1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1949 · UNITED KINGDOM
Roger Deakins
Restrained, motivated light and precise composition.
- Born
- 1949
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1994The Shawshank Redemption
- 2007No Country for Old Men
- 2017Blade Runner 2049
- 20191917
WHY THEY MATTER
Won Academy Awards for Blade Runner 2049 and 1917 from sixteen nominations; ASC and BSC lifetime awards; knighted.
THE LIFE
Deakins is an English cinematographer who began in documentary. He has shot most of the Coen brothers' films, as well as The Shawshank Redemption and Skyfall. After many nominations he won the Academy Award for Blade Runner 2049 and again for 1917. He was knighted for services to film.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
Arri Alexa
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