1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1945 · FRANCE
Philippe Rousselot
Elegant natural light across European and American cinema.
- Born
- 1945
- Country
- France
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1992A River Runs Through It
- 1981Diva
- 1987Hope and Glory
WHY THEY MATTER
Won the Academy Award for A River Runs Through It; three Cesar Awards (Diva, Therese, Queen Margot); BAFTA winner.
THE LIFE
Rousselot was born in Briey and graduated from the Ecole Louis Lumiere in 1966. He began as an assistant to Nestor Almendros on Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee and Chloe in the Afternoon. He won Cesar Awards for Diva, Therese and Queen Margot. In 1992 he won the Academy Award for A River Runs Through It.
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