‘A Complete Unknown’ DP Discusses Recreating the 1960s for the Bob Dylan Biopic

Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael breaks down his work in James Mangold’s film ‘A Complete Unknown,’ starring Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, in theaters Dec. 25, 2024, from Searchlight Pictures. Papamichael has been the DP for the films While You Were Sleeping, Sideways, 3:10 to Yuma, The Pursuit of Happyness, and more.
Based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald, ‘A Complete Unknown’ portrays Bob Dylan through his earliest folk music success until the momentous controversy over his use of electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.