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Gilmer The Cinematographer In 1997, Gilmer moved to New York and joined the Cinematographers Guild as a second assistant cameraman. He has worked with such influential cinematographers as Fred Elmes, ASC, Steve Poster, ASC and Don Burgess, ASC. Gilmer relocated to Los Angeles in 2003 and continues to enjoy the collaborative process of storytelling. The Film The Good Things follows the mundane existence of a character who has given up on life and lets his world pass him by as he spends his days working in a toll booth. The film alternates between the confines of a tollbooth and the wide-open plains of Kansas. Gilmer says he chose to compose in wide-screen 35 mm anamorphic format in order to heighten the contrast between the two locales. He had to overcome the challenges of constantly changing weather in addition to shooting in a fully operational tollbooth.
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Gilmer began experimenting with his father’s Bell and Howell
Super 8 camera when he was a boy. Following his graduation from the
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Gilmer moved to Wilmington,
North Carolina, where he began working for Joe Dunton Cameras, an international
rental house. He eventually segued into shooting short films, music
videos and local commercials.