🎥 From the 2025 #PierreAngenieuxTribute to one of the most anticipated biopics of the year, Dion Beebe ACS, ASC @ddbeebe continues his exploration of movement, light, music, and emotion with Michael.
🎞️ Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson, the film brings one of the world’s most iconic performers to the screen through a visual language shaped by performance, intimacy, and scale.
🔗 Link in bio to read more about Beebe’s work on Michael and the Angénieux lenses that joined his selection for the film.
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For Michael @michaelmovie , cinematographer Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS @ddbeebe and chief lighting technician Mike Ambrose @ambrose728 used Unreal Engine to previsualize the lighting design for four career-defining concert tours before a single fixture was rigged on Sony’s Stage 27. The rig — which took six weeks to construct — combined period fixture housings re-lamped with Fuse LEDs, replica stamped-aluminum gel frames, more than 500 tungsten PAR cans, and aluminum salad bowls mounted to mimic period scoop lamps. Chief lighting technician Mike Ambrose and key grip Jim Kwiatkowski built a system of rolling, suspended rigs that could be repositioned overnight to accommodate changeovers between concert eras.
Read the full article in the May/June 2026 issue.
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They say it takes a village… it took the best crews in Hollywood to bring MICHAEL to the big screen. Here we are on the actual location in east LA where @michaeljackson filmed #thriller recreating this iconic dance sequence 40 years later with the extraordinary @jaafarjackson Shout out to my incredible camera, lighting and grip teams who all contributed to the amazing record smashing opening weekend for @michaelmovie@gkfilms@antoinefuqua
This post arrives somewhat after the event but wanted to extend my thanks to #Angenieux & the Cannes Film Festival for an amazing week. Always strange to look back at one’s work however it did make me appreciate the amazing filmmakers I have had the honor of working with… and the many more I plan to work with!
Excited to have The Little Mermaid finally make its way onto the big screen this weekend. Amazing group of people gave a lot to make this movie. To my awesome crew… thank you!! #thelittlemermaid
