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Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer (April 21, 1872 – April 29, 1944) was
Billy Bitzer
a pioneering American cinematographer notable for his close association
with D. W. Griffith.
Biography
Selected filmography
References
Further reading
External links
Bitzer provided assistance during Griffith's directorial debut, 1908's The Adventures of Dollie, which was shot by
Arthur Marvin. He eventually succeeded Marvin as Griffith's regular cinematographer, working with him on some of
his most important films and contributing significantly to cinematic innovations attributed to Griffith. In 1910, he
photographed Griffith's silent short, In Old California, in the Los Angeles village of "Hollywoodland", qualifying Bitzer
as, arguably, Hollywood's first Director of Photography. The apex of Bitzer and Griffith's collaboration came with The
Birth of a Nation (1915), a film funded in part by Bitzer's life savings, and the epic Intolerance (1916).
For all his innovation, Bitzer did not survive the industry's transition to sound, and in 1944 he suffered a heart attack
and died in Hollywood in relative obscurity.
His autobiography, Billy Bitzer: His Story, was published posthumously in 1973.
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In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild named him one of the ten most influential
cinematographers in history.[2] Bitzer, it is said, "developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future
motion pictures."[3] Among Bitzer's innovations were
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Drums of Love (1927)
The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Hendricks, Gordon (1964), Beginnings of the Biograph, New York, New York: Theodore Gaus' sons.
G. W. (Billy) Bitzer, Billy Bitzer: His Story (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1973), ISBN 978-0-374-11294-3
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Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland, A.S.C. (May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948) was an
Gregg Toland
American cinematographer known for his innovative use of techniques such
as deep focus, examples of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles'
Citizen Kane (1941), William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives (1946),
and John Ford's The Long Voyage Home (1940). Toland was voted as one
of the top 10 (actually 11 with a tie) most influential cinematographers in
the history of films by the International Cinematographers Guild in 2003.
[1][2]
Contents
Career
Contributions on Citizen Kane
Innov ations in The Long Voyage Home (1940) and Citizen Kane
(1941) Gregg Toland in 1947
Deep focus technique and lighting schemes Born Gregg Wesley
Optical print shots and in-camera composites on Citizen Kane Toland
Similarities betw een Citizen Kane and The Long Voyage Home May 29, 1904
Charleston, Illinois
Other important w orks
Serv ice during World War II Die d September 28,
1948 (aged 44)
Media
Los Angeles,
Academy Aw ard nominations
Calif ornia
Filmography
Nationality American
Legacy
Occupation Cinematographer
References
External links Ye ars active 1926–1948
Know n for Innovative use of
lighting and
Career techniques such
as deep f ocus
Toland was born in Charleston, Illinois on May 29, 1904 to Jennie, a
housekeeper, and Frank Toland. His mother moved to California several Notable w ork The Best Years of
years after his parents divorced in 1910. Our Lives
Citizen Kane
He first demonstrated his chiaroscuro, side-lit style on the short film The The Grapes of
Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928), on which one of the two Wrath
400W bulbs they had available burned out, leaving only a single bulb to The Long Voyage
light with. Home
Wuthering
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During the 1930s, Toland became the youngest cameraman in Hollywood Heights
but soon one of its most sought-after cinematographers. Over a seven-year Helen Barclay
Spous e (s )
span (1936–1942), he was nominated five times for the Academy Award for (m. 1934;
Best Cinematography, including an Academy Award for his work on div. 1945)
Wuthering Heights (1939). He worked with many of the leading directors Virginia Thorpe
(m. 1945; his
of his era, including John Ford, Howard Hawks, Erich von Stroheim, King
death 1948)
Vidor, Orson Welles, and William Wyler.
Childre n 3
Just before his death, he was concentrating on the "ultimate focus" lens,
which makes both near and far objects equally distinct. "Just before he died he had worked out a new lens with which
he had made spectacular shots. He carried in his wallet a strip of film taken with this lens, of which he was very proud.
It was a shot of a face three inches from the lens, filling one-third of the left side of the frame. Three feet from the lens,
in the center of the foreground, was another face, and then, over a hundred yards away was the rear wall of the studio,
showing telephone wires and architectural details. Everything was in focus, from three inches to infinity". [3]
He died in his sleep, in Los Angeles, California on September 28, 1948 of coronary thrombosis at age 44. He is interred
in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.[4]
At the time Kane was produced and released, Welles and Toland (among
others) insisted that Welles gave lighting instructions that fall normally Orson Welles and Gregg Toland at
under the director of photography's responsibility. Many of the transitions work on Citizen Kane (1941); the
in the film are done as lighting cues on set (such as the transition at the camera appears to be one of the
opening of the film from the outside of Xanadu into Kane's bedroom for his very few brand-new Mitchell
Camera Corp BNCs which were
death), where lights are dimmed up and down on stage. Apparently, Welles
made before the World War II
was unaware that one could achieve the effects optically on a film so he
embargo on the manufacture of
instructed the crew to dim the lights the way you would on a theater new production cameras
production, which led to the unique dissolves. Different areas of the frame (excepting those intended for the
dissolve at different times, based on the lighting cue. However, the visuals U.S. Army Signal Corps and U.S.
were truly a collaboration, as Toland contributed great amounts of allies).
technical expertise that Welles needed so that he could achieve his vision.
Years later, Welles acknowledged, "Toland was advising him on camera
placement and lighting effects secretly so the young director would not be embarrassed in front of the highly
experienced crew."[5]
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In Toland's lighting schemes, shadow became a much more compelling tool, both dramatically and pictorially, to
separate the foreground from the background and so to create space within a two-dimensional frame while keeping all
of the picture in focus. According to Toland, this visual style was more comparable with what the eyes see in real life
since vision blurs what is not looked at rather than what is.
For John Ford's The Long Voyage Home (1940), Toland leaned more heavily on back-projection to create his deep
focus compositions, such as the shot of the island women singing to entice the men of the SS Glencairn. He continued
to develop the technologies that would allow for him to create his images in Citizen Kane.
The main way to achieve deep focus was closing down the aperture, which required increasing the lighting intensity,
lenses with better light transmission, and faster film stock. On Citizen Kane, the cameras and coated lenses used were
of Toland's own design working in conjunction with engineers from Caltech. His lenses were treated with Vard
Opticoat[7] to reduce glare and increase light transmission. He used the Kodak Super XX film stock, which was, at the
time, the fastest film available, with an ASA film speed of 100. Toland had worked closely with a Kodak representative
during the stock's creation before its release in October 1938, and was one of the first cinematographers using it
heavily on set.[8]
Lens apertures employed on most productions were usually within the f/2.3 to f/3.5 range; Toland shot his scenes in
between f/8 and f/16. This was possible because several elements of technology came together at once: the technicolor
three strip process, which required the development of more powerful lights, had been developed and the more
powerful Carbon Arc light was beginning to be used. By utilizing these lights with the faster stock, Toland was able to
achieve apertures previously unattainable on a stage shoot.[9]
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But Toland hated this technique, since he felt he was "duping," (i.e. a copy of a copy) thereby lowering the quality of his
shots. Thus other shots (like the shot of Susan Alexander Kane's bedroom after her suicide attempt, with a glass in the
foreground and Kane entering the room in the background) were in-camera composites, meaning the film was exposed
twice—another technique that Linwood Dunn improved upon.
