Cinematographer

Moncler

Hala Matar

LA, 2023
Shot on Alexa 35 with spherical lenses

Production Company: @afterhrs.tv
Director:Hala Matar @halakills
DOP: Edu Grau @eduardgrau
Stylist: Christina Turner @turnerturner
Makeup: James Kaliardos @jameskaliardos
Photographer: Lauren Kim @laurenalexkim
EP: Thelonious Brooks @biggieschmaltz, Michael Flexner
Producer: Mahlin Diamond @mahlindiamond
Prod Designer: NC Page Buckner @pagebuckner
Casting: @good_people_casting
Editorial: Exile
Editor: Lorin Askill @lorinaskill @exileedit
EP: Sasah Hirschfeld
HOP: Sarah Cassell
Producer: Andrea Cantor
1st AD: Mattias Nillson @matinil
VFX: thermonuclear @thermonuclear.tv
VFX EP: Sherif Higazy
HOP: Karim Higazy
Color: Rare Medium
Stephanie Park @ Rare Medium @stephopho @raremedium.tv
EP: Heath Raymond @ Rare Medium @salt.fat.acid.heath
Producer: Evan Bauer
Music EP’s: Gabe McDonaugh, James Alvich, Lisa Mcguire, Caitlin Russell at MAS @gabemcdonough @musicandstrategy
Composer: Yohimbe Sampson @yohimbesampson/
Flame Artist: Rob del Ciancio @framedistillery
Retouching: Bahawk Studios @bahawk_studios
Ariel Laspi?as @arielbrigmann
Director of Logistics for Spunge: Reillor Davis @88.8reifm
BTS: Jei_vision @jei_vision

 

 I met Hala when she approached me in 2011 for a shortfilm with Chlöe Sevigny and Nash Edgerton. I had done quite a lot of shorts then, but that one sound special for some reason. Hala never thinks the obvious way, she always goes for the bold, the extravagant, the uniqueness. It was refreshing to see her confidence and skill, her incredible vision and her astonishing way of getting people together. On that shoot, a mysterious man came to visit us. Apparently his brother had told him to come... it was Joel Edgerton, the one and only. We started talking and soon we discovered that it would be nice to work together on his debut feature as a director, The Gift. He has become a friend and one of the most important person for my career. Thanks to Hala and Joel I have done 6 movies!! So, being able to do one of her first commercials is a joy. Hala is an unbelievable person, always full of surprises and with an incredible inherent talent. Let's raise some glasses for many more of those!!

 

 

 

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