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shared Bradshaw's opinion, citing that both Tsangari and Lanthimos utilize an "unblinking shooting style, with wide shots, minimal camera movements and off-kilter compositions that combine to create a dreamy, anxious mood". Scott also noted Bakatakis' "beguiling blend of detachment and empathy — the
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complimented Bakatakis as "an invaluable ally" to Lanthimos, praising his boxy, formal framing and bilious color palette reveal much about the restrictions applied to the people within them". Chang again praised Bakatakis' work, saying that "the meticulously composed images...at times convey the
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similarly praised the use of colour, saying that "bathing the men's bodies in a golden, soft-edged light warmly captured by Thimios Bakatakis' Super 16 photography, folds his characters in what feels like a tenderly protective embrace". Two years later, he served as cinematographer for the
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praised the film's "visual polish", noting Bakatakis' "warm palette that's particularly evocative during the bedroom scenes, when deep yellows appear to manifest the characters’ state of mind." Film critic
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also praised Bakatakis' "soft, milky lighting and always interesting compositions". Later that year, Bakatakis re-teamed with Lanthimos to shoot the music video for "Baby Asteroid" by Leon of Athens.
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writer praising Bakataki for "film most scenes in medium or distant static shots (a common technique in recent art films), keeping us from any excessive or maudlin sympathy for Porfirio".
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camera sometimes lurking like a spy, sometimes trailing along like a shy, devoted friend". The following year, Bakatakis served as director of photography for the drama film
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praised how the film's cinematography "accentuates the sense of dread as his cameras creep and crawl through hospital corridors, like the lurking spirits in
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uncanny sensation of peering into a zoo enclosure, the better to study the mating habits of a vaguely familiar and frankly preposterous species".
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praised Bakatakis, amongst other crew members, for their "invaluable contributions", calling Bakatakis a "great Greek ". Boyd van Hoeij of
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than many of his other films, saying that he "felt the need for the camera to be almost like another entity" during pre-production and
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praised Bakatakis' cinematography for resembling "a series of family photographs of a family with something wrong with it".
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while attending Stavrakos, whom he befriended and would later regularly collaborate with after their graduations.
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during shooting, saying that "the camera had a role in the film". Their next collaboration was on the 2009 film
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lenses, and almost exclusively utilized natural lighting. Post-production for the film took place in
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In 2015, Bakatakis and Lanthimos teamed up yet again for Lanthimos' dark comedy
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Bakatakis again employed his fixed-camera approach to cinematography in
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noted "striking" similarities between Bakatakis' work in
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After graduating, he shot his first feature film, the
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He met director 14: 1522: 1461: 1404:Sims, David (11 September 2017). 741:Hernandez, Eugene (23 May 2009). 717:"Thimios Bakatakis - The Lobster" 706: 685:Elley, Derek (17 December 2004). 1436:Nolfi, Joey (21 November 2017). 1202:"Leon Of Athens - Baby Asteroid" 1058:Formo, Brian (9 December 2014). 974:DeFore, John (24 January 2012). 234:, the 2012 directorial debut of 1429: 1397: 1366: 1335: 1307: 1276: 1248: 1194: 1166: 1138: 1107: 1079: 1051: 1023: 995: 967: 939: 911: 862:Honeycutt, Kirk (14 May 2011). 604: 213:also shared this opinion, with 50:, Greece in 1970, and attended 1086:Kohn, Eric (28 January 2012). 883: 855: 824: 793: 762: 734: 678: 372: 367:33rd Independent Spirit Awards 1: 648: 569: 149:and an associate producer on 41: 1408:The Killing of a Sacred Deer 1314:Sharf, Zack (24 June 2016). 1257:"Film Review: 'The Lobster'" 541:The Killing of a Sacred Deer 355:The Killing of a Sacred Deer 340:The Killing of a Sacred Deer 186:. The film premiered at the 7: 240:2012 Sundance Film Festival 224:Breakthrough (2012–present) 100:, where Bakatakis utilized 10: 1527: 1255:Lodge, Guy (15 May 2015). 952:Film Journal International 369:for his work on the film. 215:Film Journal International 210:Film Journal International 135:In 2010, Bakatakis lensed 976:"L: Sundance Film Review" 238:, which premiered at the 190:. Jeannette Castoulis of 188:2011 Cannes Film Festival 126:2009 Cannes Film Festival 68: 27: 1175:"Blind: Sundance Review" 919:"Porfirio - Film Review" 377: 102:hand-held cinematography 30:; born 1970) is a Greek 1506:Film people from Athens 947:"Film Review: Porfirio" 864:"Porfirio: Film Review" 721:British Cinematographer 1496:Greek cinematographers 1180:The Hollywood Reporter 1147:"Film Review: 'Blind'" 981:The Hollywood Reporter 869:The Hollywood Reporter 281:The Hollywood Reporter 137:Athina Rachel Tsangari 46:Bakatakis was born in 139:'s directorial debut 16:Greek cinematographer 1443:Entertainment Weekly 1232:Bakatakis, Thimios. 1119:"Keep the Lights On" 805:"Attenberg – review" 803:(1 September 2011). 662:Bakatakis, Thimios. 1376:(5 November 2017). 1236:. Thimios Bakatakis 1117:(22 January 2012). 666:. Thimios Bakatakis 274:. 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Athens
Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos
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Yorgos Lanthimos
Dennis Iliadis
Hardcore
Variety
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hand-held cinematography
Dogtooth
close-ups
Un Certain Regard
2009 Cannes Film Festival
Roger Ebert
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Attenberg
Peter Bradshaw
A. O. Scott
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Porfirio
Alejandro Landes
2011 Cannes Film Festival
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2012 Sundance Film Festival

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