For instance, both movies contain shots that create an artificial lighting situation such that a character is lit in the
background and walks or runs through dark areas to the foreground, where his arrival triggers, off-screen, a light not
on before. The result is so visually dramatic because a character moves, only barely visible, through vast pools of
shadow, only to exit the shadow very close to the camera, where his whole face is suddenly completely lit. This use of
much more shadow than light, soon one of the main techniques of low-key lighting, heavily influenced film noir.
The Long Voyage Home and Citizen Kane share a number of other striking similarities:
Both films allowed lenses at times to distort faces in close-up, especially during low-key lighting sequences
described above.
Sets, both interiors and exteriors, were lit mostly from the floor instead of from the rafters high above. A
radical departure from Hollywood's traditional lighting, this technique also took much longer to execute,
thus contributing significantly to production costs. However, the effect was strikingly more realistic, since light
sources placed closer to the characters allowed softer lighting, which lights placed far above the set could
not produce.
Both directors, Welles as well as Ford, put Toland's credit as cinematographer on screen at the same time as
their own credit as director (director/producer in Welles's case), an unusual and conspicuously generous
tribute; in both films, Toland's credit was also the same size as the director's.
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Media
In addition to sharing a title card with Orson Welles on Kane—an indication of the high esteem the director held for his
cameraman—Welles also gave Toland a cameo in the film as the reporter who is slow to ask questions when Kane
returns from Europe.
Filmography
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (1928) co-cinematographer
Queen Kelly (1929) filmed alternate ending directed by Gloria Swanson
The Trespasser (1929) co-cinematographer
Bulldog Drummond (1929) co-cinematographer
This Is Heaven (1929) co-cinematographer
Condemned (1929) co-cinematographer
Raffles (1930) co-cinematographer
Whoopee! (1930) co-cinematographer
The Devil to Pay! (1930) co-cinematographer
Indiscreet (1931) co-cinematographer
One Heavenly Night (1931) co-cinematographer
Street Scene (1931) co-cinematographer
Palmy Days (1931)
The Unholy Garden (1931)
Tonight or Never (1931)
Play-Girl (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
The Tenderfoot (1932)
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
The Masquerader (1933)
The Nuisance (1933)
Tugboat Annie (1933)
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Legacy
The results of a survey conducted in 2003 by the International Cinematographers Guild placed Toland in the top ten of
history's most influential cinematographers. [13]
The 2006 Los Angeles edition of CineGear assembled a distinguished panel composed of Owen Roizman, László
Kovács, Daryn Okada, Rodrigo Prieto, Russell Carpenter, Dariusz Wolski, and others. Called "Dialogue With ASC
Cinematographers," the panel was asked to name two or three other cinematographers, living or dead, who had
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influenced their work or whom they considered to be the best of the best. Each panel member cited Gregg Toland first.
References
1. "Top 10 Most Influential Cinematographers Voted on by Camera Guild" (http://www.ign.com/boards/threads
/top-10-most-influential-cinematographers-voted-on-by-camera-guild.47138561/). IGN Boards. Retrieved
2017-12-21.
2. "ICG Announces Top 10 Influential Cinematographers" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170907082404/http:
//www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/icg-announces-top-10-influential-cinematographers
/415189). Creative Planet Network. 2014-06-09. Archived from the original
(http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/icg-announces-top-10-influential-
cinematographers/415189) on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
3. Wyler, William. Sequence #8, Summer 1949, p. 09
4. "Gregg Toland (1904 - 1948) - Find A Grave Memorial" (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5503).
www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
5. Gregg Toland (http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/toland.htm)
6. Wallace, Roger Dale “Gregg Toland—His Contributions to Cinema,” University Microfilms International, Ann
Arbor, 1976. p. 35
7. Ogle, Patrick “Technological and Aesthetic Influences Upon the Development of Deep Focus
Cinematography in the United States,” Screen vol. 13, no. 1, Spring 1972. p. 95-96. Among the many
technical advances discussed by Ogle in his article is the “Vard” opticoating system, where chemicals are
applied to the lenses enabling an increase in speed such that the lens can be further stopped down,
creating more depth of field. Developed at Caltech with the input of Toland, they were scarce before their
use in Kane, the only major example being the use of Bausch & Lomb lenses for the projection of Gone
with the Wind in theatres.
8. Dale, Wallace Roger “Gregg Toland—His Contributions to Cinema,” University Microfilms International,
1976 p. 48
9. Mitchell, George: “A Great Cameraman,” Films in Review, December 1956, p. 508.
10. Wallace, p. 154. “Obviously, Best Years performed no greater function than that of forcing people to focus,
much in the fashion of Toland’s camera, on all the elements that constituted the reality of the times.
11. P. 111 in Persico, Joseph E. 2001. Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage. New York:
Random House. 536 pp.
12. "New York Times: December 7th" (https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/124960/December-7th/details). NY
Times. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
13. "Top 10 Most Influential Cinematographers Voted on by Camera Guild," October 16, 2003.
(http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Top+10+Most+Influential+Cinematographers+Voted+on+by+Camera+Guild.-
a0108995062) Retrieved January 28, 2011.
External links
Gregg Toland (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005904/) on IMDb
Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers (http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/toland.htm)
The Motion Picture Cameraman article written by Toland (http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=178)
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Robert Burks
Robert Burks, A.S.C. (July 4, 1909 – May 11, 1968) was an American
Robert Burks, A.S.C.
