Why this filmmaker matters
Joseph H. August has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Joseph H. August has 0 features photographed 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.
August 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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John Ford
Director
10 shared titles · They Were Expendable

William Dieterle
Director
4 shared titles · The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Mary of Scotland

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Jane Darwell
Actor
2 shared titles · The Battle of Midway

Victor McLaglen
Actor
2 shared titles · Gunga Din

Pandro S. Berman
Producer
2 shared titles · Mary of Scotland

Robert Wise
Editor
2 shared titles · The Hunchback of Notre Dame

George Stevens
Director
2 shared titles · Gunga Din

Ben Hecht
Story
2 shared titles · Gunga Din
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