Robert Richardson: The White Devil, a feature documentary dedicated to the life and career of the legendary cinematographer and three-time Oscar winner, is set to world premiere at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) next month. And the feature directorial debut, which is already creating buzz, comes from an unexpected source: Czech filmmaker Jana Hojdová.
Richardson continues to be a close collaborator of Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Andy Serkis, Antoine Fuqua, Ben Affleck, John Sayles, Barry Levinson, Scott Hicks and others. So how did a young Czech director end up making a deep dive into him and his oeuvre?
“Several years ago, while living in Prague, I sent an email to Robert Richardson with almost no expectation of ever getting a reply,” Hojdová explains in a statement. “To me, he was one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, the creative force behind some of cinema’s most unforgettable images. When he replied, that single message unexpectedly became the beginning of a years-long journey that took me from Los Angeles and London to New Zealand and Sofia as I followed Richardson during the making of several major films.”
