Why this filmmaker matters
Thomas E. Ackerman has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Thomas E. Ackerman 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.
Ackerman 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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Craig Mazin
Director
5 shared titles · Superhero Movie

Will Ferrell
Actor
4 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Adam McKay
Director
4 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Michael Jackson
Actor
3 shared titles · Moonwalker

Albert Brooks
Actor
3 shared titles · The Muse

Christina Applegate
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Paul Rudd
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Steve Carell
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

David Koechner
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Fred Willard
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Chris Parnell
Actor
2 shared titles · Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Rodney Dangerfield
Actor
2 shared titles · Back to School
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