David Hennings

David Hennings attended the University of Miami, Florida, for film studies and was permanently afflicted with a desire to tell stories with a camera. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles and was soon awarded a fellowship to The American Film Institute.

Hennings began his career in the film industry as one of the initial proponents of electronic remote camera systems, specializing in camera operating and support on the then-revolutionary Louma Crane Remote system. Hennings was literally the first in Hollywood to use the Technocrane Remote System, christening it for Robert Richardson, ASC, on his film "The Doors."

As a cinematographer, Hennings' first opportunity came on the film "D3: The Mighty Ducks," directed by Robert Lieberman. He went on to shoot Peter Berg's directorial debut, "Very Bad Things." Hennings also brought the sport of surfing to the big screen with the hit film "Blue Crush," directed by John Stockwell, Universal's first Digital Intermediate, and has since shot many studio and independent films, such as "Hannah Montana" and Disney's first foray into digital filmmaking, "You Again."

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