Eduardo Serra, ASC, AFC
Girl With A Pearl Earring

Eduardo Serra, AFC, ASC is a native of Lisbon, Portugal, and a graduate of the Vaugirard film school in Paris. He has filmed many television commercials in between compiling nearly 50 feature film credits, including Map of the Human Heart, The Hairdresser's Husband, Tango, Funny Bones, Les Grands Ducs, Jude, Rien ne va Plus, What Dreams May Come and Unbreakable. Serra earned his first Oscar nomination for The Wings of a Dove. Serra won the Silver Frog Award at the 1996 Camerimage International Festival of the Art of Cinematography for Jude, and a Bronze Frog Award this year for Girl With A Pearl Earring.

Synopsis: When young Griet is sent to work as a maid in the house of Flemish painter Johannes Vermeer, she soon intrigues the artist with her quiet beauty and intuitive understanding of his work. As she assists Vermeer and becomes the model for one of his most celebrated paintings, Griet is slowly drawn into the artist's complex world.

Quote: "Classic painters respected the play of light, so there is a close relationship between their paintings and modern cinematography. But for me, respecting light isn't a goal. Rather, it's a starting point for storytelling, just as for painters it once was a starting point for art."

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