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Mike D grew up in South Central Los Angeles and was featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary “Colors Straight Up” which followed his participation in the inner city performing arts group, Colors United. After studying film at Los Angeles Community College he landed a job at the premiere camera house, Panavision, and spent 18 years learning from their engineers on top of the line equipment. His fourth feature “BrightBurn” produced by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) released to theaters across the world Memorial Day 2019.
Mike talks about his 18 years at Panavision and how that time enabled him to shoot with some of the premiere lenses in the industry and prepare for his new life as a full-time freelance Director of Photography. From there he elaborates on Brightburn, the uniqueness of shooting at two locations that on-screen were shown as one, green vs blue screen usage, and the relationship he had with both the director and VFX supervisor in creating some eerie shots.