1979 - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
by cinemavis | created - 09 Apr 2011 | updated - 03 Aug 2016 | Public
1. Vittorio Storaro
Cinematographer | Apocalypse Now
Vittorio Storaro, the award-winning cinematographer who won Oscars for "Apocalypse Now (1979)", "Reds (1981)" and "The Last Emperor (1987)". He was born on June 24, 1940 in Rome, where his father was a projectionist at the Lux Film Studio. At the age of 11, he began studying photography at a ...
2. Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy
Cinematographer | Stalker
Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy was born on January 24, 1936 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Stalker (1979), Zakat (1990) and The World in Another Dimension (1990). He died in 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
3. Gordon Willis
Cinematographer | Zelig
Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).
His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and ...
4. Giuseppe Rotunno
Cinematographer | All That Jazz
Giuseppe 'Peppino' Rotunno entered the film industry as a still photographer at Cinecitta but lost his job due to his anti-fascist views. Conscripted and sent to Greece in 1942, he then served as a newsreel cameraman with the Italian army film unit. A year later, he was captured during the German ...
5. Derek Vanlint
Cinematographer | Alien
Derek Vanlint was born on November 7, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Alien (1979), The Spreading Ground (2000) and X-Men (2000). He died on February 23, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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6. Caleb Deschanel
Cinematographer | The Passion of the Christ
Caleb Deschanel is an American film cinematographer and film/television director. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards, each time in the field of cinematography. The first nomination came in 1983 for the film The Right Stuff (1983). His second was in 1984 for The Natural (1984), the third ...
7. Edward Klosinski
Writer | Trois couleurs: Rouge
Edward Klosinski was born on January 2, 1943 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994) and Europa (1991). He was married to Krystyna Janda. He died on January 5, 2008 in Milanówek, Mazowieckie, Poland.
8. Jean Penzer
Cinematographer | On ne meurt que deux fois
Jean Penzer was born on October 1, 1927 in Livry-Gargan, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He was a cinematographer, known for He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), A Room in Town (1982) and Buffet Froid (1979). He died on May 20, 2021 in Chatenay-Malabry, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
9. Andrew Laszlo
Cinematographer | Innerspace
Cinematographer Andrew Laszlo was born on January 12, 1926 in Papa, Hungary. Laszlo started out as a camera apprentice at the Motion Picture Studios of Budapest when World War II began. Andrew and his family were sent to a Nazi concentration camp; he was the sole member of his family to survive ...
10. Bruce Surtees
Cinematographer | Beverly Hills Cop
Bruce Surtees was born on August 3, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Dirty Harry (1971) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Carol Buby and Judy Rucker. He died on February 23, 2012 in Carmel, California,...
11. Billy Williams
Cinematographer | Gandhi
Billy Williams was born on June 3, 1929 in Walthamstow, London, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for Gandhi (1982), On Golden Pond (1981) and The Exorcist (1973).
12. Miroslav Ondrícek
Cinematographer | Amadeus
Miroslav Ondrícek was born on November 4, 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a cinematographer, known for Amadeus (1984), A League of Their Own (1992) and Hair (1979). He was married to Eva. He died on March 28, 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
13. Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz
Cinematographer | Bialy niedzwiedz
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz was born on June 23, 1927 in Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Nord, France. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Bialy niedzwiedz (1959), Trzy opowiesci (1953) and Przygody psa Cywila (1971). He died on February 15, 1988 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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