30 behind-the-scenes photos from the set of popular films that reveal the secret of movie magic (31 photos)
There is something for every film buff in this collection of photos. Interesting: from disturbing shots of Jamie Lee hanging from a helicopter Curtis and stuffed basking shark from "Jaws" to portraits focused cameramen filming the most legendary scenes in history movie.
1 The Terminator (1984) Directed by James Cameron
Cinematographer: Adam Greenberg
Time-lapse: Pete Kleinow
2. The Hunt for Red October (1990) Directed by John McTiernan
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
Photo: Bruce McBroom
3 True Lies (1994) Directed by James Cameron
Cinematographer: Russell Carpenter
Camera Operator: James Cameron
Arnold Schwarzenegger stunt coordinator/stunt double: Joel Kramer
Jamie Lee Curtis stunt double: Jamie Lee Curtis (!)
Photo: Zade Rosenthal
4 Jaws (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Production Designer: Joe Alves
Photo: Louis Goldman
5. Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) directed by George Lucas
Cinematographer: Gilbert Taylor
Photo: John Jay
6. Alien (1982) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Allen Davio
7 Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Cinematographer: John L. Russell
Camera operator: Leonard J. South
Script Supervisor: Marshall Schlom
Photo: Eugene Cook
8. The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: John Alcott
Camera Operator: Calvin Pike
Focus puller: Douglas Milsom and Maurice Arnold
9. Rocky 2 (1979) Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Steadicam Operator: Garrett Brown
Photo: Christine M. Loss
10 Saving Private Ryan (1998) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Janusz Kaminsky
Photo: David James
11. Point Break (1991), directed by Kathrie Bigelow
Cinematographer: Donald Peterman
Boom Crane Operator: Jeffrey Patterson
Photo: Richard Foreman Jr.
12. Quantum of Solace (2008), directed by Mark Forster
Cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer
Daniel Craig's stunt double: Bobby Holland Hanton
Chief Stunt Coordinator: Diz Sharp
Photo: Susan Allnutt
13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe
Camera assistant: Martin Kenzie
Shareholder: Colin Manning
Photo: Murray Close
14 Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Derek Vanlint
Photo: Bob Penn
15.007: Skyfall (2012) Directed by Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
Photo: Francois Duhamel
16 Joker (2019) Directed by Todd Phillips
Cinematographer: Lawrence Sher
Photo: Nico Tavernis
17 The Goodfellas (1990) Directed by Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhouse
Camera Operator: David M. Dunlap
Photo: Barry Vetcher
18. Apocalypse Now (1979) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
Camera operator: Piero Servo
Senior mechanical worker: Alfredo Marchetti
19. Iron Man (2008), directed by Jon Favreau
Cinematographer: Matthew Libatik
Photo: Zade Rosenthal
20. The Shining (1980) Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: John Alcott
21. Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott
Cinematographer: Derek Vanlint
Photo: Bob Penn
22 Jaws (1975) Directed by Steven Spielberg
Cinematographer: Bill Butler
Camera operator: Michael Chapman
Photo: Louis Goldman
23. Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) directed by Richard Marquand
Cinematographer: Alan Hume and Alec Mills
Camera operator: Peter McDonald
Photo: Albert Clark
24.007: Skyfall (2012) Directed by Sam Mendes
Cinematographer: Roger Deakins
25. The Ten Commandments (1956) directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
26. Everything Everywhere at Once (2022) Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Cinematographer: Larkin Seiple
Photo: Allison Riggs
27 Superman (1978) directed by Richard Donner
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera operator: Peter McDonald
Photo: Bob Penn
28. Poltergeist (1982) Directed by Toub Hooper
Cinematographer: Matthew F. Leonetti
Photo: Bruce McBroom
29. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), directed by Stanley Kubrick
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
30. Goldeneye (1995) Directed by Martin Campbell
Cinematographer: Phil Mayhew
Photo: Keith Hamshire