1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1929–1991 · CZECH REPUBLIC
Jaroslav Kucera
Bold, experimental colour and texture of the Czech New Wave.
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 1991
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1966Daisies
- 1964Diamonds of the Night
- 1963The Cassandra Cat
- 1970Fruit of Paradise
WHY THEY MATTER
Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for The Cassandra Cat; called by Martin Fric the most extraordinary cameraman Czechoslovakia ever had.
THE LIFE
Kucera studied at FAMU from 1948 to 1952 and became one of the key cinematographers of the Czech New Wave. He worked often with Vojtech Jasny, Karel Kachyna and his wife, the director Vera Chytilova. His work on Jasny's The Cassandra Cat won the Technical Grand Prize at Cannes, and for Chytilova he shot Daisies and Fruit of Paradise. Director Martin Fric called him the most extraordinary cameraman the country had ever had.
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