How ‘The Comeback’ Cinematographer Elie Smolkin Used 73 Camera Operators to Bring Reality TV Spoof Into the Digital Age

When “The Comeback” released its first season in 2005, Elie Smolkin was just starting his career, working mostly in short films. It took nine years for the HBO show, starring Lisa Kudrow as a fictional celebrity trying to make a series of career rebounds, to return for its second season and another...