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Mychael Danna has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Mychael Danna has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Danna set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Atom Egoyan
Director
23 shared titles · Guest of Honour

Jeff Danna
Original Music Composer
12 shared titles · Fracture

Paul Sarossy
Director of Photography
8 shared titles · Guest of Honour

Takeshi Kitano
Actor
5 shared titles · Johnny Mnemonic

Meg LeFauve
Screenplay
5 shared titles · The Good Dinosaur

Ang Lee
Director
5 shared titles · Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Bruce Greenwood
Actor
4 shared titles · The Captive

Wong Kar-Wai
Executive Producer
4 shared titles · Ennio

Tim Squyres
Editor
4 shared titles · The Red Sea Diving Resort

James Schamus
Producer
4 shared titles · Ride with the Devil

Conrad Vernon
Director
4 shared titles · The Addams Family

Reese Witherspoon
Actor
3 shared titles · Vanity Fair
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