1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1959 · UNITED STATES
Ellen Kuras
Documentary-rooted camera in fiction, documentary and music video.
- Born
- 1959
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 1999Summer of Sam
- 2001Blow
WHY THEY MATTER
Sundance Award for Excellence in Cinematography (1992); her directorial debut The Betrayal was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary; fifth woman to join the ASC (1999).
THE LIFE
Kuras grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, and studied anthropology and semiotics at Brown University before photography at RISD. She planned to become a documentary filmmaker and in 1992 won the Sundance award for excellence in cinematography. In 1999 she became the fifth woman to join the American Society of Cinematographers. Her directorial debut, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), was nominated for an Academy Award, and she later directed Lee.
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