1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1919–2001 · FRANCE
Sacha Vierny
Formal, painterly compositions and stylised colour.
- Born
- 1919
- Died
- 2001
- Country
- France
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1961Last Year at Marienbad
- 1959Hiroshima mon amour
- 1956Night and Fog
- 1985A Zed & Two Noughts
WHY THEY MATTER
Alain Resnais's cinematographer on ten films from 1955 to 1984, including Hiroshima mon amour and Last Year at Marienbad; Peter Greenaway's regular cinematographer from 1985.
THE LIFE
Vierny was born in Bois-le-Roi and died in Paris. With Alain Resnais he made ten films from 1955 to 1984, beginning with the Holocaust documentary Night and Fog and including Hiroshima mon amour and Last Year at Marienbad. From A Zed & Two Noughts in 1985 he shot nearly everything Peter Greenaway directed. Their films include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Prospero's Books.
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