Capturing the Director's Vision With Eight Grade’s Cinematographer, Andrew Wehde

Kino Society with Owen Shapiro

The best cinematography is the one that most faithfully reflects what the director seeks to convey. Andrew Wehde is a cinematographer, known for his work on Bo Burnham's Movie, Eighth Grade, and for the Netflix series, Grand Army. He entered the Digital Cinema Program in DePaul University, one of the most important digital schools. In that place, he began to have access to all the equipment and took advantage of them to work with models and made short films. That's where he developed his expertise in naturalistic lighting, his understanding of lenses, and photography. All that work from a very young age made him realize that he wanted to work more with a group of people than alone, and he focused on making cinematography. He is currently working on an Amazon original series called Lightyears and was part of Queenpins, an action drama film with Vince Vaughn and Kristen Bell.

Here is what you’ll learn:

• What made Andrew Wehde want to pursue a career in the film industry.
• How Andrew likes the execution and the satisfaction of seeing something finished made from scratch.
• The importance of trusting the people around you to elevate the work you do.
• Roles you need to have while working; technical side, creative side, managerial side and a political side to play the game and understand your role.
• Andrew is focused on making sure he can execute what the director envisions.
• His next project; Queenpins, a beautiful film which he thinks has incredible visual execution.
• Why Andrew doesn't like cinematography that stands out, but one that tells the story well.

To learn more about Andrew, follow him on Instagram, or visit his website.

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