cinematographer known for being proficient in virtually every genre,
equally at home with black-and-white or color, and for his many Born Leslie Robert Burks
collaborations with the celebrated film director Alfred Hitchcock. July 4, 1909
Chino, California
United States
Die d May 11, 1968
Contents (aged 58) (House
Career f ire)
Biography Huntington Harbour,
Legacy Calif ornia
Cinematographic Style United States
Cinematography in The Wrong Man (1956)
Occupation Cinematographer
Cinematography in The Birds (1963)
Cinematography in Marnie (1964)
Burks and Hitchcock
Other collaborators
Other Important Works
Filmography
Films as Special Effects Photographer[2]
Films as Cinematographer:[2]
Academy Aw ards [2][8]
References
External links and further reading
Career
Biography
Robert Burks was born in Chino California on July 4, 1909.[1] He was only nineteen years old in 1928 when he found
his first job as a special effects technician in the Warner Brother's Lab, the industry's largest special effects facility at
the time.[2] Burks' talent was evident, and he quickly rose through the ranks at Warner Bros, first promoted to assistant
cameraman in 1929, and then on to operating cameraman in 1934. In 1938 Burks rose to special effects
cinematographer, garnering over 30 special effect cinematography credits before he was promoted to Director of
Photography in 1944.[3]
With his promotion to DP (Director of Photography), Burks, who was only thirty five years old, became the youngest
fully accredited DP in the industry, working in the cinematographic unit at Warner Bros amongst the most
distinguished cinematographers of the time, from James Wong Howe to Sol Polito.[3] Throughout his career at Warner
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Brother's leading up to this time, Burks' education and special effects experience were invaluable, as he crafted his
cinematographic identity under the expertise of many of the most renowned cinematographers in the world. [4] Burks
ultimately left Warner Bros alongside Alfred Hitchcock in the fall of 1953 in favor of a move to the Paramount lot,
which boasted a greater breadth of resources and more established reputation at the time. [5]
Burks' first Director of Photography credit was Jammin' the Blues (1944), a short film featuring leading jazz musicians
of the day. It was not until 1949 that Burks evolved into a full-time production cinematographer with his photography
in The Fountainhead (1949).[4]
Burks is best known for his cinematography in a number of collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock throughout
the 1950s and 1960s.[2] Though his legacy is highly intertwined with that of Hitchcock, in his twenty five years as a DP
Burks' worked on an impressive 55 features.[4] Notable credits include The Fountainhead, Beyond the Forest, The
Glass Menagerie, The Spirit of St. Louis, The Music Man, and A Patch of Blue.[6]
In 1968 Burks died at the age of 58 alongside his wife, Elisabeth, in a fire at their home in Huntington Harbor,
California.[4][7]
Legacy
Cinematographic Style
Burks' cinematography is most notable for its wide stylistic range, with his skills as a technician informing his
photographic versatility in black and white, color, and 3-D. Such an adeptness for a wide spectrum of cinematographic
technique imbued Burks with a unique ability to create a visual style that was in keeping with a specific directorial
vision. Burks further enforced said strong directorial vision in his works through techniques and stylistic choices that
tended to remain "invisible" to the viewer, rarely calling attention to themselves. [1] Burks filmography evidences his
ease in a variety of settings, whether it be outdoors, indoors, on location or on set. Burks' talent allowed for
experimentation and made him an equal opportunist, resulting in a filmography that boasts photography in black and
white, color, and even 3-D not to mention a number of exemplary VistaVision films. [8]
Burks' time in the special effects lab played a large part in the meticulous planning he was known to do before he ever
stepped foot on set. From the beginning of his career, Burks' was known for a high level of involvement in the pre-
production of the films he worked on, something that was uncommon for cinematographers at this time. This early
collaboration with the director in imagining visual style was the first step in Burks' highly organized and calculated
cinematographic style. He would next utilize miniature models of each of the films sets in order to devise and elaborate
plan for every lighting and camera setup in the film.[3] This high level of planning in advance bolstered Burks
reputation for incredible accuracy and precision when it came to technical set ups that were often unconventional. [5]
Burks' background boasted a wealth of technical knowledge that, when paired with his natural instincts for lighting
and composition, employed him with an exceptional ability to take artistic risks that resulted in some of the most
visually striking films of all time.[9]
Burks wide reaching accolades were recognized via a number of nominations, with four Academy Award nominations
including both best black and white photography and best color photography. Burks' one and only Oscar win was for
To Catch a Thief, which is renowned as "a magnificent example of VistaVision technique." [4]
When describing Burks, Byron Haskin, ASC, stated that, "his work is thoroughly excellent in every respect...[He is]
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A closer look at Burks' cinematography in specific films best captures the wide range of his style.
Beyond the basic level of creating uniform lighting schemes from one location to the next, Burks' lighting style was
highly intertwined with the thematics and mood of the film. He frequently utilized the lighting scheme in The Wrong
Man to create a cross hatched shadow that "invoked the dominant theme of imprisonment and...of crucifixion". [10] This
visual style was supported by a flare for extreme camera angles and wide angle lenses that, unlike most of Burks'
photography, did call attention to themselves and, in doing so, imbued the film with a notable noir quality. These
highly crafted and precise technical and artistic decisions diverge from the explicitly realist documentary style
Hitchcock initially sought, and rather reflect Burks' flexibility and capability to capture the essence of the narrative
mood with his photography.[10]
One of the greatest challenges lay in the realism of the birds themselves, which were initially all mechanical models
intended to appear natural. Burks was not satisfied with the look of these fake birds, and instead proposed the use of a
combination of real birds and special effects that would allow the birds to appear more realistic. Along with special
effects editor Brad Hoffman, Burks used his knowledge of special effects to manipulate pre-existing footage of birds
that could then be utilized in the film. In the end, Burks spent over a year planning, shooting, reshooting, and
overseeing special effects on The Birds to create the masterpiece we know today.[11]
One of the film's most famous and technically impressive scenes occurs at its conclusion in the shot of the Brenner's
driveway, which required a combination of thirty two different exposures as well as one of Whitlock's matte paintings.
Such a shot was highly advanced for this time and evidences Burks' technical genius and undeniable aptitude for
special effects.[11]
Hitchcock stated that "If Bob Burks and the rest of us hadn't been technicians ourselves the film would have cost $5
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million [instead of $3 million." Brad Hoffman further lauded Burks' contribution, saying the film "never could have
been made [without Burks]. It was his persistence in doing these shots over and over that made The Birds the classic it
is today." [11]
In terms of color, "the film avoids warm and bright colors, instead emphasizing subdued tones that would allow for the
selective use of two primary colors: red and yellow." [13] This experimentation with color was particularly effective in
flashback sequences, where tones were highly desaturated to evoke the feeling of a long suppressed memory.
