• Shooting Hassan Fathy's New Gourna
    04 Oct 2010

    Last week we were down in Luxor shooting a short film on the village of New Gourna for Community Consortium and World Monuments Fund. New Gourna was designed and built 60 years ago by Hassan Fathy, an Egyptian architect who pioneered the use of sustainable, locally sourced materials and designs in producing affordable housing. His [...]

  • ZEISS CP2 CINEMA LENSES FOR THE CANON 5D/7D IN EGYPT
    15 Sep 2010

    Back in July I picked up one of the first sets of Zeiss Compact Primes to arrive at Arri in London. I’ve been shooting with them in Egypt for a couple of months now and thought I’d share a few of my thoughts. These are the first true cinema lenses to be available in the [...]