Directors' Hidden Talents: Rupert Sanders
Rupert Sanders calls the
photograph you see here and the one on our cover, "my way of
avoiding having to pose in front of a camera." The images feature
Sanders' distorted face superimposed on the body of an old woman
and a lanky man and are supposed to reveal something little known
about the director, who this year has been up to many very well
known things, like Monster's "Legs," Travelers' "Delivery," and the most honored
campaign of the year so far, "Believe" for Xbox/Halo
3.
It turns out that the slightly disturbing pictures didn't require a
touch of Photoshop on Sanders' face. As on "Believe," the director
once again teamed with photographer Chris Soos and Stan Winston
Studios to capture things in camera--the subjects in the photos are
wearing a Rupert Sanders mask, created for this shoot from a scan
of the director's head originally made during preproduction on the
Halo 3 diorama figurines. (You can see what Sanders looks
like for real in this year's Directors Roundtable)

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