# @panavision on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=-lg6B98d_Zg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70683312-panavision-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-22T17:00:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Panavision (@panavision) — https://gondola.cc/panavision

## Caption

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: https://www.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 Nice to Everybody
01:51 – Trial by Fire: Focus Pulling on THX 1138
02:19 – The Grateful Dead, "Shimmer," and Finding Panavision
03:16 – Supporting the Next Generation at AFI

#StephenLighthill #Panavision #Cinematography #BehindTheScenes #GeorgeLucas #AmericanFilmInstitute #CareerAdvice

## Stats

- **Views:** 231
- **Likes:** 5
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## Tags

americanfilminstitute, panavision, georgelucas, careeradvice, behindthescenes, stephenlighthill, cinematography

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