Cinematography: Chris Dapkins
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Chris Dapkins. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
2016 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States
Direction Matt Tyrnauer
Cast Thomas Campanella · Mindy Fullilove · Alexander Garvin · Paul Goldberger
Plot It captures the battle, half a century ago, between the activist Jane Jacobs and the urban planner Robert Moses: a fight for the future of New York.
7.0
135 votes
7.0
135 votes
The Swell Season
2011 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States
Direction Nick August-Perna · Chris Dapkins · Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Cast Glen Hansard · Markéta Irglová
6.8
445 votes
6.8
445 votes
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2017 · Documentary · 98 min. · United States
Direction Matt Tyrnauer
Cast Peter Bart · Scotty Bowers · Robert Hofler · William Mann
Plot A portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.
6.2
113 votes
6.2
113 votes
Enlighten Us
2016 · Documentary · 93 min. · United States
Direction Jenny Carchman
Plot 'Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray' is the story of the motivational rock star's meteoric rise, fall and return to the $11 billion self-help industry after...
6.0
55 votes
6.0
55 votes
Memphis
2013 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Tim Sutton
Cast Willis Earl Beal · Constance Brantley · Larry Dodson · Devonte Hull
Plot A strange singer with God-given talent drifts through his adopted city of Memphis with its canopy of ancient oak trees, streets of shattered windows, and aura of burning spirituality. Surrounded...
4.7
30 votes
4.7
30 votes
A Woman, a Part
2016 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Elisabeth Subrin
Cast Maggie Siff · Cara Seymour · John Ortiz · Khandi Alexander
Plot An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
2019 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States
Direction Matt Wolf
Plot Marion Stokes secretly recorded television 24 hours a day for 30 years from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion taping was a form of activism to seek the...
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Birders: The Central Park Effect
2013 · Documentary · min. · United States
Direction Jeffrey Kimball
Cast Regina Alvarez · Anya Auerbach · Mike Bryant
Plot A diverse group of full-of-attitude New Yorkers reveals how a hidden world of beautiful wild birds in the middle of Manhattan has upended and magically transformed their lives.
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Pavilion
2012 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Tim Sutton
Cast Addie Bartlett · Aaron Buyea · Zach Cali · Cody Hamric
Plot Tim Sutton's debut feature, likened to films by Gus Van Sant and Pedro Costa, follows a laconic teenager (Max) who moves from an idyllic lakeside town to his father's home...
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Knife Point
2009 · Movie · 27 min. · United States
Direction Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Cast Lev Gorn · Davis Hall · Lucy McMichael · Caitlin Rider
Plot A family of evangelical Christians traveling through upstate New York give a ride to an unusual knife salesman.
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Itzhak
2017 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States
Direction Alison Chernick
Cast Itzhak Perlman · Alan Alda · Zubin Mehta
Plot A look at the life, work and religious heritage of violinist Itzhak Perlman.
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