William David
William David | |
|---|---|
| Born | William David 26 June 1985 |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
William David (born 26 June 1983 in Sakleshpur) is an Indian cinematographer, who is best known for his work in Rangitaranga with director Anup Bhandari.
Career
[edit]William started his career working as a co-DOP for commercials. He has experience in working in Kannada, Hindi and all other leading Indian regional film industries. He has worked on a few films, commercials for top Indian brands and live studio shows with leading singers and corporate film makers.[1] William is known for his death defying acrobats behind the scenes, going to any extent in order to ensure he delivers the shot as it is imagined by his Director. He would find some humanely impossible spots to place his camera and achieve brilliant output while ensuring the safety of his equipment.[1] William started work in Kannada cinema in 2008 with Shivashankar produced "Shivani" as a cinematographer.[2] Post which he has also worked with N Venugopal Nayak in 2009 starrer "Minchu", which was a remake of the Tamil movie Thimiru (2006).[3][4] Prior to working in Kannada cinema, he has worked in Hindi as well as Marathi films.
Work with Rangitaranga
[edit]William is best known for his work with Rangitaranga, 2015 where he worked as a DOP with famed director Anup Bhandari.[5][6][7][8] The film opened to overwhelmingly positive response from audiences and critics alike. Critics acclaimed the film's screenplay, direction, film score, cinematography and the acting performance of Saikumar.[9] The film made it into the list of productions eligible for the 88th Academy Awards[10][11][12][13] but did not make it into nomination list.[14][15][16] Writing for Deccan Herald, S. Viswanath called the film "[a]n eerie romantic thriller". On the cinematography, he wrote, "... Lance Kaplan and William David capture the verdant and scenic vicissitudes of mountainous ravines and quietly flowing rivers of coastal Mangaluru, as also the famous tea gardens and hills of Ooty."[17] Sunayana Suresh of The Times of India rated the film 3/5 and wrote, "... B Ajaneesh Lokanath's background score is on par with some of the best global thrillers, as is the cinematography by Lance Kaplan and William David."[18] William along with Lance were nominated for Times KAFTA, 2015 for Best Cinematographer for the same movie.[19]
Post Rangitaranga
[edit]After getting acclaimed for Rangitaranga, William has worked independently on an upcoming Indian Kannada romantic comedy film, Rajaratha as a cinematographer.[20][21][22][23] The movie also marks the Kannada film debut of Tamil actor Arya who plays a major supporting role in it[24][25] and got released in December 2017. William has also worked as cinematographer in Kannada movie "Nanobne Ollevnu" which was released in July 2017.[26][27][28] William then worked on a closed script suspense thriller movie, which was released in 2017.[29] William David currently has worked on action adventure, fantasy, thriller; the most awaited Indian Sandalwood original cinema Vikrant Rona, which is set to release on 24 July 2022.[30]
Filmography
[edit]| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Shivani | |
| 2009 | Minchu | |
| 2015 | Rangitaranga | Times KAFTA, 2015 for Best Cinematographer (nominated) |
| 2017 | Nanobne Ollevnu | |
| 2018 | Rajaratha | |
| Iruvudellava Bittu[31] | ||
| 2022 | Avatara Purusha | |
| Vikrant Rona | [32] | |
| 2025 | KD - The Devil | |
| TBA | Mr. Natwarlal |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Flavours of Hollywood in Namma Sandalwood". NamCinema. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Shivani (2008) Kannada Movie". Chiloka. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Minchu (2009) Kannada Movie". Chiloka. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Tamil "Thimiru" remade in Kannada". NowRunning. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Times Of India - Rangitaranga Movie Review". The Times Of India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Kannada film 'Rangi Taranga' making waves with a well-made plot - Gulfnews.com". Gulf News. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "How Kannada Film Rangi Taranga Overcame Baahubali Power". The Hans India. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "From the occult to the real - The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Here's why a few directors think non-starrer Kannada movies have a future!". Citizen Matters. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "REMINDER LIST OF PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE 88TH ACADEMY AWARDS" (PDF). Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- ^ IANS. "Never expected RangiTaranga to make it to Oscar race: Anup Bhandari". The Indian EXPRESS. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ IANS. "Two south Indian films eligible for Oscar nomination". The Indian EXPRESS. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Joy, Prathibha. "Two Kannada films in the Oscar race!". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "The 88th Academy Awards | 2016". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- ^ IANS. "India out of Oscars race: 'Court', 'Jalam', 'RangiTaranga', 'Nachom-ia Kumpasar' fail to make it to nominations' list". Firstpost. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ DaijiWorld. "Kannada movie 'RangiTaranga' shortlisted for Oscars". DaijiWorld. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ S. Viswanath. "An eerie romantic thriller". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ Suresh, Sunayana. "RangiTaranga Movie Review". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "Times KAFTA: Full list of nominees for 2015". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "RANGITARANGA TEAM LAUNCHES 'RAJARATHA'". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "'RAJA RATHA' MOUNTS - Chitratara". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Nirup Bhandari's Rajaratha enters dubbing studio". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Nirup Bhandari Gets A New Look In Rajaratha". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Arya to act in Kannada movie". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Rajaratha brings Arya to Kannada - The News Express". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Chitratara - 'NANOBNE OLLEVNU' – NEEVELLA". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Bangalore Mirror - NANOBNE OLLEVNU MOVIE REVIEW: UTTERLY ORIGINAL & UNIMAGINABLE". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Nanobne Ollevnu ready, three years project". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Varnika Kannada Movie". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "Sudeeps Phantom brings on board cinematographer William David". Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Tilak joins Iruvudellava Bittu - Kannada News". IndiaGlitz.com. 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Sudeep's Phantom brings on board cinematographer William David'". The New Indian Express. 14 July 2020.