1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1955 · UNITED STATES
Robert Richardson
Hot top-light halos and bold mixed formats.
- Born
- 1955
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1991JFK
- 2004The Aviator
- 2011Hugo
- 1989Born on the Fourth of July
WHY THEY MATTER
One of three living cinematographers to have won the Academy Award three times, the first for JFK; ASC Lifetime Achievement Award.
THE LIFE
Richardson studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory and began as a camera operator and second-unit photographer, including on Repo Man. He made his name with Oliver Stone on Salvador and Platoon, which brought his first Oscar nomination, and Born on the Fourth of July. He won his first Academy Award for Stone's JFK. He has since worked extensively with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, on film and digital, and is one of three living people to have won the cinematography Oscar three times.
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