1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1935–1996 · UNITED STATES
Jordan Cronenweth
Smoky shafts of light and neon-lit darkness.
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 1996
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1982Blade Runner
- 1984Stop Making Sense
- 1986Peggy Sue Got Married
WHY THEY MATTER
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for Blade Runner; Academy Award nomination for Peggy Sue Got Married; placed among the ten most influential cinematographers in a 2003 International Cinematographers Guild poll.
THE LIFE
Cronenweth was a Los Angeles cinematographer who trained as a camera assistant and operator under Conrad Hall. His work on Blade Runner won the BAFTA and is credited with defining the cyberpunk look. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Peggy Sue Got Married and shot the concert films Stop Making Sense and Rattle and Hum. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1981, he kept working for another thirteen years.
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