Burks' voyeuristic camera movement in the film was more radical than anything he had done previously, alternating
between "tightly framed compositions shot with 50mm fixed lenses and striking camera moves, including backward
and forward zooms, elaborate tracking shots pans, crane shots, Dutch tiles, and even the combination zoom and dolly
shot." [13] These decisions were not superfluous though; despite their extreme nature, the camera movement in the film
was highly calculated and fluid, ultimately reflecting a "highly effective synthesis of narrative development and artistic
expression." [13]
Much like The Birds, the film toys with close ups of Tippi Hedren. According to Hitchcock biographer Donald Spoto,
the director gave Burks "unusual instructions about photographing her face - the camera was to come as close as
possible, the lenses were almost to make love to her. For a scene in which she is kissed by Sean Connery, the close-up is
so tight, the frame filled so fully with pressing lips, that the tone is virtually pornographic." [12]
The pair's partnership kicked off with Hitchcock's 1951 Strangers on a Train, which garnered Burks his first Oscar
nomination, and spanned over 13 years concluding with Marnie in 1964.[15] The pair's collaborations include:
Strangers on a Train (1951), I Confess (1953), Dial M For Murder (1954, 3-D, Warner Color), Rear Window (1954,
Technicolor), To Catch a Thief (1955, VistaVision, Technicolor), The Trouble with Harry (1955, VistaVision,
Technicolor), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, VistaVision, Technicolor), The Wrong Man (1957), Vertigo (1958,
VistaVision, Technicolor), North by Northwest (1959, VistaVision, Technicolor), The Birds (1963, Technicolor), and
Marnie (1964, Technicolor)[4]. The variety of the aforementioned films reflect Burks' considerable range, with
examples of every available format from "the black and white pseudo documentary of The Wrong Man to the
numerous VistaVision color productions" [14]
Hitchcock's own high level proficiency in special effects made his directorial style a good match for Burks, allowing for
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cinematographic experimentation as his writing often prompted "unusual camera imagery." [4]
Hitchcock is said to have been devastated by the death of Burks - many believe that if this incident had not occurred,
the two would have gone on to make numerous other masterpieces together.[4]
Other collaborators
In addition to Hitchcock, Burks did work with a number of other directors on multiple projects. Such collaborative
relationships are evidenced in Burks' repeat work as DP with the following directors: [2]
Delmer Daves: To the Victor, A Kiss in the Dark, and Task Force
Gordon Douglas: Come Fill the Cup, Mara Maru, and So This is Love (The Grace Moore Story)
Hitchcock was known to work with a close knit production team that, in addition to Burks, included production
designer Robert Boyle, editor George Tomasini, costume designer Edith Head, and composer Bernard Herrmann. [14] A
particularly important relationship was that of Burks and operative cameraman Leonard J. South, who worked
alongside the DP on all twelve films he photographed for Hitchcock. Another important Hitchcock collaborator,
screenwriter John Micael Hayes, stated that Burks "gave Hitchcock marvelous ideas [and] contributed greatly to every
picture [he shot] during those years."[16]
Filmography
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Films as Cinematographer:[2]
Jammin' the Blues, 1944
Make Your Own Bed, 1944
Escape in the Desert, 1945
Hitler Lives!, 1945
Star in the Night, 1945
To the Victor, 1948
A Kiss in the Dark, 1948
Task Force, 1949
The Fountainhead, 1949
Beyond the Forest, 1949
The Glass Menagerie, 1950
Room for One More, 1951
Close to My Heart, 1951
The Enforcer, 1951
Strangers on a Train, 1951
Tomorrow is Another Day, 1951
Come Fill the Cup, 1951
Mara Maru, 1952
I Confess, 1952
The Desert Song, 1953
Hondo, 1953
The Boy from Oklahoma, 1953
So This Is Love, 1953
Dial M for Murder, 1954
Rear Window, 1954
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Academy Awards[2][8]
Nominee - Best Black and White Photography Strangers on a Train 1951
References
1. Whitty, Stephen (2016). The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia. Maryland: Roman & LIttlefield. pp. 62–63.
2. Morrison, James (2006). International Directory of Films and Filmmakers. Detroit: St. James Press.
pp. 135–136 – via Gale Cengage Learning.
3. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. University of California Press. pp. 129–131.
4. Turner, George (1998). "Great Relationships: Robert Burks and Alfred Hitchcock". American
Cinematographer. 79: 72–74 – via ProQuest.
5. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 135.
6. "Robert Burks Biography" (http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/burks.htm). Internet Encyclopedia of
Cinematographers. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
7. "Robert Burks Obituary" (https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/83582/Robert-Burks). The New York Times.
Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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8. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 201.
9. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 152.
10. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. pp. 132–134.
11. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. University of California Press. pp. 144–146.
12. Pizello, Stephen (2012). "Hitchcock Blonde". American Cinematographer. 10: 76–85 – via ProQuest.
13. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. pp. 146–150.
14. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. pp. 27–28.
15. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style: Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 116.
16. Beach, Christopher (2015). A Hidden History of Film Style, Cinematographers, Directors, and the
Collaborative Process. Oakland: University of California Press. "128-129"
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Freddie Young
Frederick A. Young, OBE, BSC (9 October 1902 – 1 December 1998),
Freddie Young
(often credited as F.A. Young) was a British cinematographer. He is
probably best known for his work on David Lean's films Lawrence of Born Frederick A. Young
Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Ryan's Daughter (1970), all 9 October 1902
three of which won him Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. London, England
Die d 1 December 1998
He was also director of photography on more than 130 films, including (aged 96)
many other notable productions, such as Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), 49th
Nationality British
Parallel (1941), Lust for Life (1956), The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958),
Lord Jim (1965), Battle of Britain (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Occupation Cinematographer
and the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967). He was also the first Ye ars active 1920–1983
British cinematographer to film in CinemaScope. Childre n Michael Young 1937
Young co-wrote The Work of the Motion Picture Cameraman, with Paul Aw ards Be s t
Petzold, published in 1972 (Focal Press, London). Cine m atography
1962 Lawrence of
In 2003, a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild Arab ia
placed Young among the ten most influential cinematographers in 1965 Doctor
history.[1] Zhivago
1970 Ryan's
He was awarded The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and
Daughter
Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant
contribution to the art of photography in 1996/97.[2]
In 1984, Young directed his only film as at the age of 82, Arthur's Hallowed Ground, starring Jimmy Jewel, which was
made for television.
Selected films
Victory (1928)
White Cargo (1929)
A Peep Behind the Scenes (1929)
Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930)
Rookery Nook (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
Tons of Money (1930)
On Approval (1930)
A Warm Corner (1930)
White Cargo (1930)
Mischief (1931)
Carnival (1931)
Plunder (1931)
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References
1. "Top 10 Most Influential Cinematographers Voted on by Camera Guild," October 16, 2003.
(http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Top+10+Most+Influential+Cinematographers+Voted+on+by+Camera+Guild.-
a0108995062). Retrieved 28 January 2011.
2. Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Award (http://www.rps.org/annual-awards/Centenary-Medal).
Retrieved 13 August 2012
External links
Freddie Young (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/477394/) at the BFI's Screenonline. Biography and
filmography
Freddie Young (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002875/) on IMDb
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia (https://web.archive.org/web/20110525124738/http://www.bafta.org
/archive/david-lean/lawrence-of-arabia-journal,8,BAA.html), Digitised BAFTA Journal, Winter 1962-3,
including article by Freddie Young
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Vittorio Storaro - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Storaro
Vittorio Storaro
Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940) is an Italian
Vittorio Storaro
cinematographer widely recognized for his work on numerous classic
films including The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and The Last
Emperor. In the course of over fifty years, he has collaborated with
directors like Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty,
and Woody Allen. He has received three Academy Awards for Best
Cinematography, a BAFTA Film Award for Best Cinematography, a
Primetime Emmy Award, a Goya Award, and a David di Donatello Silver
Ribbon Award, in addition to numerous lifetime achievement honours
from various film organizations.
