Ron Fricke

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer considered to be a master of timelapse photography and large format cinematography He was the director of photography for Koyaanisqatsi 1982 and directed the purely cinematic nonverbal nonnarrative feature Baraka 1992 He designed and used his own 65 mm camera equipment for Baraka and his later projects He also directed the IMAX films Chronos 1985 and Sacred Site 1986 His most recent work was as cinematographer for parts of the film Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith he was hired to shoot the eruption of Mt Etna in Sicily for use in scenes of the volcanic planet Mustafar Fricke writes about his work I feel that my work has evolved through Koyaanisqatsi Chronos and Baraka Both technically and philosophically I am ready to delve even deeper into my favorite theme humanitys relationship to the eternal   Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Fricke licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia