Newton Thomas (Tom) Sigel, ASC recently finished photographing Da 5 Bloods for director Spike Lee, with whom he has a long television commercial working relationship. The Vietnam war epic will release June 12 on Netflix. Sigel also shot the upcoming film Cherry. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and starring Tom Holland, the crime drama will be released in 2020. His previous collaboration with Netflix, the Sam Hargrave action-drama Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth, debuted on April 24, 2020 and quickly became the platform’s most-watched feature debut to date, boasting 90 million household streams in the first month.
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Prior to designing the look for Extraction, Sigel photographed Bohemian Rhapsody, the exquisite portrait of Freddie Mercury and rock band Queen, highlighting their extraordinary comeback appearance at 1985's historic Live Aid concert. He earned a Best Cinematography BAFTA nomination for his work on the film. Bohemian Rhapsody also earned the 2019 Golden Globe for Drama Motion Picture, along with Rami Malek nabbing a multitude of accolades -- including an Oscar -- for his portrayal of Mercury. Sigel’s seminal use of exotic film stocks and innovative negative processing methods on Three Kings laid a foundation for new avenues of cinematography. In 2010, he photographed Nicolas Winding Refn’s Hollywood debut, Drive, which won the Best Director Award at Cannes and is universally praised for its dazzling look
