"We chose to embrace the armpits of Los Angeles": DP Jeff Bierman on Emily the Criminal

In John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal, a woman saddled with student debt and minimal job prospects owing to a minor criminal record turns toward the black market to make her living. As cinematographer Jeff Bierman explains, capturing the unglamorous Los Angeles the protagonist inhabits in the August heat was a crucial part of emphasizing the gulf between the dream of success and the reality of pursuing it. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What w...