1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1914–1978 · UNITED KINGDOM
Geoffrey Unsworth
Soft, diffused light and large-scale visual effects work.
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 19682001: A Space Odyssey
- 1972Cabaret
- 1978Superman
- 1979Tess
WHY THEY MATTER
Two Academy Awards, including a posthumous Oscar for Tess; three BAFTAs; five British Society of Cinematographers awards.
THE LIFE
Unsworth worked on nearly ninety feature films over more than forty years. He is best known for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bob Fosse's Cabaret and Richard Donner's Superman. His first Academy Award nomination came for Becket. He died in 1978, and in 1981 he won a posthumous Oscar for Roman Polanski's Tess, shared with Ghislain Cloquet.
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