1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1926–2003 · UNITED STATES
Conrad L. Hall
Bold, poetic use of flare, rain and silhouette.
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2003
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- 1999American Beauty
- 2002Road to Perdition
WHY THEY MATTER
Won three Academy Awards, for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Beauty and Road to Perdition; ASC Lifetime Achievement Award.
THE LIFE
Hall was an American cinematographer born in Tahiti. He shot In Cold Blood and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, winning his first Oscar for the latter. After a long gap he returned with Sam Mendes, winning for American Beauty and, posthumously, Road to Perdition. He was known for taking risks with light.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1901–1974 · United States · Cinematographer
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia