Award winning directors who have shot on Smartphones:
Ridley Scott - Shot an action film entirely on the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Sean Baker - He directed the award-winning film Tangerine, shot on an iPhone.
Steven Soderbergh - He directed Unsane & High Flying Bird,
shot both using smartphones.
Danny Boyle - Reportedly shot 28 Years Later,
shot on an iPhone 15.
Zack Snyder - He directed Snow Steam Iron, a short film shot on an iPhone, using a Zeiss Exo Lens.
Michel Gondry - He shot Détour on an iPhone.
Peter Chan - Three Minutes,
which was entirely shot on the iPhone X.
Olivia Wilde - She directed No Love Like Yours, a music video all shot on an iPhone.
Claude Lelouch - He directed The Best Years of a Life
(Premiere Cannes 2019).