Contents
Early life
Vittorio Storaro at Cannes in 2001
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With his son Fabrizio, he created the Univisium format system to unify all
future theatrical and television movies into one respective aspect ratio of
2.00:1.
Personal life
Storaro is known for stylish, fastidious, and flamboyant personal fashion.
Francis Ford Coppola once noted that Storaro was the only man he ever Vittorio Storaro in Camerimage
knew that could fall off a ladder in a white suit, into the mud, and not get Festival 23 in 2015, talking about
dirty. how color affects people
physically and psychologically
Filmography
References
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1. Kay, Jeremy. "And the 11 most influential cinematographers of all time are..." (https://www.screendaily.com
/and-the-11-most-influential-cinematographers-of-all-time-are-/4015572.article) Screen Daily.
2. "Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro Warns of "Major Problem" in the Field"
(http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/cinematographer-vittorio-storaro-warns-major-899691). The
Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
3. "The 10 Most Visually Stunning Movies Shot by Vittorio Storaro" (http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/the-
10-most-visually-stunning-movies-shot-by-vittorio-storaro/). Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic
Movie Lists. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
4. Jones, Interview by Jonathan (2003-07-09). "Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro reveals his inspiration"
(https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jul/09/artsfeatures). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077
(https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2017-09-23.
5. Pizzello, Stephen. "Storaro and Bertolucci Celebrated at Milan International Film Festival"
(https://theasc.com/news/storaro-and-bertolucci-celebrated-at-milan-international-film-festival ). American
Society of Cinematographers.
6. Berardinelli, James. "Review: The Conformist" (http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/conformist.html).
ReelViews.
7. Gallant, Chris. "Where to begin with giallo" (https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/where-
begin-giallo). BFI.
8. "Flashback: Apocalypse Now" (https://ascmag.com/articles/flashback-apocalypse-now). American
Cinematographer.
9. Jones, Jonathan. "Painting with light" (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jul/09/artsfeatures). The
Guardian.
10. Adetunji, Jo. "Verdi's Rigoletto given 'cinematic' makeover for BBC" (https://www.theguardian.com/music
/2010/jul/25/verdi-rigoletto-opera-bbc-television). The Guardian.
11. Giardina, Carolyn. "Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on Filming 'Cafe Society' Digitally: "You Can't Stop
Progress" " (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/cinematographer-vittorio-storaro-filming-
cafe-911441). Hollywood Reporter.
Further reading
Masters of Light - Conversations with cinematographers (1984) Schaefer, S & Salvato, L.,
ISBN 0-520-05336-2
Writer of Light: The Cinematography of Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC (2000) Zone, R., ISBN 0-935578-18-8
Vittorio Storaro: Writing with Light: Volume 1: The Light (2002) Storaro, V., ISBN 1-931788-03-0
External links
Vittorio Storaro (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005886/) on IMDb
International Cinematographers Guild Interview (https://web.archive.org/web/20050221085534/http:
//www.cameraguild.com/interviews/chat_storaro/storaro_interview.htm)
Vittorio Storaro Website (Italian or English) (http://storarovittorio.com/)
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Sven Nykvist
Sven Vilhem Nykvist (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsvɛnː ˈvɪlːhɛlm ²nyːkvɪst])
Sven Nykvist
(3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer.
He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with
director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two
Bergman films, Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) in 1973 and
Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) in 1983, and the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for The Unbearable
Lightness of Being.
Contents
Life and career Sven Nykvist on the cover of his
Selected filmography book Vördnad för ljuset
("Reverence f or the light"). 1997.
References
External links Born Sven Vilhem Nykvist
3 December 1922
Moheda,
Life and career Kronobergs län,
Sw eden
Nykvist was born in Moheda, Kronobergs län, Sweden. His parents were
Die d 20 September 2006
Lutheran missionaries who spent most of their lives in the Belgian Congo,
(aged 83)
so Nykvist was raised by relatives in Sweden and saw his parents rarely. His
Stockholm, Sw eden
father was a keen amateur photographer of African wildlife, whose
activities may have sparked Nykvist's interest in the visual arts. Nationality Sw edish
Occupation Cinematographer
A talented athlete in his youth, Nykvist's first cinematic effort was to film
Spous e (s ) Ulla Söderlind
himself taking a high jump, to improve his jumping technique. After a year
(m. 1952–1968)
at the Municipal School for Photographers in Stockholm, he entered the
Ulrika Nykvist
Swedish film industry at the age of 19.
Childre n Carl-Gustaf Nykvist
In 1941, he became an assistant cameraman at Sandrews studio, working on
The Poor Millionaire. He moved to Italy in 1943 to work at Cinecittà Studios, returning to Sweden two years later. In
1945, aged 23, he became a full-fledged cinematographer, with his first solo credit on The Children from Frostmo
Mountain.
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He worked on many small Swedish films for the next few years, and spent some time with his parents in Africa filming
wildlife, footage which was later released as a documentary entitled In the Footsteps of the Witch Doctor (also known
as Under the Southern Cross).
Back in Sweden, he began to work with the director Ingmar Bergman in 1953 on Sawdust and Tinsel (released in the
US as The Naked Night). He was one of three cinematographers to work on that film, the others being Gunnar Fischer
and Hilding Bladh.
Nykvist won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for two of his films: Cries and Whispers (1973), and Fanny
and Alexander (1982), both of which were Bergman films. At the 9th Guldbagge Awards in 1973 he won the Special
Achievement award for his work on Cries and Whispers.[3] He was also nominated for a Cinematography Oscar for The
Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), and in the category of Best Foreign Language Film for The Ox (1991), in which
he directed Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann.
He won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his work on The Sacrifice (1986), the last film of the Russian
director Andrei Tarkovsky. He was the first European cinematographer to join the American Society of
Cinematographers, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASC in 1996. [4]
His ex-wife, Ulrika, died in 1982. Nykvist's career was brought to a sudden end in 1998 when he was diagnosed with
aphasia, and he died in 2006, aged 83.
He is survived by his son, Carl-Gustaf Nykvist, who directed his first film, Woman on the Roof, in 1989 and directed a
documentary about his father, Light Keeps Me Company, 1999.
Selected filmography
Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Laughing in the Sunshine (1956)
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References
1. Cinematographer Nykvist dies, 83 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5367712.stm), BBC News
2. "Top 10 Most Influential Cinematographers Voted on by Camera Guild," October 16, 2003.
(http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Top+10+Most+Influential+Cinematographers+Voted+on+by+Camera+Guild.-
a0108995062) Retrieved January 28, 2011.
