1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1913–1981 · UNITED KINGDOM
Robert Krasker
Tilted angles and shadowy, wet streets.
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1981
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1949The Third Man
- 1945Brief Encounter
- 1947Odd Man Out
- 1961El Cid
WHY THEY MATTER
Won the Academy Award for The Third Man, the first Australian cinematographer to win an Oscar; BAFTA nomination for The Running Man.
THE LIFE
Krasker was born in Alexandria, Egypt, with his birth registered in Perth, Western Australia. He studied art in Paris and photography in Dresden and moved to England in 1931. He shot David Lean's Brief Encounter and Carol Reed's Odd Man Out and The Third Man, which made him the first Australian cinematographer to win an Academy Award. He later shot epics including El Cid and The Fall of the Roman Empire.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1901–1974 · United States · Cinematographer
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia