1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1942–2020 · UNITED STATES
Allen Daviau
Warm, glowing backlight and childhood wonder.
- Born
- 1942
- Died
- 2020
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- 1985The Color Purple
- 1987Empire of the Sun
- 1991Bugsy
WHY THEY MATTER
Five Academy Award nominations; two BAFTA nominations with one win; ASC Lifetime Achievement Award (2007).
THE LIFE
Daviau was born in New Orleans and raised in Los Angeles, and began by filming music films for the Animals and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He met Steven Spielberg in the late 1960s and shot his early short Amblin'. He went on to shoot E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Color Purple and Empire of the Sun for Spielberg, and Bugsy for Barry Levinson. He received five Academy Award nominations and the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
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