3. "Viskningar och rop (1973)" (http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&
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In-depth interview with Nykvist from 1984 on working with Bergman (https://web.archive.org
/web/20071021193228/http://www.fathom.com/feature/122159/index.html )
Obituary (https://www.telegraph.co.uk
/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=Y3AGQQGZ3G3E1QFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&
xml=/news/2006/09/21/db2101.xml), The Daily Telegraph, 20 September 2006
Obituary (https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/movies/21nykvist.html?ex=1316491200&
en=09626932c5efdcda&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss), New York Times, 21 September 2006
External links
Sven Nykvist (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005815/) on IMDb
Sven Nykvist (http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61277) at the
Swedish Film Database
Sven Nykvist (http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=142769) at the TCM Movie
Database
Interview with Nicholas Pasquariello in 1989 in San Francisco, California [1] (https://archive.org/details
/InterviewWithCinematographerSvenNykvist)
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Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa (宮川 ⼀夫 Miyagawa Kazuo, February 25, 1908 – August 7, 1999) was an acclaimed Japanese
cinematographer.[1]
Miyagawa is best known for his tracking shots, particularly those in Rashomon (1950), the first of his three
collaborations with preeminent filmmaker Akira Kurosawa.
He also worked on films by major directors Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, and Kon Ichikawa, such as Ugetsu
Monogatari (1953), Floating Weeds (1959) and the documentary Tokyo Olympiad (1965) respectively.
Miyagawa is regarded as having invented the cinematographic technique known as bleach bypass, for Ichikawa's 1960
film Her Brother.[2][3][4]
Selected filmography
Singing Lovebirds (鴛鴦歌合戦 Oshidori utagassen, 1939)
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References
1. Bergen, Ronald. "Kazuo Miyagawa: The innovative Japanese cinematographer whose reputation was
made by Rashomon," (https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,269158,00.html) Guardian
(Manchester). August 20, 1999.
2. "Kon Ichikawa Retrospective Part 1" (http://www.momat.go.jp/FC/NFC_Calendar/2003-08/kaisetsu.html) (in
Japanese). National Film Center. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
3. ⽇刊スポーツ・訃報・宮川⼀夫⽒ (https://web.archive.org/web/20071114174517/http://www.nikkansports.com
/jinji/1999/seikyo990808.html) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (http://www.nikkansports.com/jinji
/1999/seikyo990808.html) on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
4. "東京現像所:the 50th Anniversary:TOGENの歴史" (https://web.archive.org/web/20071114163558/http:
//www.tokyolab.co.jp/50th/05.html) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (http://www.tokyolab.co.jp
/50th/05.html) on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2008-04-20.
External links
Kazuo Miyagawa (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594335/) on IMDb
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Janusz Kamiński
Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński, A.S.C. (Polish: [ˌjanuʂ kaˈmiɲskʲi]; born
Janusz Kamiński
June 27, 1959) is a Polish[1] cinematographer and film director who started
his career in the United States. He rose to fame in the 1990s with his work
on Schindler's List (1993). He has established a partnership with Steven
Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993.[4] He
won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on
Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan (1998). In recent years, Kamiński
has also moved into the field of directing, first with the horror film Lost
Souls, and later television series like The Event and The Divide.
Contents
Life and career
Filmography
As cinematographer
As other
Aw ards and nominations
Industry awards Kamiński in 2014
Critics awards
Born Janusz Zygmunt
References
Kamiński
External links June 27, 1959
Ziębice, Poland
Nationality Polish[1]
Life and career
Alm a m ate r Columbia College
Kamiński was born in Ziębice, Poland, the son of mother, Jadwiga Celner, Chicago (B.A.,
and father, Marian Kaminski.[5] In 1981, he emigrated to the United States 1987) [2]
at the age of 21 after Prime Minister Jaruzelski imposed martial law. AFI Conservatory
(M.F.A., 1987) [3]
He attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987, graduating
with a Bachelor of Arts degree,[2] taking up filmmaking as a profession Occupation Cinematographer,
before transferring to the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with a f ilm director,
Master of Fine Arts degree. He worked under cinematographer Phedon television director
Papamichael, first as a gaffer, then as chief lighting technician, and Ye ars active 1986–present
eventually second unit director of photography. He shot numerous
Organization American Film
B-movies for directors Roger Corman and Katt Shea, as well as the
Institute
romantic musical comedy Cool as Ice, starring Vanilla Ice. American Society
Kamiński was first discovered by Steven Spielberg in 1991. After seeing the
of
Cinematographers
television film Wildflower, Spielberg hired Kamiński to shoot Class of '61, a
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Schindler's
Filmography List (1993)
Saving
Private
As cinematographer Ryan (1998)
BAFTA Aw ard
f or Best
Cinematography
Schindler's
List (1993)
Independent
Spirit Aw ard f or
Best
Cinematography
The Diving
Bell and the
Butterfly
(2008)
Satellite Aw ard
f or Best
Cinematography
Amistad
(1997)
The Diving
Bell and the
Butterfly
(2008)
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Stephen
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Sommers
Won:
Duwayne
1994 Little Giants
Dunham
Jeremiah S.
Tall Tale
Chechik
1995
Jocelyn
How to Make an American Quilt
Moorhouse
Won:
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Won:
Nominated for:
Nominated for:
Won:
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Won:
Nominated for:
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Nominated for:
As other
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Uncredited;
Mary Ann
Lords of the Deep Austin McKinney Director of 2nd Unit
Fisher
Photography
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Achievement in Cinematography
2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly − Vulcan Prize for the Technical Artist (won)
César Award for Best Cinematography
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Critics awards
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2011: War Horse (won) - Critics Choice Award for Best Cinematography
2012: Lincoln (nomination) - Critics Choice Award for Best Cinematography
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (nomination) - Best Cinematography
International Online Film Critics' Poll
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References
1. "Can Kaminski clinch Oscar for Lincoln?" (http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/128033,Can-Kaminski-clinch-
Oscar-for-Lincoln). Polskie Radio. February 22, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
2. "Spot On: Mauro Fiore" (http://cms.colum.edu/demo/2010/01/spot_on_mauro_fiore_87.php) Archived
(https://web.archive.org/web/20120909213513/http://cms.colum.edu/demo/2010
/01/spot_on_mauro_fiore_87.php) 2012-09-09 at the Wayback Machine., Demo, January 2010, Columbia
College, Chicago
3. "RECENT AFI ALUMNI AND FELLOW AWARDS & HONORS" (http://www.afi.com/conservatory/alumni
/awards.aspx), AFI Conservatory website
4. He Makes It Look Picture-perfect, Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2007 (http://articles.latimes.com
/2007/nov/21/news/en-januszQA21)
5. "Janusz Kaminski (1959–)" (http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Janusz-Kaminski.html). Filmreference.
Retrieved 2009-08-05.
