1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1957 · CHINA
Gu Changwei
Bold, saturated colour of the Fifth Generation.
- Born
- 1957
- Country
- China
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1993Farewell My Concubine
- 1988Red Sorghum
- 1998The Gingerbread Man
WHY THEY MATTER
Key cinematographer of China's Fifth Generation; his directing debut Peacock won the Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear at Berlin (2005).
THE LIFE
Gu was born in Xi'an and belonged to the 1982 class of the Beijing Film Academy known as the Fifth Generation. Assigned to the Xi'an Film Studio, he shot his classmates' early films, including Chen Kaige's King of the Children and Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum. He later shot Chen's Farewell My Concubine and worked in America with Robert Altman on The Gingerbread Man. From 2005 he turned to directing, and his debut Peacock won the Silver Bear in Berlin.
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