The Best Cinematographers

1. Emmanuel Lubezki

Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.

Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ...

Alfonso Cuaròn : Y Tu Mama Tambien, CHILDREN OF MEN, GRAVITY ...

Terrence Malick : THE NEW WORLD, THE TREE OF LIFE, TO THE WONDER ...

Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñàrritu : BIRDMAN, The Revenant

Michael Mann : ALI

Avec Tim Burton : SLEEPY HOLLOW

2. Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Cinematographer | The Master

Mihai Malaimare Jr. was born in 1975 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a cinematographer, known for The Master (2012), Jojo Rabbit (2019) and The Harder They Fall (2021).

Paul Thomas Anderson : THE MASTER

Francis Ford Coppola : Youth Without Youth, TETRO, TWIXT

3. Newton Thomas Sigel

Cinematographer | Cherry

Newton Thomas Sigel was born in August 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Cherry (2021), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He is married to Lisa Chang.

Nicolas Winding Refn : DRIVE

Bryan Singer : THE USUAL SUSPECTS, Apt Pupil, X-Men, X2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, Jack the Giant Slayer, X-Men : DoFP,

4. Hoyte Van Hoytema

Cinematographer | Tenet

Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The ...

Tomas Alfredson : LAT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ...

David O. Russell : THE FIGHTER

Spike Jonze : HER

Christopher Nolan : INTERSTELLAR

Sam Mendes : SPECTRE

5. Benoît Debie

Cinematographer | Enter the Void

Benoît Debie is known for Enter the Void (2009), Climax (2018) and Spring Breakers (2012).

Gaspar Noé : IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID, LOVE

Harmony Korine : SPRING BREAKERS

Ryan Gosling : Lost River

Fabrice Du Welz : Calvaire, Vinyan ...

6. Rodrigo Prieto

Cinematographer | Brokeback Mountain

Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016).

He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010).

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Alejandro Gonzàlez Iñàrritu : AMORES PERROS, 21 GRAMS, BABEL, Biutiful

Curtis Hanson : 8 MILE

Spike Lee : 25TH HOUR

Oliver Stone : ALEXANDER, Wall Street: Money Never Sleep

Ang Lee : BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, Lust & Caution

Pedro Almodòvar : Los Abrazos Rotos

Ben Affleck : ARGO

Martin Scorsese : THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Silence

7. Adam Stone

Cinematographer | Take Shelter

Adam Stone is known for Take Shelter (2011), Midnight Special (2016) and The Hunt (2020).

Jeff Nichols : Shotgun Stories, TAKE SHELTER, MUD, Midnight Special

8. Robert Richardson

Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...

Quentin Tarantino : KILL BILL Vol. 1 & 2, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, DJANGO UNCHAINED, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

Oliver Stone : Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the 4th of July, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers ...

Rob Reiner : A Few Good Men

Martin Scorsese : CASINO, Bringing Out the Dead, The Aviator, Shutter Island, Hugo

Robert de Niro : The Good Sheperd

9. Robert Elswit

Cinematographer | There Will Be Blood

Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014).

Elswit frequently works with director ...

Paul Thomas Anderson : Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, INHERENT VICE

Dan Gilroy : NIGHTCRAWLER

Brad Bird : Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Christopher McQuarrie : Mission: Impossible 5

Ben Affleck : THE TOWN

10. Seamus McGarvey

Cinematographer | Atonement

SEAMUS McGARVEY (Director of Photography) has collected two Academy Award nominations for his cinematography: on Joe Wright's 2007 WWI drama "Atonement," and his 2012 adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, "Anna Karenina." In addition to the Oscar nominations, McGarvey won the British Society of ...

Joe Wright : ATONEMENT, ANNA KARENINA ...

Joss Whedon : The Avengers

Lynne Ramsay : We Need to Talk About Kevin

Tim Roth : The War Zone

Gareth Edwards : Godzilla

Sam Taylor-Johnson : Nowher Boy, 50 Shades of Grey

11. Greig Fraser

Cinematographer | Dune

Greig Fraser was born on October 3, 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is married to Jodie Fried. They have three children.

12. Darius Khondji

Cinematographer | Amour

Darius Khondji was born on October 21, 1955 in Tehran, Iran. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Amour (2012), Se7en (1995) and Delicatessen (1991). He is married to Marianne Khondji. They have three children.

13. Dick Pope

Cinematographer | The Illusionist

Dick Pope was born in August 1947 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Illusionist (2006), Mr. Turner (2014) and Vera Drake (2004).

14. Natasha Braier

Cinematographer | The Neon Demon

Cinematographer Natasha Braier was born December 11th, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where both her parents practiced psychiatry and where she did her first studies including, as a child, dancing.Her family moved to Europe when she was 18, and where she lived in both Spain and England.She ...

15. Roger Deakins

Cinematographer | Blade Runner 2049

Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.

He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.

Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (...

16. Bruno Delbonnel

Cinematographer | The Tragedy of Macbeth

Bruno Delbonnel was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).

17. Phedon Papamichael

Cinematographer | Nebraska

Phedon Papamichael, an award winning Cinematographer, was born in Athens, Greece and moved with his family to Germany, where in 1982 he completed his education in Fine Arts, in Munich. Working as a photojournalist brought Phedon to NYC in 1983, where he started crossing over into cinematography.

His...

18. Harris Savides

Cinematographer | Elephant

Harris Savides was born on September 28, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Elephant (2003), Zodiac (2007) and Birth (2004). He was married to Medine Chenet. He died on October 9, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

19. Sean Bobbitt

Cinematographer | 12 Years a Slave

Sean Bobbitt was born on November 29, 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).

20. Janusz Kaminski

Cinematographer | War Horse

Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

His ...

21. Jeff Cronenweth

Cinematographer | Gone Girl

Jeff Cronenweth was born on January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Gone Girl (2014), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) and The Social Network (2010).

22. Masanobu Takayanagi

Cinematographer | Hostiles

Masanobu Takayanagi is known for Hostiles (2017), The Grey (2011) and State of Play (2009).

23. Tom Hurwitz

Cinematographer | The Queen of Versailles

Tom Hurwitz, ASC is one of America's most honored documentary cinematographers. Winner of two Emmy Awards, the Sundance and Jerusalem Film Festival Awards for Best Cinematography, Hurwitz has photographed films that have won 4 academy awards and several more nominations (most recently for ...

24. Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Camera_department | The Social Dilemma

Jeff Orlowski-Yang was born on February 18, 1984 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Social Dilemma (2020), Chasing Coral (2017) and Chasing Ice (2012).

25. Claudio Miranda

Cinematographer | Life of Pi

Claudio Miranda was born in March 1965 in Valparaíso, Chile. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Life of Pi (2012), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He has been married to Kelli Bean since February 2009.

26. Robert D. Yeoman

Cinematographer | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Robert D. Yeoman was born on March 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Asteroid City (2023) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

27. Danny Cohen

Cinematographer | Les Misérables

Danny Cohen was born in London in 1963. He took a social sciences degree at Sheffield Polytechnic and had a long time interest in photography, particularly stills work. He became a photographic technician at Middlesex Polytechnic and then a camera assistant on documentaries, commercials and films ...

28. Larry Smith

Cinematographer | Only God Forgives

Larry Smith was born in London, England, UK. He is known for Only God Forgives (2013), Trafficker (2015) and The Guard (2011).

Nicolas Winding Refn : BRONSON, ONLY GOD FORGIVES John Michael McDonagh : The Guard, Cavalry

29. Alwin H. Küchler

Cinematographer | Sunshine

Alwin H. Küchler was born in 1965 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for Sunshine (2007), The Mauritanian (2021) and Divergent (2014). He has been married to Ngozi Onwurah since November 28, 1998.

Danny Boyle : SUNSHINE

Joe Wright : HANNA

30. Ben Davis

Cinematographer | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Ben Davis was born in 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). He is married to Camille Griffin. They have three children.

Matthew Vaughn : Layer Cake, Stardust, Kick-Ass

Stephen Frears : Tamara Drewe

James Gunn : Guardians of the Galaxy

Joss Whedon : Avengers: Age of Ultron

31. Eric Gautier

Cinematographer | Into the Wild

Eric Gautier was born on April 2, 1961 in Paris, France. He is a cinematographer, known for Into the Wild (2007), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Jiang hu er nü (2018).

Sean Penn : INTO THE WILD

Walter Salles : Diarios de motocicleta, On the Road

Patrice Chéreau : Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train, Gabrielle

Leos Carax : Pola X

Arnaud Desplechin : Esther Kahn, Un conte de Noël

32. Philippe Le Sourd

Cinematographer | Yi dai zong shi

Philippe Le Sourd is known for The Grandmaster (2013), The Beguiled (2017) and A Good Year (2006).

Wong Kar-Waï : THE GRANDMASTER

33. Dion Beebe

Cinematographer | Collateral

Dion Beebe is an Australian-South African cinematographer. He is best known for his collaboration with Rob Marshall in the films Chicago (2002), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Nine (2009), Into the Woods (2014) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018);

Beebe also worked with Michael Mann in Collateral (2004) ...

34. Vilmos Zsigmond

Cinematographer | Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Along with László Kovács, a fellow student who fled Hungary in 1956, Zsigmond rose to prominence in the 1970s. He is known for his use of natural light and vivid use of color on features such as The Long Goodbye (1973) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).

35. 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 ...

36. 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), X-Men (2000) and The Spreading Ground (2000). He died on February 23, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

37. Allen Daviau

Cinematographer | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Allen Daviau was born on June 14, 1942 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for E.T. (1982), Empire of the Sun (1987) and Bugsy (1991). He died on April 15, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

38. Sung-je Lee

Cinematographer | Chugyeokja

Sung-je Lee is known for The Chaser (2008), The Yellow Sea (2010) and Confidential Assignment (2017).

39. Dante Spinotti

Cinematographer | L.A. Confidential

Dante Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Udine, in the northeastern Italian Region of Friuli. He began his career at RAI (Italian TV), before that he spent lot of time in Kenia as cinematographer for his uncle. In 1985, producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him a chance to work in USA for the first time ...

40. Peter Suschitzky

Cinematographer | Dead Ringers

Peter Suschitzky was born on July 25, 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Eastern Promises (2007) and Naked Lunch (1991).

Cronenberg : Maps to the Stars, Cosmopolis, A Dangerous Method, ...ExistenZ, Crash

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