
Vilmos Zsigmond
Camera
Born: June 16, 1930 (85 years old)
Died: January 1, 2016
Place of birth: Szeged, Hungary
Biography
Vilmos Zsigmond (June 16, 1930 - January 1, 2016) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work in cinematography helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement. Zsigmond worked frequently with many leading American directors, such as Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Michael Cimino and Woody Allen.
Filmography (84)
- Light Keeps Me Company (2000, ★ 7.9)
- The Deer Hunter (1978, ★ 8)
- Maverick (1994, ★ 6.9)
- Side by Side (2012, ★ 7.2)
- Visions of Light (1992, ★ 7.1)
- Who Needs Sleep? (2006, ★ 6.8)
- Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond (2016, ★ 6.9)
- Spielberg (2017, ★ 7.6)
- Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004, ★ 7.1)
- Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019, ★ 6.8)
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003, ★ 7.1)
- Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011, ★ 6.9)
- The Long Goodbye (1973, ★ 7.4)
- Playing by Heart (1998, ★ 6.6)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, ★ 7.4)
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996, ★ 6.8)
- Heaven's Gate (1980, ★ 6.8)
- Cassandra's Dream (2007, ★ 6.3)
- Obsession (1976, ★ 6.7)
- Deliverance (1972, ★ 7.3)
- The Sugarland Express (1974, ★ 6.6)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987, ★ 6.5)
- Life as a House (2001, ★ 7.1)
- Blow Out (1981, ★ 7.4)
- Assassins (1995, ★ 6.5)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, ★ 7.2)
- Melinda and Melinda (2004, ★ 6.2)
- Jersey Girl (2004, ★ 6.2)
- Real Genius (1985, ★ 6.6)
- The Rose (1979, ★ 6.7)