Academy Award-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot has been chosen as director of photography of
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them's first film, set to begin production this summer, reported Variety on Friday.
Rousselot won an Oscar for Best Cinematography in 1992 for his work in A
River Runs Through It, and has headed the camera in dozens of well-known movies, the most recent of which was
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, another release from Warner Bros., the production company behind the
Harry Potter films.
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Gersh has booked cinematographers Philippe Rousselot (“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”) on David Yates’ “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and J. Michael Muro (“Southland”) on Bill Purple’s “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.”
Some of Rousselot's work, including the one that got him an Oscar, can be seen here.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them's first movie will hit theaters November 2016.