1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1936–2023 · UNITED STATES
Owen Roizman
Gritty, realistic New York of 1970s cinema.
- Born
- 1936
- Died
- 2023
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1971The French Connection
- 1973The Exorcist
- 1976Network
- 1982Tootsie
WHY THEY MATTER
Five Academy Award nominations; Academy Honorary Award (2017); president of the American Society of Cinematographers (1997-98).
THE LIFE
Roizman was raised in Brooklyn and had a tryout with the New York Yankees before contracting polio as a teenager. His father was a cameraman for Movietone News, and he started out at a camera rental store in New York. His second feature, William Friedkin's The French Connection, earned him an Academy Award nomination, the first of five. He served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers and received an Honorary Academy Award in 2017.
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