March 2026

Maggie Gyllenhaal on the Mad Science of The Bride!

Expanded coverage of The Bride! will appear in American Cinematographer's April 2026 issue. For full access to our archive, which includes more than 105 years of essential motion-picture production coverage, become a subscriber today. American Cinematographer: This film is very different from The Lost Daughter. How did working with Larry Sher on a major studio feature affect your learning curve as a director? Maggie Gyllenhaal: When I made The Lost Daughter, which is obviously a much simpler film, I think we could afford maybe four lenses. It was very small in scope, certainly compared to [this film]. But when I began that, I thought, “I know about acting, I know about storytelling — I’ve lived around this my entire life — but I don’t...more