- Known For
- Camera
- Born
- June 16, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Szeged, Hungary
- Died
- January 1, 2016
Vilmos Zsigmond
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.
Filmography
movieBlood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
movieSpielberg
2017 · Self
movieClose Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016 · Self
movieSix Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014 · Director of Photography
movieGod the Father
2014 · Director of Photography
movieCompulsion
2013 · Director of Photography
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
2012 · Self
movieSide by Side
2012 · Self
movieWoody Allen: A Documentary
2011 · Self
movieThe Maiden Danced to Death
2011 · Director of Photography
movieYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 · Director of Photography
movieA Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010 · Self
movieLouis
2010 · Hungarian Photographer, Director of Photography
movieNo Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009 · Self
movieTorn from the Flag
2007 · Executive Producer, Director of Photography
movieCassandra's Dream
2007 · Director of Photography
movieThe Black Dahlia
2006 · Director of Photography
movieWho Needs Sleep?
2006 · Self
movieSurrender, Dorothy
2006 · Director of Photography
movieMelinda and Melinda
2004 · Director of Photography
movieFinal Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004 · Self
movieZ Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 · Self
movieJersey Girl
2004 · Director of Photography
movieTimeline
2003 · Second Unit Director of Photography
Imagining Images
2003 · Self
movieWho Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003 · Self
movieBan Bánk
2003 · Director of Photography
movieEasy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
movieReturn of the "Hired Hand"
2003 · Himself
movieVilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
2002 · Self
movieCharacter Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002 · Self
movieLife as a House
2001 · Director of Photography
tvThe Mists of Avalon
2001 · Director of Photography
movie'Obsession' Revisited
2001 · Self
movieThe Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
movieThe Body
2001 · Director of Photography
movieLight Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self, Director of Photography
movieAltman on His Own Terms
2000 · Self
movieThe Argument
1999 · Director of Photography
moviePlaying by Heart
1998 · Director of Photography
movieBig Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 · Self
movieThe Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Director of Photography
movieAssassins
1995 · Director of Photography
movieThe Crossing Guard
1995 · Director of Photography
movieMaverick
1994 · Albert Bierstadt, Director of Photography
movieIntersection
1994 · Director of Photography
movieSliver
1993 · Director of Photography
movieStalin
1992 · Director of Photography
movieVisions of Light
1992 · Self
movieThe Long Shadow
1992 · Director
movieThe Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Director of Photography
movieThe Two Jakes
1990 · Director of Photography
movieFat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Director of Photography
movieJourney to Spirit Island
1988 · Director of Photography
movieThe Thrill Can Kill
1987 · Cinematography
movieThe Witches of Eastwick
1987 · Director of Photography
movieReal Genius
1985 · Director of Photography
movieThe River
1984 · Director of Photography
movieNo Small Affair
1984 · Director of Photography
movieTable for Five
1983 · Director of Photography
movieJinxed!
1982 · Director of Photography
movieThe Border
1982 · Additional Photography
movieBlow Out
1981 · Director of Photography
movieHeaven's Gate
1980 · Director of Photography
movieThe Rose
1979 · Director of Photography
movieFlesh & Blood
1979 · Director of Photography
tvFlesh & Blood
1979 · Director of Photography
movieWinter Kills
1979 · Director of Photography
movieThe Deer Hunter
1978 · Director of Photography
movieThe Last Waltz
1978 · Additional Director of Photography
movieClose Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Director of Photography
movieObsession
1976 · Director of Photography
movieDeath Riders
1976 · Director of Photography
movieSweet Revenge
1976 · Director of Photography
movieIron and Horse
1975 · Director of Photography
movieMahogany
1975 · Additional Photography
movieFunny Lady
1975 · Additional Photography
movieThe Girl from Petrovka
1974 · Director of Photography
movieThe Sugarland Express
1974 · Director of Photography
movieCinderella Liberty
1973 · Director of Photography
movieScarecrow
1973 · Director of Photography
movieThe Long Goodbye
1973 · Director of Photography
movieImages
1972 · Director of Photography
movieDeliverance
1972 · Director of Photography
movieThe Hired Hand
1971 · Director of Photography
movieMcCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Director of Photography
movieRed Sky at Morning
1971 · Director of Photography
movieThe Ski Bum
1971 · Director of Photography
Threshold
1971 · Director of Photography
movieHorror of the Blood Monsters
1970 · Director of Photography
movieA Long Way from Nowhere
1970 · Cinematography
movieFutz
1969 · Director of Photography
movieFive Bloody Graves
1969 · Director of Photography
movieThe Monitors
1969 · Director of Photography
movieThe Picasso Summer
1969 · Director of Photography
movieThe Name of the Game Is Kill
1968 · Director of Photography
Prelude
1968 · Director of Photography
movieBlood of Ghastly Horror
1967 · Director of Photography
movieThe Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967 · Cinematography
movieJennie: Wife/Child
1967 · Director of Photography
movieMondo Mod
1967 · Director of Photography
movie1999 A.D.
1967 · Director of Photography
movieRoad to Nashville
1966 · Director of Photography
movieRat Fink
1965 · Cinematography, Director of Photography
moviePsycho a Go Go
1965 · Director of Photography
movieSummer Children
1965 · Director of Photography
movieDeadwood '76
1965 · Director of Photography
movieTales of a Salesman
1965 · Director of Photography
movieThe Nasty Rabbit
1964 · Director of Photography
movieThe Time Travelers
1964 · Director of Photography
What's Up Front!
1964 · Director of Photography
movieThe Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
1964 · Camera Operator
Living Between Two Worlds
1963 · Director of Photography
movieThe Sadist
1963 · Director of Photography
movieI Hear the Carpenter Singing
1963 · Cinematography
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self