6. Mamelstein, David (February 20, 2013). "Spielberg's Eye" (https://www.wsj.com/articles
/SB10001424127887323495104578313910088529212). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
7. Sullivan, Michael (June 10, 2010). "AFI awards Kaminski" (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020484
/?refCatId=1). Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
8. "Rebecca Rankin and Janusz Kaminski" (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117900239/). Variety. Reed
Business Information. February 16, 2004. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
External links
Janusz Kamiński (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001405/) on IMDb
Janusz Kamiński (http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-film-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher
/eAN5/content/janusz-kaminski) at culture.pl
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Maryse Alberti
Maryse Alberti (born March 10, 1954) is a French cinematographer who
Maryse Alberti
mainly works in the United States on independent fiction films and vérité,
observational documentaries.[1] Alberti has won awards from the Sundance Born 10 March 1954
Film Festival and the Spirit Awards. She was the first contemporary female Langon, France
cinematographer featured on the cover of American Cinematographer for Occupation Cinematographer
her work on Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine.[2] Childre n 1
Contents
Early life
Career
On being a woman in a male-dominated field
Filmography
Aw ards and nominations
References
External links
Early life
Alberti was born in Langon, France. At the age of 19 in 1973, Alberti traveled to New York City planning to see Jimi
Hendrix in concert, but only discovered of his death after her arrival. Instead of returning to France, she hitchhiked
around the US for three years before she settled in New York City.[3] There, she began a job as an au pair before turning
to film.[2]
Career
In a podcast interview with Movie Geeks United!, Alberti states that she never attended film school. [4] She first landed
in the film industry as a still photographer for porn films. [2] In 1982, after having worked on enough film sets and
getting to know people within the industry, she persuaded the filmmakers of the small punk film-noir film Vortex
(1982) to let her be an assistant to the cinematographer. At the time, she had known nothing about film-making and
was trained by the film's cinematographer, Steven Fierberg. [2]
Alberti began her cinematography career working for the film company, Apparatus, run by short-film director
Christine Vachon. The first full-length documentary she shot was Stephanie Black's H-2 Worker (1990). She won her
first Sundance Film Festival award as a cinematographer for this film. [4] She secured her career after being hired for
Todd Haynes' controversial pseudo-documentary feature film Poison (1991). [5]
The cinematographer is most famous for shooting both feature films and small 16mm documentaries- her favourite
camera being an Aaton 16 mm camera. [2] She has voiced that her favourite genre of film is documentary because she
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finds there is "always an adventure [and] a lesson" with this medium and she enjoys learning how to use simple tools
and work with small groups of people. [4]
Alberti's first big budget film was Haynes' Velvet Goldmine (1998) with a spending allowance of $8 million. Working
on this film also consisted of her first time having to use a camera operator. [2]
In June 2006, Alberti traveled to Germany to film portions of the FIFA World Cup for scenes to be shown in Michael
Apted's soccer documentary The Power of the Game (2007). [5]
A more recent work includes Darren Aronofsky's wrestling drama, The Wrestler (2008), starring Mickey Rourke.
Aronofsky hired Alberti as the cinematographer due to her documentary background. Prior to working on this film,
Alberti had no knowledge or experience with wrestling so she would study the sport by attending wrestling matches
with members of the crew every Saturday night for a period of time. She revealed that viewing the sport in person was
helpful to see the world of wrestling. The director and her decided on a "naturalist look"; her aim was to "make [the
film style] work for the drama of the film and keep it as natural as possible" in order to let the viewer feel like they were
in a "real [wrestling] place". Important film elements, styles, and techniques were decided between Alberti and the
director including an aspect ratio of 2.4:1 in order to capture the wrestling ring, fans, and the arena which they decided
were very valuable to the sport. Alberti also used a handheld camera for the action scenes and shot in 16mm film to, as
she states in an interview with MovieMaker, "[embrace] a slightly grainy, edgier look". She used the Arriflex 416
camera and Kodak Vision3 500T color negative film 7219. [6]
In 2013, her photography series called The Pool Series was featured in the gallery 'Show Room' located in Brookyln,
New York. Alberti has stated that she could not see what she was photographing and could "only anticipate what the
next fragment of time might look like" and thus aimed to create an "artistic anticipation". [7]
Filmography
Double Negative (Sam Irvin, 1985)
H-2 Worker (Stephanie Black, 1990)
The Golden Boat (Raúl Ruiz, 1990)
Poison (Todd Haynes, 1991)
Zebrahead (Anthony Drazan, 1992)
Confessions of a Suburban Girl (Susan Seidelman, 1992)
Incident at Oglala (Michael Apted, 1992)
Mob Stories (Marc Levin, 1993)
I Am a Sex Addict (Vikram Jayanti & John Powers, 1993)
Dottie Gets Spanked (Todd Haynes, 1993)
Deadfall (Christopher Coppola, 1993)
The Dutch Master (Susan Seidelman, 1994)
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)
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References
1. "Maryse Alberti- IMDb" (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0016662/). Internet Movie Database Article. IMDB.
Retrieved 4 August 2011.
2. Lee, Linda. "Framing a Vision, Invisibly Maryse Alberti, an Independent Force in Independent Films"
(https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/10/movies/framing-vision-invisibly-maryse-alberti-independent-force-
independent-films.html). The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
3. Chabria, Anita. "Now it's a co-ed sport" (http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/10/news/en-women10). Los
Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
4. "MGU Interview: Cinematographer Maryse Alberti" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTLgap5DA9I).
Youtube. Movie Geeks United!. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
5. Nelson, Steffie. "D.p. makes mark in mostly man's world" (https://variety.com/2006/film/features/maryse-
alberti-1200338363/). Variety. Variety Media.
6. Fisher, Bob. "Maryse Alberti Captures the Spirit of The Wrestler" (http://www.moviemaker.com/articles-
moviemaking/maryse-alberti-the-wrestler-spirit-award-20090319/). MovieMaker. MovieMaker Magazine.
Retrieved 5 April 2015.
7. "SHOW ROOM presents... Maryse Alberti: The Pool Series" (http://www.showroom170.com
/marysealbertipr.html). Show Room Gowanus. Show Room Gowanus.
8. "1990 Sundance Film Festival" (http://history.sundance.org/events/25). Sundance. Sundance Institute.
9. "1995 Sundance Film Festival" (http://history.sundance.org/events/30). Sundance. Sundance Institute.
10. "Alberti feted at women in film celebration" (http://motion.kodak.com/motion/uploadedFiles/mAlberti.pdf)
(PDF). Kodak. Kodak. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
11. "2006 Emmy nominations list – part 2" (https://variety.com/2006/film/news/2006-emmy-nominations-list-
part-2-1200340637/). Variety. Variety Media.
