Cinematography, a word that has so much power and holds so much skill behind its meaning. One can define Cinematography as an important, if not, the most necessary tool kit used in film industry.

According to urban dictionary, Cinematography is an art of photography and camerawork in film-making.

Cinematography is the life of a movie. You can have a great story, a great director, a lavish producer, great artists and crew. But, if you do not have a good cinematographer, meaning, if your movie is not filmed in the right way, or is filmed in a crappy way, all the aforesaid elements of a movie are basically ruined and in vain.

Every film industry in the world holds a certain meaning for cinematography.

Cinematographers are extremely focused people that`s why their work too is just as focused and on-point. If the angle of the camera is slightly tilted or if the focus is not right, the whole effort is wasted.

That`s why Cinematographers take extreme care about their work and have a true passion for delivering only the best of the best. This is also why cinematographers are paid really well around the world.

One of many such cinematographers is George C. Williams.

George C. Williams, is a cinematographer for movies like Raja Rani (2013), Kaththi (2014), Theri (2016) and more.

There are many people out there who know how to hold a camera. But not everyone who holds a camera is a cameraman. It requires skill, focus, attention and most importantly passion. An art that is often left underappreciated in the film industry.

George C. Williams started as a part-time camera in his schooling days. He would go to shootings with people like P.C. Sreeram, Santosh Sivan, Jeeva and more and observe their work. Days passed and his keen observation urged him to hold the camera. By this time, he understood the main key points of Cinematography.

Lighting. Angles and framing. That is all that`s required if you`re a beginner.

His passion soon kept him up at nights with him pursuing a degree in Visual Communications from Madras Christian College.

Williams started out small with being an assistant to a cinematographer called Nirav Shah. He later joined as a second unit camera assistant in the remake of Bollywood movie, Don, in Telugu as Billa (2007) and then in Sarvam (2009).

Ala Modalindi is the main bridge that was to lead him somewhere great. The movie got a great response from the audience and people soon took notice of the camera angles that were so well put, as he assisted the cinematographer Arjun Jena.

Add to his suave in technology, he almost mastered all kinds of cameras and now knows how to work each of them. If you remember the 2009`s Yuvvh music album, then you should know that George C. Williams was given a lot of credit for his amazing camera skills.

The video named Nenjodu Cherthu was directed by Alphonse Putharen but Williams stole the show with his defined framing and capturing the right content.

Soon, his works were making news around the town and A.R. Murugadoss himself wanted him to be a part of his then upcoming flick, Raja Rani (2013).

His works were mostly noted in Tamil and brought to light in Telugu industry after a couple of years.

Today, he has some massive projects in his hands. He has one Tamil, one Malayalam and one Telugu movie lined up as his next projects.

The untitled Telugu movie already seems to have high expectations as the movie`s main lead, Varun Tej made a statement, saying

“This is a romantic comedy entertainer and we are going to capture a 10 year long journey of a love story in this movie and that`s the specialty of this movie. I am glad to have George as the cinematographer in this movie”

They say that you just have to keep quiet and do your work and your work will make the noise for you. Seems to be true in the case of Williams. He is getting started with big movies and hopefully, he can build his brand further and becomes a success story of his own. Wait…he already is a success story.

But that doesn`t mean he should stop. This world needs more focus and defined lighting to find the clarity of life.

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