Sebastian Schipper

  • EntertainmentYahoo Movies UK

    The most ambitious long takes in movie history

    With Sam Mendes presenting '1917' as if it unfolds in a single take, what are some of the best examples of this trick in the history of Hollywood?

  • NewsKevin Polowy

    How Director Sebastian Schipper Shot 'Victoria' in One Exhilarating 138-Minute Take

    Well the new German thriller Victoria, directed by Sebastian Schipper, one-upped the Oscar champ: Victoria was actually shot in a single take, playing out in real time over an increasingly tense two-plus hours. The film follows the titular Spanish twentysomething (Laia Costa) living in Berlin whose late night out with a local named Sonne (Frederick Lau) and his three friends turns harrowing when they’re forced into pulling off a bank heist. Schipper told Yahoo Movies that the idea to shoot it