guild of British Camera Technicians (UK)

ICG ? The International Cinematographers Guild (Los Angeles, USA)

IMAGO - The European Federation of Cinematographers? Associations

SMPTE ? The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (USA)

SOC ? The Society of Operating Cameramen (USA)

STLD ? The Society of Television Lighting Directors (UK)

The Film-Makers' Cooperative (New York, USA)

WMM ? Women Make Movies (New York, USA)

Australian Cinematographers Society: http://www.acs.asn.au/

A.C.S. - Queensland Branch: http://www.thehub.com.au/~jamest/ACS.html

American Society of Cinematographers: http://www.cinematographer.com

Canadian Society of Cinematographers: http://www.csc.ca

Society of Operating Cameramen: http://www.best.com/~soc

PROFESSIONAL GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS:

Director's Guild of America: http://dga.org/dga

Screen Actor's Guild: http://www.sag.com

Motion Picture Editors Guild: http://www.editorsguild.com

Society of Television Lighting Directors: http://www.idirect.com/~stld

Steadicam Operator's Association: http://www.steadicam-ops.com

Israeli Association of Cinematographers: http://indie.co.il/database/union_03.htm

CAMERA MANUFACTURERS:

Panavision UK: http://www.panavision.co.uk

Arriflex: http://www.arri.com/world/inde

Aaton: http://aaton.com  

CAMERA RENTAL / FILM CAMERA EQUIPMENT

AATON

ARRI

MOVIECAM

PANAVISION

Panavision Asia: http://www.infoproperty.com/pv-asia

Panavision UK: http://www.panavision.co.uk

Panavision Australia: http://www.panavision.com.au

Samuelson's: http://www.zynet.co.uk/smiles/sammys

Birns & Sawyer: http://www.birnsandsawyer.com

William F. White Limited: http://www.whites.com

LENSES AND CAMERA FILTERS

ANGENIEUX

ARRI - ZEISS

CANON

CENTURY

COOKE

ELITE

FORMATT Filters

FUJINON

HAWK

JDC

LEITZ

PANAVISION

PROCOMP Filters

SCHNEIDER Filters

TECHNOVISION

TIFFEN Filters

ZEISS

CRESCIT SOFTWARE - Professional Lighting Design Software

THE FILMCALCULATORS (software by Bastiaan Houtkooper NSC)

THE PCAM AND PCINE (software by David Eubank)

SEVERAL CALCULATORS ( software by Uli Schmidt bvk)

VIDEO / HD CAMERA EQUIPMENT

ARRI (D20)

CINEALTA

DALSA

HITACHI

IKEGAMI

JVC

PANASONIC

SONY

THOMSON (Viper)

TRADE DIRECTORIES / PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Film Institute (Los Angeles, USA)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles, USA)

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles, USA)

Directors Guild of America (Los Angeles, USA)

International Documentary Association

Motion Picture Association of America

National Association of Broadcasters (USA)

Screen Actors Guild (Los Angeles, USA)

Society for Cinema Studies (USA)

Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers

University Film & Video Association (USA)

Conf??ation Internationale des Cin?as d'Art et d'Essai /
International confederation of art cinemas) (Paris, France)


Writers Guild of America

Production Book On-line - Australia: http://www.pb.com.au     

Top Crew - Melbourne: http://www.topcrew.com.au/~topcrew

Pacific Film & Television Commission - Queensland: http://www.design.net.au/pftc

Mandy's International Film & T.V. Production Directory: http://www.mandy.com

Listing of Film and Video Professionals: http://www.afilm.com

The Knowledge - Crew & Equipment Directory: http://www.mfplc.com

Hollywood Creative Directory: http://www.hollyvision.com

Hollyywood Web: http://www.hollywoodweb.com

The Talent Network: http://www.talentnet.com/index.html

Production News: http://www.inHollywood.com/ih

LA411 Online and Cyphon Resource Directory: http://www.la411.com

The Producer's Masterguide: http://www.producers.masterguide.com

FILM MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

AMPAS - Margaret Herrick Library (Los Angeles, USA)

Anthology Film Archives (USA)

Biblioth?ue du Film (Paris, France)

The British Film Institute

The George Eastman House

The Library of Congress Motion Pictures & Recorded Sound Division
The National Archives Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch


The Museum of Broadcast Communications (Chicago, USA)

National Museum of Photography, Film & Television (Bradford, UK)

Deutsche Filmmuseum ( German Film Museum - Frankfurt am Main)

Filmoteca Espa?la (Spanish Cinematheque, Madrid)

The Pacific Film Archive

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Video Data Bank (USA)

Gosfilmofond (Russia and Soviet film archive - Moscow)

The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research

PUBLICATIONS, ELECTRONIC JOURNALS, DATABASES

All Movies ? film and people finder

American Cinematographer Database

American Cinematographer Magazine

American Film Institute Catalogue Database

Animation Journal (USA)

BSC Magazine (UK)

Cahiers du Cin?a (France)

Camera Assistant Links Library

Cinema Technology ? a BKSTS publication (UK)

Cinematography.com

Cinemedia - the internet's largest film & media directory

Film & TV Kameramann (Germany)

Frameworks Archives: a forum on international avant-garde film (USA)

Hollywood Reporter (USA)

Image Technology - journal of the BKSTS (UK)

Internet Movie Data Base

In Camera (published by Kodak)

