INTERVIEW: Cinematographer Benji Bakshi On Creating Strange New Worlds For 'Star Trek'
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS cinematographer Benji Bakshi. Images: Paramount+ / Josh Stringer.
JULY 17, 2023 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 is halfway over, and while it is not universally hailed as the best modern Trek show, it certainly has a preponderance of fans proclaiming it as such. Each episode is a short film, beautifully shot, using camera tricks, an Augmented Reality wall, and practical sets to transport viewers to…well, strange new worlds. I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of the directors of photography for the season, Benji Bakshi, to talk to him about how the magic is made.
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T is the Managing Editor for Daily Star Trek News and a contributing writer for Sherlock Holmes Magazine and a Shakespeare nerd. He may have been the last professional Stage Manager to work with Leonard Nimoy, has worked Off-Broadway and regionally, and is the union Stage Manager for Legacy Theatre, where he is currently working with Julie Andrews. after which he’ll be working on Richard III at Elm Shakespeare Company.
