1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1952 · UNITED STATES
John Toll
Sweeping natural landscapes and battle epics.
- Born
- 1952
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1995Braveheart
- 1994Legends of the Fall
- 1998The Thin Red Line
WHY THEY MATTER
Won back-to-back Academy Awards for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart, one of four cinematographers to do so; nominated for The Thin Red Line.
THE LIFE
Toll was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and began as a camera operator, including on Norma Rae. He won the Academy Award two years running, for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart. He was nominated again for The Thin Red Line. He has also shot the pilot of Breaking Bad and served as chief cinematographer on Sense8.
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