Guleserian began a longstanding collaboration with writer – director Drake Doremus at AFI , which both men attended at the same time . In 2006 , Guleserian photographed Doremus 's thesis project , and they paired up again to shoot numerous commercials and music videos in addition to the 2009 feature film '' Spooner '' . They later collaborated on '' Like Crazy '' , a romantic drama film that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won the festival 's Grand Jury Prize , an achievement that Guleserian later said " opened up a lot of opportunities " for him . One such opportunity was the 2013 romantic comedy '' About Time '' , which was the first big-budget studio film Guleserian worked on ; previously , he had only shot independent films with smaller budgets . The same year , he returned to work with Doremus as cinematographer on '' Breathe In '' , starring Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce . Since Doremus 's films are largely improvised , Guleserian filmed these projects unconventionally , with mostly handheld camerawork in takes that usually last over ten minutes
2011 Sundance Film Festival
2011 Sundance Film Festival
John Guleserian