International Cinematographers Guild Magazine (USA)

Jump Cut - a review of contemporary media (USA)

Kemps (Film and Television production services handbook)

Kodak Cinematographer?s field guide

LA 411 production resource directories (USA)

Le technicien du film (France)

Lighting Dimensions (USA)

Mandy.com - international film and TV production resources

Millimeter (USA)

MRQE - Movie Review Query Engine (USA)

Multichannel News (USA)

On Camera (Athens, Greece)

Operating Cameraman Magazine (USA)

Post ? post production and animation (USA)

Sonovision (France)

Television Lighting ? The Journal of the Society of Television Lighting Directors (UK)

Tournages ? Information about curent productions (France)

Variety (USA)

RAW STOCK / FILM STOCK MANUFACTURES:

ILFORD: http://www.ilford.com

FUJI: http://www.fujifilm.co.jp

AGFA-GEVAERT: Agfa (no longer making motion-picture products): http://www.blol.com/agfa

KODAK: Kodak Product Catalogue - Motion Picture Films: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion http://www.kodak.com

ORWO

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT / FILM LIGHTING:

AIRSTAR

ARRI

AURASOFT

CHIMERA

CINELEASE

DEDOLIGHT

DESISTI

IANIRO

KINOFLO

LEE FILTERS

LIGHTTOOLS

LIGHTING STRIKES

LOWELL

LTM

MOLE RICHARDSON

MCLIBEL

K 5600

ROSCO FILTERS

SACHTLER

SOFTLIGHT

SPACE CANNON

STRAND

ULTIMATTE

UNILUX

TECHNICAL SITES:

Cinematographer's On-line Bible: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~hunziker/cim/cim.htm

S.M.P.T.E.: http://www.smpte.org

Film Formats: http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mrbaldoc

Gamma & Density Co: http://www.loop.com/~gamma1

Telecine Internet Group: http://www.alegria.com/telecinehome.html

Depth of Field Calculator by Simon Walton: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~simonw/DoF

Digital Standard for HDTV: http://atsc.org

FILM UNIONS:

I.A.T.S.E.: http://www.iatse.lm.com

International Photographer's Guild, I.A.T.S.E. - Local 600: http://www.best.com/~local600

Brent's Rule: http://members.aol.com/silsurf/brentrule.html  

OPTICAL COMPANIES:

Century Precision Optics: http://www.centuryoptics.com

OpTex: http://www.optexint.com/optex/

Innovision Optics, Inc.: http://www.innovision-optics.com http://www.innovision@innovision-optics.com

Schneider Optics, Inc.: http://www.schneideroptics.com

FILM COMPUTER SOFTWARE:

Crescit Film Software: http://www.crescit.com

Wide Screen Software: http://www.pobox.com/~widescreen

ON-LINE FILM RESOURCES:

Filmmaker.com: http://www.filmmaker.com

Filmmaker Magazine:

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Rep.

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

India

India

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Japan

Korea

Latvia

Lithuania

Macedonia

Mexico

Netherland

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UK

USA

Venezuela

ADF

ACS

AAC

SBC

ABC

BAC

CSC

HFS

ACF

A_K

DFF

FSC

AFC

bvk

HKSC

HSC

IAC

WICA

ICS

ISC

INSC

ICA

AIC

JSC

KSC

LCU

LAC

MSC

AMC

NSC

FNF

PSC

AIP

RGC

ASK

ZFS

SASC

AEC

FSF

SCS

BSC

ASC

ACV

Asociaci Argentina de Autores de Fotograf Cinematogrica

Australian Cinematographers Society

terreichischer Verband der Kameraleute

Belgian Society of Cinematographers

Associao Brasileira de Cinematografia

Asociacia na Balgarskite Operatori

Canadian Society of Cinematographers

Hrvatska Udruga Filmskih Snimatelja

Autores Cubanos de Fotograf para Obras Cinematogricas

Association of Czech Cinematogrphers

Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund

Suomen Elokuvaajien Yhdistys

Ass. Franise des Directeurs de la Photographie Cinatogr.

Bundesverband Kamera

Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers (currently not linked)

Magyar Operat Tsasa

Icelandic Society of Cinematographers (currently not linked)

Western India Cinematographers Association

Indian Cinematographers Society

Indian Society of Cinematographers

Asosiasi Pengarah Fotografi Indonesia (currently not linked)

Israeli Cinematographers Association

Associazione ltaliana Autori della Fotografia Cinematografica

Japanese Society of Cinematographers

Korean Society for Cinematography

Latvian Cinematographers Union

Lietuvos Kino Operatoriu Asociacija

Macedonian Film Professionals Association

Asociacion Mexicana de Cinefotografos

Netherlands Society of Cinematographers

Foreningen Norske Filmfotografer

Stowarzyszenie Tworcow Obrazu Filmu Fabulamego

Associao de Imagem (Cinema-televis) Portuguesa

Russian Guild of Cinematographers

Asociia Slovensk_ch Kameramanov

Zdruzenje filmskih snemalcev Slovenije

South African Society of Cinematographers

Asociaci Esp. de Autores de Obras Fotogricas Cinematogr.

Feningen Sveriges Filmfotografer

Soci/span> Suisse des Chefs Opateurs

British Society of Cinematographers

American Society of Cinematographers

Asociaci de Autores Cinematogricos de Venezuela