Why this filmmaker matters
Loyal Griggs has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
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Loyal Griggs has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, 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.
Griggs 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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George Stevens
Director
5 shared titles · Shane

Joseph J. Lilley
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · White Christmas

Robert Strauss
Actor
2 shared titles · The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Elvis Presley
Actor
2 shared titles · G.I. Blues

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · The Ten Commandments

Cecil B. DeMille
Director
2 shared titles · The Ten Commandments

George Seaton
Producer
2 shared titles · The Tin Star
William Perlberg
Producer
2 shared titles · The Tin Star

Michael Curtiz
Director
2 shared titles · White Christmas

Norman Taurog
Director
2 shared titles · G.I. Blues

Hal B. Wallis
Producer
2 shared titles · G.I. Blues
Allan Weiss
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Girls! Girls! Girls!
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