Ellen Kuras also discusses directing her first feature film about Lee Miller's life and how Kate Winslet pursued producing the biopic.
The Big Picture As a cinematographer, Ellen Kuras has been the visual voice for Mary Harron, Spike Lee, and Jonathan Demme, among so many others. She was also Michel Gondry's DP of choice, serving on many productions including the seminal Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MInd. It was here her professional relationship with Kate Winslet began. Now, 20 years later, Winslet is starring in and producing Kuras' feature film debut, Lee.
Ellen Kuras Brings All the Creative Voices Together as Director of ‘Lee’ COLLIDER: I just want to say congratulations on the movie. I really can't believe this is your first feature after being a DP for so long. KURAS: It's amazing because we talked extensively about who could be David E. Scherman. David Scherman, her sidekick, who goes off to war, who has a sense of humor, and who's cheeky at times, but who could also be seriously affected by what was in front of him and what he saw in the war. We talked a lot about who that could be, and it was Marion Hume, who is one of the writers on the film who said, out of the box, “What about Andy Samberg?” All of us were like, “Andy Sandberg.
9:39 Related Kate Winslet Reveals Why Her Latest Movie Almost Fell Apart the Day Before Filming Began Actress and producer Winslet discusses the WWII biopic about photojournalist Lee Miller.
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