Known For
Camera
Born
Jun 16, 1930
Died
Jan 01, 2016
Place of Birth
Szeged, Hungary
Credits
116 titles
Vilmos Zsigmond
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.
Known For
Filmography
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
Spielberg
Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Director of Photography
God the Father
Director of Photography
Compulsion
Director of Photography
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Self
Side by Side
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
The Maiden Danced to Death
Director of Photography
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Director of Photography
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
Self
Louis
Hungarian Photographer
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Torn from the Flag
Executive Producer
Cassandra's Dream
Director of Photography
The Black Dahlia
Director of Photography
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
Surrender, Dorothy
Director of Photography
Melinda and Melinda
Director of Photography
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
Jersey Girl
Director of Photography
Timeline
Second Unit Director of Photography
Imagining Images
Self
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Self
Ban Bánk
Director of Photography
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Return of the "Hired Hand"
Himself
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
Self
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
Life as a House
Director of Photography
The Mists of Avalon
Director of Photography
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
The Body
Director of Photography
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
The Argument
Director of Photography
Playing by Heart
Director of Photography
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
Assassins
Director of Photography
The Crossing Guard
Director of Photography
Maverick
Albert Bierstadt
Intersection
Director of Photography
Sliver
Director of Photography
Stalin
Director of Photography
Visions of Light
Self
The Long Shadow
Director