Gordon Parks Foundation to Receive Society of Camera Operators (SOC) Honorary Membership
The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) is pleased to announce the Gordon Parks Foundation will receive an honorary SOC membership. Selected and acknowledged by the SOC Board of Directors, The Gordon Parks Foundation is celebrated for its work in supporting and...In Memoriam
Jean-Marie Lavalou Jean-Marie Lavalou, the Frenchman who co-created the Louma Crane, the first remote-controlled camera system used in the motion picture industry, died on July 15 in Paris. It was during his national service in the French Navy film department that...Michael Bravin, Canon Fellow
Michael Bravin, Canon FellowMichael is a Canon Fellow based at Canon Burbank, Canon’s customer experience and training center. Michael has over 35 years of experience in broadcast, motion picture and television production, beginning as a producer/director, then later...SOC Awards Celebration 2022
Watch the Society of Camera Operators Awards Celebration, held March 5, 2022. The nominees of the Camera Operator of the Year, Film & Television were celebrated and the winners were announced. The Governors Award was accepted by Danny DeVito and the recipients of...
Summer Camera Operator
Over nine years and four films, the scale and scope of the John Wick series has steadily increased, culminating in this year’s John Wick: Chapter 4, a globe-trotting epic that sees the former-former assassin trying one last time to walk away from this life for good. To learn more about what is involved in shooting the sort of spectacle seen in this film, Camera Operator had the chance to chat with Steadicam operator James Frater, SOC, about his work on John Wick: Chapter 4.
