Chef’s Table: Pizza

In the summer of 2021, I traveled to Italy with my good friend and director Brian McGinn to shoot pizzaiolos Gabriele Bonci in Rome and Franco Pepe in Caiazzo. We were honored to be nominated by the American Society of Cinematographers for the 2023 ASC Award for Outstanding Documentary Cinematography.

This pizza-focused installment of the Emmy-nominated series also profiled Chris Bianco (Phoenix), Ann Kim (Minneapolis), Yoshihiro Imai (Kyoto, Japan), and Sarah Minnick (Portland, Oregon).

Creator

David Gelb

Director

Brian McGinn

Executive Producer

Andrew Fried

Network

Netflix

Production Company

Boardwalk Pictures
Supper Club
Finch

Producer

Michael Hilliard

Camera

RED DRAGON 6K

Glass

Leica Summicron-C

Colorist

Shane Reed

House

Mom&Pop

Franco Pepe

clip: “Dough” (02:31)

Gabriele Bonci

clip: “Television” (01:25)

ASC Nominee

Nominated  for the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Cinematography (2023)

Gabriele Bonci

Pizzarium | vol. 8, episode 2

Director

Brian McGinn

Producer

Michael Hilliard

Location

Rome, Italy

Filmed

Summer 2021

Franco Pepe

Pepe in Grani | vol. 8, episode 4

Director

Brian McGinn

Producer

Michael Hilliard

Location

Caiazzo, Italy

Filmed

Summer 2021