1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1933–2007 · UNITED STATES
Laszlo Kovacs
Loose, natural-light American New Wave photography.
- Born
- 1933
- Died
- 2007
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1969Easy Rider
- 1970Five Easy Pieces
- 1973Paper Moon
WHY THEY MATTER
Lifetime Achievement Awards from Camerimage (1998), WorldFest (1999) and the American Society of Cinematographers (2002), the ASC's highest honour.
THE LIFE
Kovacs was born in Cece, Hungary, and studied at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. With his friend Vilmos Zsigmond he secretly filmed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution on an Arriflex borrowed from their school and smuggled the footage into Austria. In the United States his breakthrough came with Easy Rider in 1969, followed by Five Easy Pieces. He shot six films for Peter Bogdanovich, including Paper Moon, as well as Shampoo and Ghostbusters.
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
1934–2001 · United States · Cinematographer
John A. Alonzo
Naturalistic, cinema verite-inspired photography of the New Hollywood.
Chinatown, 1974Source: Wikipedia
1934–2015 · Czech Republic · Cinematographer
Miroslav Ondricek
Painterly period colour and warm candlelight.
Amadeus, 1984Source: Wikipedia