This past Tuesday Filmmaker and Author Jay Holben talked with Filmmaker U! In this episode we spoke with Jay about his experience making independent films, advice for young filmmakers and his new book!
Tuesday, April 2th, 2022 | 2:00 PM ET/ 11:00 AM PT
Jay Holben is an independent producer and director in Los Angeles, California and a former director of photography. He is an author of three books on cinematography, a contributing technical editor for American Cinematographer Magazine, faculty instructor for Global Cinematography Institute and international lecturer, an Associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers and a chair of multiple committees for the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council including Lens Committee and Virtual Production Committee.
Holben started his Hollywood career as an electrician and quickly made his way through the ranks to gaffer and then Director of Photography where he worked for a decade on features, commercials, television and music videos.
He recently directed and produced the romantic feature drama "Before the Dawn" and was the supervising director on the gritty independent drama "Black Tar Road." He also recently completed the ASC MITC StEM2 project "The Mission," an action-packed short film created through partnerships with Amazon, Disney, Dolby, Samsung, Sony, Warner Bros. and more that will be used as baseline evaluation material by the professional exhibition and image crafting community. His other work includes the Stephen King short adaptation, "Paranoid," segments compiled in the analogy films "All Hallow's Eve 2," "The Invoking" and "Strange Events." He was the 2nd unit director and cinematographer for HBO/Cinemax's "Femme Fatales" and a consultant on the first season of Showtime's "Dexter" among many others.
Additionally, he is a former Technical Editor and columnist for Digital Video magazine a lighting columnist for TV Technology magazine in addition to contributing for several years to the prominent trade newspaper The Hollywood Reporter. He is also the author of the highly lauded independent lighting manual: "A Shot in the Dark: A Creative DIY Guide to Digital Video Lighting on (Almost) No Budget" and the compilation of a decade of cinematographic journalism in "Behind the Lens: Dispatches from the Cinematographic Trenches" and, most recently, "The Cine Lens Manual: The Definitive Filmmakers Guide to the Design, Implementation and History of Motion Picture Optics." Holben frequently lectures on the art and science of filmmaking all around the world.
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