In the Cold Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS employs ambitious techniques both on stage and in sub-zero climes to frame The Mountain Between Us. By Jean Oppenheimer *|* 46 November 2017 S hooting a feature in the middle of winter on a towering mountaintop in British Columbia, where the temperature routinely dips to -40°, would not be every director of photography's idea of fun. But Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS was thrilled about the challenges the bone-crushing cold would present. The Mountain Between Us is a story of survival that gradually broadens into a romance. Kate Winslet and Idris Elba star as two strangers - photojournalist Alex Martin and neurosurgeon Ben Bass - who charter a private plane when bad weather grounds all commercial flights out of the region. The plane crashes. Though injured, the two passengers survive. Realizing that the pilot never filed a flight plan, the duo has no choice but to try to make their own way down the mountain. Amid the production's 45-day shoot, four weeks beginning in early January were spent in the Purcell Mountains - American Cinematographer