1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1951 · FRANCE
Agnes Godard
Sensual attention to bodies, skin and landscape.
- Born
- 1951
- Country
- France
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1999Beau Travail
- 1998The Dreamlife of Angels
- 2008Home
- 2017Let the Sunshine In
WHY THEY MATTER
Cesar Award winner; long collaboration with Claire Denis.
THE LIFE
Godard studied journalism before switching to film, graduating from IDHEC, now La Femis, in 1980. Her first project as cinematographer was Wim Wenders's Room 666, where she met Claire Denis. Through the 1980s she worked as camera assistant for Wenders, Joseph Losey, Peter Greenaway and Alain Resnais. Her long partnership with Denis includes Beau Travail and Let the Sunshine In, and she has won a Cesar Award.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2001 · India · Cinematographer
Subrata Mitra
Natural bounce light and quiet realism.
Pather Panchali, 1955Source: Wikipedia
1930–2016 · United States · Cinematographer
Vilmos Zsigmond
Pre-flashed, muted colour and atmospheric haze.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977Source: Wikipedia
1931–2014 · United States · Cinematographer
Gordon Willis
Top light and deep underexposure that earned him the name the Prince of Darkness.
The Godfather, 1972Source: Wikipedia
1933–2007 · United States · Cinematographer
Laszlo Kovacs
Loose, natural-light American New Wave photography.
Easy Rider, 1969Source: Wikipedia
1934–2001 · United States · Cinematographer
John A. Alonzo
Naturalistic, cinema verite-inspired photography of the New Hollywood.
Chinatown, 1974Source: Wikipedia