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Vilmos Zsigmond
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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 films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Long Goodbye
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director of Photography
The Witches of Eastwick
Director of Photography
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
Blow Out
Director of Photography
Maverick
Director of Photography
Deliverance
Director of Photography
The Black Dahlia
Director of Photography
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Art of the Unresolved
From the sun-bleached streets of Los Angeles to the fog-bound docks of Hamburg, these eight films turn the detective story inside out, leaving questions hanging...
8 films
The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...
8 films
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Cinematography
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Cassandra's Dream
2007
The Black Dahlia
2006
Melinda and Melinda
2004
Jersey Girl
2004
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Maverick
1994
Intersection
1994
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
Blow Out
1981
Flesh & Blood
1979
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
Obsession
1976
The Sugarland Express
1974
The Long Goodbye
1973
Deliverance
1972
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971
The Monitors
1969