VILMOS ZSIGMOND

Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond
Gender: Male
Known for: Camera
Birthday: June 16, 1930
Deathday: 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.

Notable work

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Filmography

Starring

2019·
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2017·
Spielberg
Self
2016·
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
2012·
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Self
2012·
Side by Side
Self
2011·
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2010·
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
Self
2010·
Louis
Hungarian Photographer
2009·
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
2006·
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
2004·
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Self
2004·
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
2003·
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003·
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Self
2003·
Imagining Images
Self
2003·
Return of the "Hired Hand"
Himself
2002·
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
2002·
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
Self
2001·
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001·
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
2000·
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000·
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
1997·
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
1994·
Maverick
Albert Bierstadt
1992·
Visions of Light
Self
1953·
The Oscars
Self

Production

2014·
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Director of Photography
2014·
God the Father
Director of Photography
2013·
Compulsion
Director of Photography
2011·
The Maiden Danced to Death
Director of Photography
2010·
Louis
Director of Photography
2010·
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Director of Photography
2007·
Torn from the Flag
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
2007·
Cassandra's Dream
Director of Photography
2006·
Surrender, Dorothy
Director of Photography
2006·
The Black Dahlia
Director of Photography
2004·
Jersey Girl
Director of Photography
2004·
Melinda and Melinda
Director of Photography
2003·
Timeline
Second Unit Director of Photography
2003·
Ban Bánk
Director of Photography
2001·
The Mists of Avalon
Director of Photography
2001·
The Body
Director of Photography
2001·
Life as a House
Director of Photography
2000·
Light Keeps Me Company
Director of Photography
1999·
The Argument
Director of Photography
1998·
Playing by Heart
Director of Photography
1996·
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
1995·
The Crossing Guard
Director of Photography
1995·
Assassins
Director of Photography
1994·
Intersection
Director of Photography
1994·
Maverick
Director of Photography
1993·
Sliver
Director of Photography
1992·
The Long Shadow
Director
1992·
Stalin
Director of Photography
1990·
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Director of Photography
1990·
The Two Jakes
Director of Photography
1989·
Fat Man and Little Boy
Director of Photography
1988·
Journey to Spirit Island
Director of Photography
1987·
The Thrill Can Kill
Cinematography
1987·
The Witches of Eastwick
Director of Photography
1985·
Real Genius
Director of Photography
1984·
The River
Director of Photography
1984·
No Small Affair
Director of Photography
1983·
Table for Five
Director of Photography
1982·
The Border
Additional Photography
1982·
Jinxed!
Director of Photography
1981·
Blow Out
Director of Photography
1980·
Heaven's Gate
Director of Photography
1979·
Flesh & Blood
Director of Photography, Director of Photography
1979·
Winter Kills
Director of Photography
1979·
The Rose
Director of Photography
1978·
The Last Waltz
Additional Director of Photography
1978·
The Deer Hunter
Director of Photography
1977·
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director of Photography
1976·
Sweet Revenge
Director of Photography
1976·
Death Riders
Director of Photography
1976·
Obsession
Director of Photography
1975·
Iron and Horse
Director of Photography
1975·
Mahogany
Additional Photography
1975·
Funny Lady
Additional Photography
1974·
The Girl from Petrovka
Director of Photography
1974·
The Sugarland Express
Director of Photography
1973·
Cinderella Liberty
Director of Photography
1973·
Scarecrow
Director of Photography
1973·
The Long Goodbye
Director of Photography
1972·
Images
Director of Photography
1972·
Deliverance
Director of Photography
1971·
Red Sky at Morning
Director of Photography
1971·
The Hired Hand
Director of Photography
1971·
Threshold
Director of Photography
1971·
The Ski Bum
Director of Photography
1971·
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Director of Photography
1970·
A Long Way from Nowhere
Cinematography
1970·
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Director of Photography
1969·
The Picasso Summer
Director of Photography
1969·
The Monitors
Director of Photography
1969·
Futz
Director of Photography
1969·
Five Bloody Graves
Director of Photography
1968·
Prelude
Director of Photography
1968·
The Name of the Game Is Kill
Director of Photography
1967·
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
Cinematography
1967·
Mondo Mod
Director of Photography
1967·
1999 A.D.
Director of Photography
1967·
Jennie: Wife/Child
Director of Photography
1967·
Blood of Ghastly Horror
Director of Photography
1966·
Road to Nashville
Director of Photography
1965·
Rat Fink
Director of Photography, Cinematography
1965·
Summer Children
Director of Photography
1965·
Deadwood '76
Director of Photography
1965·
Tales of a Salesman
Director of Photography
1965·
Psycho a Go Go
Director of Photography
1964·
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Camera Operator
1964·
What's Up Front!
Director of Photography
1964·
The Time Travelers
Director of Photography
1964·
The Nasty Rabbit
Director of Photography
1963·
I Hear the Carpenter Singing
Cinematography
1963·
Living Between Two Worlds
Director of Photography
1963·
The Sadist
Director of Photography