1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1929–2018 · POLAND
Witold Sobocinski
Atmospheric, painterly Polish cinema of the 1970s.
- Born
- 1929
- Died
- 2018
- Country
- Poland
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1972The Wedding
- 1975The Promised Land
- 1988Frantic
WHY THEY MATTER
Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award (2018); worked with Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Roman Polanski; taught at the Lodz Film School from 1980.
THE LIFE
Sobocinski graduated from the National Film School in Lodz, where he played drums in the pioneering jazz band Melomani. He debuted as a cinematographer in 1967 and worked with Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Roman Polanski, including Polanski's Frantic. He taught at the Lodz school from 1980 until his death, stressing narrative over visual beauty. Just over a week before he died, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Camerimage.
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