Matthew Libatique Biography

Matthew Libatique, is an American cinematographer who is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films Pi in 1998, Requiem for a Dream in 2000, The Fountain in 2006, Black Swan in 2010 in, Noah in 2014, Mother! in 2017 and A Star Is Born in 2018, which received critical acclaim.

Matthew Libatique Age

Matthew Libatique was born in Queens, New York City, New York, USA, in
19 July 1968 (50 years) as of 2018. He is of Filipino descent.

Matthew Libatique Family

Libatique was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, to Filipino American parents Justiniano Libatique (deceased) and Georgina Porter, who remarried an American. He became interested in photography after his father, an amateur photographer who worked at a film laboratory in New York, had gifted him a Nikon camera as a boy. Although he resides in the United States, Libatique has said he is still proud of his Filipino heritage and can still speak and understand Tagalog.

He attended California State University Fullerton where he studied sociology and communications before earning an MFA in cinematography at AFI. Conservatory.

Matthew Libatique Wife

He has a wife named Magela Crosignani.

Matthew Libatique Career

He served as director of photography for music videos and teamed with fellow AFI alumnus Aronofsky for the short film Protozoa. They collaborated on the first three of Aronofsky’s feature films. Libatique has also collaborated with  Julie Dash (music videos including Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason”), Spike Lee (She Hate Me, Inside Man and Miracle at St. Anna), Joel Schumacher (Tigerland, Phone Booth and The Number 23), and Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and Cowboys & Aliens). His notable films include blockbusters such as Iron Man and Iron Man 2.

In 2010, Matthew was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Black Swan, for which he won his second Independent Spirit Award. He has also won best cinematography awards at the LA Film Critics Association, NY Film Critics Online, SF Film Critics, among many others.

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He has been nominated for the 91st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography 2019 · A Star Is Born. Related Posts: Matthew Bronfman

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On November 14, 2018, he was arrested in Poland for allegedly attacking paramedics and police at a hotel where he was said to be staggering, he was attending 2018 Camerimage Film Festival at the time He was released without being charged.

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Libatique is collaborating with Bradley Cooper on the star’s directorial debut “A Star Is Born.

Matthew Libatique Birds Of Prey

‘Birds of Prey’ Adds ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Production Designer.

Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has made another key addition to its production staff.

According to HN Entertainment, production designer KK Barrett has joined the upcoming DC Comics adaptation. Barrett’s credits include Her, Lost in Translation, Where the Wild Things Are, Being John Malkovich, and Marie Antoinette.

Cathy Han is directing the Birds of Prey movie from a script written by Christina Hodson. The film previously added Venom and Iron Mancinematographer Matthew Libatique, as well as stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio and fight coordinator Jon Valera, both of whom worked on John Wick.

Production on Birds of Prey is expected to begin in January. The film stars Margot Robbie, reprising her role as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad. The movie will also introduce to the DC Extended Universe Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress, Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Black Canary, and Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain, the founding members of the girl gang-like vigilante team called the Birds of Prey. Rosie Perez also stars as Gotham City Detective Renee Montoya. The villain of the film is crime boss Black Mask, reportedly played by Ewan MacGregor.

Hodson has previously explained the appeal of these characters.

“This, I can say: [Robbie] is an amazing producer. She’s so dedicated, cares so much, she is in it and works so hard — looks through every choice, reads through every draft, and has super-smart notes. I am all about finding good people you believe in as human beings as well as being good creative partners and producers because it’s an investment — writing these movies takes it out of you. I’m also just excited that [director Cathy Yan] is a woman and she’s Asian. That’s a big deal.”

Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) opens in theaters on February 7, 2020. And if you’re still not over that title, here’s why maybe you should be.

Upcoming DC Extended Universe movies include Aquaman on December 21st, Shazam on April 5, 2019, and Wonder Woman 1984 on June 5, 2020.

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