“Each episode has a specific visual genre and storytelling style attached to it, based on the character we are focused on. This is quite a dream as a cinematographer, because I was tasked with exploring a different visual style in each episode, as well as interweaving it with our ‘present-day’ look.”

“To push the different looks as far as he could, Riege juggled a range of aspect ratios, lens sets, filtration and lighting for the same sets, to emphasize elements of the story that exist in one character's version but not in another's. The goal wasn't to rip off a style, but to develop the language of that style.”

“We sat down with the director of photography Ross Riege to talk about their filmmaking process and the unique challenges of telling a weird story in a cinematic way — as well as providing tips on working with a short production schedule, using the Sony Venice for tight shots and finding the right comedic and dramatic juxtaposition.”

“Unlike “Fear the Walking Dead,” “World Beyond” features a largely different aesthetic to its sister shows. There are still times where the characters find themselves out in the wilderness, there are still enough duels with walkers to keep long-time fans happy...but there’s also something different, something cleaner and more domestic about “World Beyond” that doesn’t fully exist in the other two shows…”

“The Afterparty” has placed all sorts of lenses on its murder mystery wedding romp in Season 2: the generic conventions of rom-com and film noir, specific directorial styles like Alfred Hitchcock’s and Wes Anderson’s, and even whole modes of filmmaking as in Feng’s (Ken Jeong) found-footage episode peppered with vertical iPhone videos ready for TikTok.”

“Cinematographer Ross Riege finds himself in the current awards season conversation for his lensing of two shows: Rutherford Falls (Peacock), a comedy with a serious undercurrent; and The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC), a drama/horror thriller that lends a new perspective to the franchise.”

“I pitched treating the show in a less traditional comedy style. We talked a lot about color palettes, but I also felt it would step things up to shoot large format, and the producers were enthusiastic and very supportive in helping me get to that look.”

“When Ross Riege was in initial conversations for “Rutherford Falls” with fellow cinematographer and now director Lawrence Sher (DP on Todd Phillips’ “Joker”), one of the ideas was how to explore the quirkiness of a small town.”

“This intrepid reporter had the good fortune to sit down with respected cinematographer Ross Riege who is providing Walking Dead: World Beyond with its lush and striking visuals and pick his brain (zombie puns are too easy – especially the bad ones) about his thoughts on all things Walker related. We had a good time and hope it shows in the following interview.”

“With the “Jubilee” music video for The Willowz, they found an opportunity to try a technique they had been interested in for some time: stop-motion long-exposure photography… they wanted to create all the light-doodle effects in camera…”