You are correct about the many numbers of talented directors. A more suitable proxy for spatial IQ in cinema would be cinematographers - much less Ashkenazi-heavy than directors or writers.
You are correct about the many numbers of talented directors. A more suitable proxy for spatial IQ in cinema would be cinematographers - much less Ashkenazi-heavy than directors or writers.
Again, Haskell Wexler, Henri Alekan, Emmanuel Lubezki, Boris & Mikhail Kaufman, Karl Freund, Rudolph Mate, Peter Suschitzky, Robert Krasker, Milton Krasner, Stanley Cortez, Franz Planer, John Alton, William Lubtchansky, Willy Goldberger, Eugen Schufftan, Hoyte van Hoytema, Edward Lachman, Jerzy Lipman, Ricardo Aronovich, Curt Courant, Willy Kurant…
It’s a bit harder to search for these given how little popular interest there is in the discipline. I’d find more but time is short. Idk how familiar you are with the history of cinematography, but these are not just a bunch of random DoPs, these are highly accomplished and historic figures. Jewish film artists were central to some of the most significant visual moments in film history including German expressionism, the NY avant-garde film explosion, and the flowering of art cinematography in Europe in the decades following the New Wave.
I am familiar with the more modern ones such as Lubezki and van Hoytema. Still, I believe that if you look at lists of best directors, writers and cinematographers, you would still find the first two categories are more heavily Ashkenazi. Not saying they don't have any talented cinematographers of course, my point is just that they dominate less strongly than other film-making roles.
Yeah, there are certainly fewer in cinematography than in directing and screenwriting. But that’s still massive overrepresentation! You won’t be able to find a comparable set from Sweden or the Philippines etc.
You are correct about the many numbers of talented directors. A more suitable proxy for spatial IQ in cinema would be cinematographers - much less Ashkenazi-heavy than directors or writers.
Again, Haskell Wexler, Henri Alekan, Emmanuel Lubezki, Boris & Mikhail Kaufman, Karl Freund, Rudolph Mate, Peter Suschitzky, Robert Krasker, Milton Krasner, Stanley Cortez, Franz Planer, John Alton, William Lubtchansky, Willy Goldberger, Eugen Schufftan, Hoyte van Hoytema, Edward Lachman, Jerzy Lipman, Ricardo Aronovich, Curt Courant, Willy Kurant…
It’s a bit harder to search for these given how little popular interest there is in the discipline. I’d find more but time is short. Idk how familiar you are with the history of cinematography, but these are not just a bunch of random DoPs, these are highly accomplished and historic figures. Jewish film artists were central to some of the most significant visual moments in film history including German expressionism, the NY avant-garde film explosion, and the flowering of art cinematography in Europe in the decades following the New Wave.
I am familiar with the more modern ones such as Lubezki and van Hoytema. Still, I believe that if you look at lists of best directors, writers and cinematographers, you would still find the first two categories are more heavily Ashkenazi. Not saying they don't have any talented cinematographers of course, my point is just that they dominate less strongly than other film-making roles.
Yeah, there are certainly fewer in cinematography than in directing and screenwriting. But that’s still massive overrepresentation! You won’t be able to find a comparable set from Sweden or the Philippines etc.