1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1959 · POLAND
Janusz Kaminski
Desaturated, high-contrast light with blown-out windows.
- Born
- 1959
- Country
- Poland
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1993Schindler's List
- 1998Saving Private Ryan
- 2002Minority Report
WHY THEY MATTER
Won the Academy Award for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, with five further nominations; both films are on the ASC's list of the best-photographed films of the twentieth century.
THE LIFE
Kaminski was born in Ziebice and emigrated to the United States in 1981, at twenty-one, after martial law was imposed in Poland. He studied at Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987. He has been Steven Spielberg's regular cinematographer since 1993, winning Academy Awards for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. He has also directed films, including Lost Souls.
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