Find previous work of 2021 Oscar winners
Standouts’ earlier outings worth streaming By Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
Published: April 29, 2021, 6:05am
Share: Daniel Kaluuya starred in Get Out. (Universal Pictures)
This year the Academy handed out statues to a wide range of films that managed to navigate the strange times of a pandemic, many of which contained some special resonance of this unique moment we’re living through together.
There’s much to say about the diverse crop of 2020 films that were awarded on Sunday, but rather than rehash those titles, here’s a guide to streaming some of the winners’ previous work, as a way to follow their career paths to the Oscars stage this year.
Thereâs much discussion to be had about this yearâs Oscar ceremony and telecast: the venue change, the order, the winners, the ratings. But to focus on the positive, the Academy handed out statues to a wide range of films that managed to navigate the strange times of a pandemic, many of which contained some special resonance of this unique moment weâre living through together.
Thereâs much to say about the diverse crop of 2020 films that were awarded on Sunday, but rather than rehash those titles, hereâs a guide to streaming some of the winnersâ previous work, as a way to follow their career paths to the Oscars stage this year.
‘Mank’ Cinematographer: ‘My Memories of Making the Film Are All in Black and White’
Erik Messerschmidt, Oscar nominated for his debut feature film as a cinematographer, talks to TheWrap about working with David Fincher on the 1940s-era period pieceJoe McGovern | April 13, 2021 @ 5:44 PM Last Updated: April 13, 2021 @ 5:45 PM Mank / Gisele Schmidt / Netflix
Though he’s been active in the industry for nearly two decades, cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt made his feature film debut last year with David Fincher’s silvery period drama “Mank.” Messerschmidt credits include television work in projects as diverse as “Everybody Hates Chris,” Ridley Scott’s “Raised by Wolves,” and Fincher’s “Mindhunter.” Fincher, in fact, had hired Messerschmidt three years earlier to lens his sequel to “World War Z,” but after that project was cancelled in early 2019, the director called the cinematographer with a different proposal.