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Vilmos Zsigmond

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
26

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 16, 1930 (96 years old)

Place of Birth
Szeged, Hungary

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

Camera

2014Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks...Director of Photography
2014God the Father...Director of Photography
2013Compulsion...Director of Photography
2011The Maiden Danced to Death...Director of Photography
2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger...Director of Photography
2010Louis...Director of Photography
2007Torn from the Flag...Director of Photography
2007Cassandra's Dream...Director of Photography
2006The Black Dahlia...Director of Photography
2006Surrender, Dorothy...Director of Photography
2004Melinda and Melinda...Director of Photography
2004Jersey Girl...Director of Photography
2003Timeline...Second Unit Director of Photography
2003Ban Bánk...Director of Photography
2001Life as a House...Director of Photography
2001The Mists of Avalon...Director of Photography
2001The Body...Director of Photography
2000Light Keeps Me Company...Director of Photography
1999The Argument...Director of Photography
1998Playing by Heart...Director of Photography
1996The Ghost and the Darkness...Director of Photography
1995Assassins...Director of Photography
1995The Crossing Guard...Director of Photography
1994Maverick...Director of Photography
1994Intersection...Director of Photography
1993Sliver...Director of Photography
1992Stalin...Director of Photography
1990The Bonfire of the Vanities...Director of Photography
1990The Two Jakes...Director of Photography
1989Fat Man and Little Boy...Director of Photography
1988Journey to Spirit Island...Director of Photography
1987The Witches of Eastwick...Director of Photography
1985Real Genius...Director of Photography
1984The River...Director of Photography
1984No Small Affair...Director of Photography
1983Table for Five...Director of Photography
1982Jinxed!...Director of Photography
1982The Border...Additional Photography
1981Blow Out...Director of Photography
1980Heaven's Gate...Director of Photography
1979The Rose...Director of Photography
1979Flesh & Blood...Director of Photography
1979Flesh & Blood...Director of Photography
1979Winter Kills...Director of Photography
1978The Deer Hunter...Director of Photography
1978The Last Waltz...Additional Director of Photography
1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind...Director of Photography
1976Obsession...Director of Photography
1976Death Riders...Director of Photography
1976Sweet Revenge...Director of Photography
1975Iron and Horse...Director of Photography
1975Mahogany...Additional Photography
1975Funny Lady...Additional Photography
1974The Girl from Petrovka...Director of Photography
1974The Sugarland Express...Director of Photography
1973Cinderella Liberty...Director of Photography
1973Scarecrow...Director of Photography
1973The Long Goodbye...Director of Photography
1972Images...Director of Photography
1972Deliverance...Director of Photography
1971The Hired Hand...Director of Photography
1971McCabe & Mrs. Miller...Director of Photography
1971Red Sky at Morning...Director of Photography
1971The Ski Bum...Director of Photography
1971Threshold...Director of Photography
1970Horror of the Blood Monsters...Director of Photography
1969Futz...Director of Photography
1969Five Bloody Graves...Director of Photography
1969The Monitors...Director of Photography
1969The Picasso Summer...Director of Photography
1968The Name of the Game Is Kill...Director of Photography
1968Prelude...Director of Photography
1967Blood of Ghastly Horror...Director of Photography
1967Jennie: Wife/Child...Director of Photography
1967Mondo Mod...Director of Photography
19671999 A.D....Director of Photography
1966Road to Nashville...Director of Photography
1965Rat Fink...Director of Photography
1965Psycho a Go Go...Director of Photography
1965Summer Children...Director of Photography
1965Deadwood '76...Director of Photography
1965Tales of a Salesman...Director of Photography
1964The Nasty Rabbit...Director of Photography
1964The Time Travelers...Director of Photography
1964What's Up Front!...Director of Photography
1964The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?...Camera Operator
1963Living Between Two Worlds...Director of Photography
1963The Sadist...Director of Photography

Production

2007Torn from the Flag...Executive Producer

Directing

1992The Long Shadow...Director

Crew

1987The Thrill Can Kill...Cinematography
1970A Long Way from Nowhere...Cinematography
1967The Fiend with the Electronic Brain...Cinematography
1965Rat Fink...Cinematography
1963I Hear the Carpenter Singing...Cinematography

Acting

2019Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamsonas
2017Spielbergas Self
2016Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmondas Self
2012Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'as Self
2012Side by Sideas Self
2011Woody Allen: A Documentaryas Self
2010A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hallas Self
2010Louisas Hungarian Photographer
2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmosas Self
2006Who Needs Sleep?as Self
2004Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gateas Self
2004Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsessionas Self
2003Imagining Imagesas Self
2003Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?as Self
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywoodas Self
2003Return of the "Hired Hand"as Himself
2002Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'as Self
2002Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'as Self
2001'Obsession' Revisitedas Self
2001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'as Self
2000Light Keeps Me Companyas Self
2000Altman on His Own Termsas Self
1997Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Westernas Self
1994Maverickas Albert Bierstadt
1992Visions of Lightas Self
1953The Oscarsas Self