{"id":319351,"date":"2026-03-03T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/319351\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:34:10","slug":"christopher-nolan-pays-tribute-to-imaxs-david-keighley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/319351\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nolan Pays Tribute to Imax’s David Keighley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDirector Christopher Nolan<\/a> paid tribute to the late David Keighley, Imax\u2019s first chief quality officer and a pioneer of large-format cinema, at the 8th annual Kodak<\/a> Film Awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tNolan was on hand to present the inaugural Keighley award to Imax\u2019s Patricia Keighley, David Keighley\u2019s business partner and wife. As he took to the stage, Nolan said, \u201cDavid Keeley was my friend and my Imax mentor for over 20 years. He was incredibly knowledgeable, a wonderful collaborator. He was the first person to take seriously and ultimately enable my mad dream of shooting Hollywood movies on Imax film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDavid Keighley died after a battle with cancer\u00a0last year.<\/a> As Imax\u2019s first chief quality officer, he oversaw post-production on more than 500 Imax films. Nolan went on to say, \u201cThe last film he completed was the aforementioned \u2018Sinners.\u2019 He did some incredible work on that. And I\u2019m pleased to be able to say that before he left us last year, he was able to finish supervising every foot shot on our upcoming version of \u2018The Odyssey.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNolan\u2019s tribute to David Keighley continued, stressing how important he was to the business. He talked about how under previous management, Kodak had come to Hollywood \u201cand essentially sounded out the studios on whether or not they want to keep making film. They\u2019d met with a lot of middle management in different studios who had said, \u2018Well, nobody cares.\u2019 They hadn\u2019t spoken to any filmmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was David Keighley who sat with Nolan and producer Emma Thomas and tasked them with rallying filmmakers of all budget levels, all disciplines, to bring attention to the critical importance of shooting on film. \u201cUltimately, that effort was successful,\u201d said Nolan.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSinners\u201d DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw received the Lumi\u00e8re Award in recognition of her contributions to the art of cinematography. Kodak has supported and collaborated with Arkapaw on recent projects, including \u201cSinners\u201d as well as \u201cThe Last Showgirl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tArkapaw celebrated her camera team who she called the \u201cunsung heroes of filmmaking.\u201d She also praised director Ryan Coogler and said, \u201cRyan is someone who champions the people around him. He leads with love and grace in turn that is reflected in the films that we make. He sees all the people that work for him, and he sees my crew.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSentimental Value\u201d director Joachim Trier received the Auteur Award, which recognizes motion picture artists who have created critically acclaimed work and remain steadfast in their artistic process. Kodak honored him as an artist whose body of work reflects both rigor and originality, and whose influence on contemporary cinema continues to grow.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrier, who shot five of his six features on film, said, \u201cI really feel grateful for that. It\u2019s not a snobbish thing. It\u2019s actually how I feel: at home on a film set. Something happens around the camera. Something happens when that sound of a purring cat comes from the camera. The actors feel it. We all feel it. It creates a different type of focus to what happens with the actors and the wonderful DPs.\u201d He praised the format of shooting on film saying, \u201cYou can see all the rich skin tones of the performances that you saw in reality just a little bit more magical and a little bit better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe evening also honored Kristen Stewart who was presented with the Debut Feature Award for her directorial debut, \u201cThe Chronology of Water.\u201d Salomon Ligthelm was presented with the Music & Commercial Film Director Award, and\u201d Fallout,\u201d which shot on film, was named Television Series of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director Christopher Nolan paid tribute to the late David Keighley, Imax\u2019s first chief quality officer and a pioneer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25444,146,85,46,14424,158956],"class_list":["post-319351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kodak","tag-kodak-film-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}