The 55-year-old Irish lenser has built a career defined by radical range: Staring from the raw, handheld urgency of Andrea Arnold — his first major collaborator — to the fixed-tripod, long-lens approach of kitchen sink master Ken Loach, to the wild, rule-breaking experimentation of Yorgos Lanthimos and the actor-centered, classically composed approach of Noah Baumbach.
The throughline isn’t a signature look but a signature philosophy: That the story dictates the style. Ryan has shot on a 4:3 ratio [for Arnold’s Fish Tank] and on VistaVision [Lanthimos’ Bugonia]. He’s experimented with Ektachrome stock and tiny 6mm vignetted lenses [on Poor Things]. But the goal has never been to show off. “Lens choice isn’t about proving something, but about emphasizing an aspect of the film story,…
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