1930–1992 · Spain · Cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Natural window light and magic-hour exteriors.
Days of Heaven, 1978Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1940 · ITALY
Vittorio Storaro
Colour as meaning, built on a theory of light and its psychology.
- Born
- 1940
- Country
- Italy
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1979Apocalypse Now
- 1970The Conformist
- 1981Reds
- 1987The Last Emperor
WHY THEY MATTER
Won three Academy Awards, for Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Last Emperor; ASC International Award.
THE LIFE
Storaro is an Italian cinematographer known for his long collaboration with Bernardo Bertolucci, including The Conformist and The Last Emperor. He shot Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. He won Academy Awards for Apocalypse Now, Reds and The Last Emperor. He has written about colour and light as a language and proposed the Univisium aspect ratio.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
Univisium (format he proposed)
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