Cinematographer and AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill ASC reflects on a career built on adapting to changing circumstances — from an unexpected start as an aspiring journalist, to a break at Sundance with Break of Dawn that led to shooting HBO's first television series, to a trial-by-fire stint focus pulling on George Lucas's THX 1138. He traces how a low-budget feature called Shimmer led him to Panavision, and why the quiet, unobtrusive Panaflex camera system changed the way he worked from then on — plus what he sees now, watching students transform over two years as Discipline Head of the cinematography program at the American Film Institute. Find this video on the Panavision website at: panavision.com/highlights/highlights-detail/stephen-lighthill-asc-an-education-in-cinematography Chapters: 00:00 – "You Have to Be Relentlessly Positive" 00:25 – From Aspiring Journalist to Cinematographer 01:11 – Recognition, Craft Service, and Being Ni...