1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1902–1998 · UNITED KINGDOM
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
- Born
- 1902
- Died
- 1998
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1962Lawrence of Arabia
- 1965Doctor Zhivago
- 1970Ryan's Daughter
WHY THEY MATTER
Won three Academy Awards, all for David Lean films; BAFTA Fellowship (1972); placed among the ten most influential cinematographers in a 2003 International Cinematographers Guild survey.
THE LIFE
Young was an English cinematographer whose career covered more than 130 films over 65 years, from 1919 to 1984. He is best known for his sweeping widescreen colour work with David Lean. Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter each won him the Academy Award. His other films include Lust for Life and the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.
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
1902–2000 · 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
1906–1980 · United States · Cinematographer
Boris Kaufman
Poetic realist black and white.
On the Waterfront, 1954Source: Wikipedia