Cinematography
Sep 11, 2026
Chief of War: Matthew Cheung lighting landscape as character
DP Matthew Cheung lit Apple TV+'s Chief of War, where islands, weather, and faces share billing. Cinematography craft here treats landscape as pressure, not postcard.
Epic series work asks for continuity of sun and story across days that production cannot actually wait for. Cheung's episode gets into practical light, firelight, and how naturalism still needs design.
Steal the mindset: pretty is easy; motivated beauty is craft.
Go deeper on Kingdom of Dreams
- → EP 259: Matthew Cheung on Chief of War
- → EP 262: Don Burgess on The Thursday Murder Club
- → EP 248: John Seale on Mad Max - Fury Road
Browse more cinematography conversations in the Kingdom of Dreams archive.
Original Kingdom of Dreams craft take based on our conversation with cinematographer Matthew Cheung (EP 259).