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Director of Photography

Decha Srimantra

Bio

Decha Srimantra began his career in the entertainment industry fifteen years ago as an assistant to the director of photography on a television commercial. A self taught camera man and cinematographer, Simantra went on to shoot commercials for seven years before directing his first film, Olpatiga. As director photography on the original Thai production of Bangkok Dangerous, he earned a best cinematography nomination from the Thailand National Film Association. He has worked with the Pang Brothers on films including The Eye, The Eye 2, The Eye 10, Re-cycle and The Tesseract, which won him the Best Cinematography Award from Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival. He has also directed a number of Thai movies, including Kote Rak Eng Loei.

IMDB Profile

Director of Photography- Job Description

A cinematographer who is ultimately responsible for the process of recording a scene in the manner desired by the director. The Director of Photography has a number of possible duties: selection of film stock, cameras, and lenses; designing and selecting lighting, directing the gaffer's placement of lighting; shot composition (in consultation with the director); film developing and film printing.