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Mariana
Sanchez de Antuñano The Cinematographer In 1998 she received the Best Cinematography Award at Mexico City’s international arts festival. Sanchez de Antuñano received her master’s degree in cinematography from the American Film Institute and photographed Inaudito, which earned her an invitation to the Camerimage International Festival of the Art of Cinematography. She has studied and worked with John Alonzo, ASC, Bill Dill, ASC, Donald McAlpine, ASC, ACS, Amir Mokri, Tim Suhrstedt, ASC, among other cinematographers. She has been a camera assistant on various projects, and shot second unit for Xavier Perez Grovet on Tortilla Soup. The Film Naiad unfolds in a secret forest where two young sisters conjure up a world of fantasy and make-believe. When adulthood finds one of the sisters tragically ill, they return to the place in their dreams and hope that the magic of childhood can heal and restore them. Sanchez de Antuñano says that designing the look for Naiad required an exploration of memories and childhood fantasy. The color palette and framing was greatly influenced by Neil Gaiman’s characters and “The Books of Faerie” comic books. Sanchez de Antuñano chose anamorphic lenses to help portray the environments as characters. A net behind the lens was used to blow up the bright background while softening the image. Sanchez de Antuñano says careful collaboration between all departments evokes the magical anachronism of a childhood dream.
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Mariana Sanchez de Antuñano fell in love with motion pictures
while she was growing up in Mexico City. More than seven years of camera
assisting gave her valuable opportunities to learn from some of today’s
finest filmmakers. She studied under Rodrigo Prieto, ASC at the Centro
de Capacitacion Cinematografica, and worked with Emmanuel Lubezki,
ASC on Like Water for Chocolate.