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Director of Photography Michael McDonough, BSC, ASC has shot Netflix's new period soap drama The Decameron. The eight episode series, out now, takes place in 1348 as the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence. A handful of nobles retreat to a grand villa in the Italian countryside and wait out the pestilence with a lavish holiday. But as social rules wear thin, the hills of Tuscany descend into an all out scramble for survival.

LUX is proud to celebrate the selection of our clients projects for the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. Featured in the Competition category are The Brutalist, directed by Brady Corbet with Cinematography by Lol Crawley, BSC, Costume Design by Kate Forbes and Editing by Dávid Janscó, 2073, directed by Asif Kapadia with Cinematography by Bradford Young, Production Design by Robin Brown and Costume Design by Verity May Lane, Baby Girl, directed by Halina Reijn with Cinematography by Jasper Wolf, NSC and Hair and Make Up by Anouck Sullivan, April, directed by Dea Kulumbegashvilli with Cinematography by Arseni Khachaturan, The Room Next Door, directed by Pedro Almodóvar with Production Design by Inbal Weinberg and Costume Design by Bina Daigeler, Harvest, directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari with Production Design by Nathan Parker and Edited by Nico Leunen, ACE. Maldoror, directed by Fabrice Du Welz and cut by Nico Leunen, ACE and M. Son of the Century, directed by Joe Wright and cut by Valerio Bonelli. The Festival will be held from 28th Aug - 7th September.

Director of Photography Pat Aldinger has shot a feature worthy campaign for technology giant Sony. Directed by Dorian and Daniel through Wanda Paris, the spot brings big budget action fantasy into a unsuspecting family's living room as warriors battle over spaceships and traverse planets.

Warmest Congratulations to Production Designer Anne Seibel, who has been bestowed the rank of Knight of the French Legion of Honor. Published this Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in the official journal, the new promotion was announced by the Minister of Culture for her 39 years of service in cinema.

Director of Photography Ben Fordesman has joined Matilda Finn and MJZ in an epic new campaign for Nike titled, 'Awaken your Madness'. The spot follows our protagonist as they weave through hundreds of opponents in an unquestionable feat of ability.

Director of Photography Manuel Alberto Claro is shooting limited series, The House of Spirits for Amazon Studios. Based around the Film of the same name, the series follows the revolutionary and resilient Trueba women, in enthralling ten-episode limited series that spans decades from the 1920s to the 1970s, bringing to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of women, in a conservative South American country riddled with natural disasters and political unrest.

Director of Photography Christopher Aoun is on the new feature for British filmmaker Anthony Wonke. Titled In the Shadows, the 3.16 productions film will tell the true story of Ramla Ali, the first Somali British professional boxing champion.
Ali became the first boxer, male or female, to represent Somalia at the 2020 Olympic Games and made history after winning the first ever professional female boxing match in Saudi Arabia. She won her first professional intercontinental title this year at Madison Square Gardens and was named by Time magazine as one of its 2023 Women of the Year.