1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1946 · HUNGARY
Lajos Koltai
Warm, sensual colour in period drama.
- Born
- 1946
- Country
- Hungary
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1981Mephisto
- 1985Colonel Redl
- 1982Time Stands Still
- 2000Malèna
WHY THEY MATTER
Academy Award nomination for Malena; his work on Istvan Szabo's Mephisto, winner of the Oscar for foreign language film, brought him international recognition; ASC member.
THE LIFE
Koltai shot his first short on Super 8 at fourteen, and as a teenager won prizes at an amateur festival whose jury was headed by Istvan Szabo. His collaborations with Szabo, including Mephisto, Time Stands Still and Colonel Redl, brought him international recognition. He then joined the American Society of Cinematographers and worked in Hollywood. His work on Giuseppe Tornatore's Malena earned an Academy Award nomination, and he went on to direct Fateless.
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