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Gordon Willis
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series as well as Woody Allen's Annie Hall and Manhattan. Fellow cinematographer William Fraker called Willis's work a "milestone in visual storytelling", while one critic suggested that Willis "defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten most influential cinematographers in history.
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The Godfather
Director of Photography
The Godfather Part II
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Klute
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Godfather Part III
Director of Photography
Annie Hall
Director of Photography
The Money Pit
Director of Photography
All the President's Men
Director of Photography
Chains
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Breaking the Frame: A Journey Through the Fourth Wall
It began with a gun, a bullet, and an audience leaping out of their seats. When Justus D. Barnes leveled his revolver at the camera in The Great Train Robbery (...
8 films
When Money Buys Trouble
From Brooklyn to the world, a chain of films where transactions turn tender, then treacherous.
8 films
Growing Pains: Sequels That Leap Through Time
From a Parisian afternoon to a boxing ring, these sequels skip years ahead and find their characters changed, challenged, and achingly familiar. A journey throu...
6 films
When the Sequel Outshines the Original
From gritty crime epics to mind-bending sci-fi, these sequels didn't just continue stories, they redefined them. Here's a chain of films that prove the second (...
8 films
20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own
There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...
20 films
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The Godfather Part III
1990
Bright Lights, Big City
1988
The Money Pit
1986
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
Broadway Danny Rose
1984
Zelig
1983
Stardust Memories
1980
Manhattan
1979
Interiors
1978
Annie Hall
1977
All the President's Men
1976
The Godfather Part II
1974
The Parallax View
1974
The Godfather
1972
Klute
1971