The German film festival will also screen the world premiere of "Lost Angeles," Papamichael's new film as a director.
COLOGNE, Germany - The Oldenburg Film Festival, billed as Germany's answer to Sundance, will honor celebrated cinematographer Phedon Papamichaelwith a retrospective this year.
The Greek-born, German-educated cameraman made his career in Hollywood, where he shot such films as Gabriele Muccino's The Pursuit of Happynessstarring Will Smith and George Clooney's political drama The Ides of March. He is probably most closely associated with director Alexander Payne, having shot both The Descendantsand Sideways. Papamichael recently wrapped production on Payne's latest, the drama Nebraska starring Will Forte andBruce Dern. Papamichael has also been a regular collaborator with acclaimed directors Wim Wenders and James Mangold.
Less well know is Papamichael's own work as a director, which includes the 2008 horror film From Within and the Greek-set drama Arcadia Lost (2010).
For its retrospective, Oldenburg will screen the world premiere of Papamichael's new film as a director, the comic drama Lost Angeles, in which a homeless ex-con successfully passes himself off as a celebrity photographer. Oldenburg will also screen From Within, Wenders' Million Dollar Hotel, the 1995 drama Unstrung Heroes, which Papamichael shot and actress Diane Keaton directed, and two films lensed by Papamichael and directed by Mangold: Walk the Line and 3:10 to Yuma.
Phedon Papamichael will attend the Oldenburg festival, which runs Sept. 12-16, and present his films to the audience there.
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