Why this filmmaker matters
Thomas Del Ruth has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
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Thomas Del Ruth 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.
Ruth 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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Amy Heckerling
Director
4 shared titles · Look Who's Talking Too

Rob Reiner
Director
4 shared titles · Flipped
Raynold Gideon
Producer
4 shared titles · Kuffs
Bruce A. Evans
Director
4 shared titles · Kuffs

Michael Winner
Director
3 shared titles · Death Wish II

John Hughes
Director
3 shared titles · The Breakfast Club

Judd Nelson
Actor
2 shared titles · Fandango
Marvin J. McIntyre
Actor
2 shared titles · Fandango

John Travolta
Actor
2 shared titles · Look Who's Talking Too

Kirstie Alley
Actor
2 shared titles · Look Who's Talking Too

Olympia Dukakis
Actor
2 shared titles · Look Who's Talking Too

Twink Caplan
Actor
2 shared titles · Look Who's Talking Too
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