1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1935–2017 · GERMANY
Michael Ballhaus
Restless, circling camera and long tracking shots.
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 2017
- Country
- Germany
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1990Goodfellas
- 1979The Marriage of Maria Braun
- 1972The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
- 2002Gangs of New York
WHY THEY MATTER
Three Academy Award and three BAFTA nominations; two German Film Awards; long collaborations with Fassbinder and Scorsese.
THE LIFE
Ballhaus was born in Berlin to the actors Lena Hutter and Oskar Ballhaus and appeared as an extra in Max Ophuls's Lola Montes. He came to prominence with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, from Whity to The Marriage of Maria Braun. In America he worked with Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and James L Brooks, shooting Goodfellas and Gangs of New York. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award but never won.
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