Eduardo Serra to be Deathly Hallows director of photography (UPDATED)
 

Cinematographer Eduardo Serra, who has done previous work for Defiance, Blood Diamond, and Girl with a Pearl Earring, has been hired as Director of Photography for both parts of the seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows. The Panalux News released a statement confirming Mr. Serra's involvement, which can be read here:

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released November 19, 2010 and May 2011.

Source: The Leaky Cauldron

UPDATE: Eduardo has now confirmed this news and said the following;
Thanks to UHP for the tip!

That's cool I guess!

First!:banaboogie:

Interesting, well im sure Yates had his reasons. Blood Diamond was good.

YAY:woot:

WOOHOO for a Portuguese person! *dances*

I loved Girl with a Pearl Earring :D Can't wait to see his work with DH ^^

Well the Dir of photography is a very important person in the shooting of a film according to my Film professor and he did a lovely job on both blood diamond and Girl with a Pearl Earring...:D

Awesome. He's really good. Defiance was a brilliant movie. So was Blood Diamond. All of the movies he's done are pretty dramatic and action packed so it's great that they got a cinematographer who's experience in that because Deathly Hallows is DEFINITELY action-packed, suspenseful, dramatic, scary (that part with the snake and bathilda still scares the crap out of me)!

Cool.

Girl With A Pearl Earring looked beautiful-I reckon he's a good choice :)

okay...

Cool-ie-o :lmao: :woot:

Long live HArry POter!

Cool. ^_^

I will admit to never having heard of him.
Those films I know...not seen,though.
Sooo cool?

I'll judge for myself in 2 years time. :shifty:

woohoo, i cant wait to see the pictures

Thats great! Can't wait to see them!

i think i might have heard of him before..i mean, OFF COURSE i have heard of him, but i cant remeber where and when, but he should be good..

Interesting, he should be excellent.

Cool, but what does a director of photography actually do?

Sweet Kinda Random

I just noticed that too!!! A Portuguese YEAH!!!

Intresting.

The job of the director of photography is simply be in charge of the cinematography. He reconmends the director what camera lens and film to use, lighting, coloring, and takes instructions from the director on how his vision should be seen.

WB has gotten many well respected DOP's for the films. They've all done a wonderful job, but I have to say, Eduardo Serra will have one tough act to follow after Bruno Delbonell's brilliant work as the DOP for HBP. But Serra is an excellent choice.

cool beans

awesome, a great addition to the potter crew. :)

I also have to add that the director tells the Director of Photography what he wants, so when you see HBP and praise it's cinematography, remember David Yates had a hand in it too. And he was always great with cinematography. Even in his T.V. films. Eduardo Serra will do a beautiful job in DH.