1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1942 · AUSTRALIA
John Seale
Lyrical landscape and kinetic multi-camera action.
- Born
- 1942
- Country
- Australia
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1996The English Patient
- 1985Witness
- 2015Mad Max: Fury Road
WHY THEY MATTER
Won the Academy Award and BAFTA for The English Patient; five Academy Award and six BAFTA nominations in all.
THE LIFE
Seale was born in Warwick, Queensland, and began working with Peter Weir as camera operator and then director of photography. His first American film, Witness, brought an Oscar nomination, as did Rain Man. He won the Academy Award and the BAFTA for The English Patient. He retired after The Tourist but returned to shoot George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road, earning another nomination.
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