External links
Making the Wrestler Real (http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/making-the-wrestler-real-20090213) at
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Roger Deakins
Roger Alexander Deakins CBE, ASC, BSC (born May 24, 1949) is
Roger Deakins
an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of
CBE
the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins is a
member of both the American and British Society of
Cinematographers. He received the 2011 American Society of
Cinematographers (A.S.C.) Lifetime Achievement Award.[2] Its
president, Richard Crudo, called Deakins "the pre-eminent
cinematographer of our time."[3]
Early life
Deakins was born in Torquay in the English county of Devon, the son
of Josephine (née Messum), an actress, and William Albert Deakins,
a builder.[1] He attended Torquay Boys' Grammar School. While
growing up in Torquay, Deakins spent most of his time in and out of
school focusing on his primary interest: painting. Several years later
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he enrolled in the Bath School of Art and Design (in the city of Bath) Aw ards Academy Aw ard for
where he studied graphic design. While studying in Bath, he
Best Cinematography
discovered his love of photography. He proved to be a very talented
2018 Blade Runner 2049
photographer, and this led to his being hired to create a photographic
documentary of his home town, Torquay. About a year later, Deakins BAFTA Aw ard for Best
transferred to the National Film and Television School in Cinematography
Buckinghamshire.[4] 2008 No Country for Old
Men
From the time of his work in Africa until the early 1980s, Deakins continued his cinematographic and directorial work
in documentaries as well as the burgeoning field of music videos. His early work as both a director and
cinematographer of music videos including a lot of the early Madness videos. Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" and the
concert film Van Morrison in Ireland. Subsequently, he worked on Towers of Babel, Sid and Nancy, The Kitchen Toto,
and Pascali's Island.
Feature films
Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (1990). He began his
collaboration with the Coen brothers in 1991 on the film Barton Fink (the director Barry Sonnenfeld worked as
cinematographer on the Coen brothers' previous three films Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller's Crossing).
Since then, Deakins has been the Coens' main cinematic collaborator and has been their principal cinematographer.
Deakins received his first major award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his outstanding
achievement in cinematography for the internationally praised major motion picture The Shawshank Redemption. The
ASC continued to honour Deakins with outstanding achievement nominations for his later works, including Fargo,
Kundun, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and The Man Who Wasn't There, for which he won his second ASC Award. The
U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures honored him with an award for Career Achievement in
Cinematography in 2007.[5]
In 2008, Deakins became the first cinematographer in history to receive dual ASC nominations for his works The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and No Country for Old Men. The latter won the BAFTA
Award for Best Cinematography and he received Academy Award nominations for both films. In 2009, he was double-
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nominated for the ASC Award again for Revolutionary Road and The Reader (with Chris Menges).[6] In 2011, he was
nominated again for his work on True Grit and also received an ASC Lifetime Achievement Award.
Deakins signed on as cinematographer for Skyfall, having previously worked with director Sam Mendes on Jarhead
and Revolutionary Road.[7] For his work, he received his third ASC Award for outstanding achievement in
cinematography from his ninth ASC Award nomination. Deakins also worked as one of the visual consultants for the
Pixar's animated feature WALL-E, DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon, and Nickelodeon Movies'
Rango. In 2018, he received his fourth ASC award, his fourth BAFTA award, and his first Academy Award for Blade
Runner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve. That year, he filmed an adaptation of The Goldfinch, based on the novel of
the same name, directed by John Crowley.[8]
Deakins was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for
services to film.[9]
Personal life
Deakins married script supervisor Isabella James Purefoy Ellis, professionally known as James Ellis, on 11 December
1991.[10] He lives in his home county Devon in the south west of England.[11] Deakins' primary hobby is taking still
photographs. Before he entered the National Film School in Buckinghamshire he spent a year in North Devon,
documenting the way of life on the farms and in the villages. This cemented his passion for still photography that
continues to this day. On the rare days that he is not in his boat while in Devon, Deakins enjoys travelling to various
places to augment his growing series of images.[11]
Filmography
Key
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Michael
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984 Radford
Roger
Air America
Spottiswoode
1990
Mountains of the Moon Bob Rafelson
Agnieszka
1993 The Secret Garden
Holland
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Releases
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Norman
Dinner with Friends
Jewison
Vadim
House of Sand and Fog
Perelman
Levity Ed Solomon
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John Patrick
Doubt
Shanley
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Cinematography
Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics
Association Award for Best Cinematography
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Best Cinematography
Nominated – San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best
Cinematography
Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics
Association Award for Best Cinematography
References
1. "Roger Deakins Biography" (http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Roger-Deakins.html). filmreference. 2008.
Retrieved 1 September 2008.
2. "Roger Deakins Will Receive The 2011 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Lifetime Achievement
Award" (http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/10/roger-deakins-will-receive-the-2011-american-society-of-
cinematographers-asc-lifetime-achievement-award/). wearemoviegeeks.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
3. "Cinematographer Roger Deakins Takes Visceral Approach To His Craft" (https://variety.com/2015/film
/features/cinematographer-roger-deakins-takes-visceral-approach-to-his-craft-1201593464/). Variety. 4
October 2017.
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4. "CBE For NFTS Alumnus" (https://nfts.co.uk/news/cbe-nfts-alumnus). National Film and Television School. 4
October 2017.
5. "2007 Award Winners" (http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2007/). National Board of Review
of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
6. American Society of Cinematographers (7 January 2009). "ASC Names Feature Film Nominees"
(https://web.archive.org/web/20090129143457/http://ascmag.com/news/News_Articles/News_200.php).
Archived from the original (http://www.ascmag.com/news/News_Articles/News_200.php) on 29 January 2009.
Retrieved 11 January 2009.
7. "Roger Deakins confirms James Bond 23 involvement" (http://www.mi6-hq.com
/news/index.php?itemid=9414&t=mi6&s=news). MI6-HQ.com. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
8. Sharf, Zack. "Roger Deakins is Following 'Blade Runner 2049' With 'The Goldfinch' - IndieWire"
(http://www.indiewire.com/2017/10/roger-deakins-the-goldfinch-dune-denis-villeneuve-blade-runner-
2049-1201883709/). www.indiewire.com.
9. "No. 60534" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60534/supplement/7). The London Gazette
(Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 7.
10. "Roger Deakins" (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005683/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm). IMDb.
11. "Roger Deakins: Devon's movie maestr" (http://www.devonlife.co.uk/people/roger-deakins-devon-s-movie-
maestro-1-5089292). Devon Life. 4 October 2017.
External links
Roger Deakins (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005683/) on IMDb
Video interview with Roger Deakins (http://www.filmdetail.com/2011/07/23/roger-deakins-talks-to-the-bsc/),
FILMdetail
Filmed interview with Roger Deakins on The Reel Show (http://www.reel-show.tv)
I just had to pinch myself (http://www.itvlocal.com/westcountry/news/?player=WCT_home_26&
void=155067), interview with Roger Deakins on ITV Local Westcountry
Information on Roger Deakins at the International Cinematographers Guild (https://web.archive.org
/web/20090228171456/http://www.cameraguild.com
/index.html?interviews%2Fchat_deakins%2Findex.htm~top.main_hp)
An interview with Roger Deakins (https://web.archive.org/web/20080106091842/http://www.indigestmag.com
/deakins1.htm) from InDigest Magazine (https://web.archive.org/web/20110212033107/http:
//indigestmag.com/)
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