Vilmos Zsigmond

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-06-16 (86 years old)

Deathday

2016-01-01

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.

Production

1973

The Long Goodbye

as Director of Photography

1998

Playing by Heart

as Director of Photography

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Director of Photography

1993

Sliver

as Director of Photography

1996

The Ghost and the Darkness

as Director of Photography

1980

Heaven's Gate

as Director of Photography

2007

Cassandra's Dream

as Director of Photography

1976

Obsession

as Director of Photography

1972

Deliverance

as Director of Photography

1974

The Sugarland Express

as Director of Photography

1987

The Witches of Eastwick

as Director of Photography

2001

Life as a House

as Director of Photography

1981

Blow Out

as Director of Photography

1978

The Deer Hunter

as Director of Photography

1990

The Two Jakes

as Director of Photography

2006

The Black Dahlia

as Director of Photography

1994

Maverick

as Director of Photography

2004

Melinda and Melinda

as Director of Photography

1995

Assassins

as Director of Photography

2004

Jersey Girl

as Director of Photography

1990

The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Director of Photography

1965

Psycho a Go-Go

as Director of Photography

1970

Horror of the Blood Monsters

as Director of Photography

1964

The Nasty Rabbit

as Director of Photography

1964

The Time Travelers

as Director of Photography

1976

Death Riders

as Director of Photography

1965

Tales of a Salesman

as Director of Photography

1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

as Director of Photography

1971

The Ski Bum

as Director of Photography

1970

A Long Way from Nowhere

as Cinematography

1964

What's Up Front!

as Director of Photography

2007

Torn from the Flag

as Executive Producer

1985

Real Genius

as Director of Photography

1967

Blood Of Ghastly Horror

as Director of Photography

1969

Five Bloody Graves

as Director of Photography

1971

Threshold

as Director of Photography

1994

Intersection

as Director of Photography

2007

Torn from the Flag

as Director of Photography

1975

Funny Lady

as Additional Photography

2013

Compulsion

as Director of Photography

2001

The Body

as Director of Photography

1979

The Rose

as Director of Photography

1999

The Argument

as Director of Photography

1984

No Small Affair

as Director of Photography

1989

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Director of Photography

1973

Scarecrow

as Director of Photography

1973

Cinderella Liberty

as Director of Photography

1969

Futz

as Director of Photography

1969

The Monitors

as Director of Photography

1972

Images

as Director of Photography

1971

Red Sky at Morning

as Director of Photography

2010

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

as Director of Photography

1988

Journey to Spirit Island

as Director of Photography

1971

The Hired Hand

as Director of Photography

1984

The River

as Director of Photography

1992

Stalin

as Director of Photography

1969

The Picasso Summer

as Director of Photography

1979

Flesh & Blood

as Director of Photography

1983

Table for Five

as Director of Photography

2014

God the Father

as Director of Photography

2014

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

as Director of Photography

1995

The Crossing Guard

as Director of Photography

1982

Jinxed!

as Director of Photography

2003

Ban Bánk

as Director of Photography

2010

Louis

as Director of Photography

2011

The Maiden Danced to Death

as Director of Photography

1979

Winter Kills

as Director of Photography

1976

Sweet Revenge

as Director of Photography

1974

The Girl from Petrovka

as Director of Photography

1982

The Border

as Additional Photography

2003

Timeline

as Second Unit Director of Photography

2000

Light Keeps Me Company

as Director of Photography

1968

Jennie: Wife/Child

as Director of Photography

1965

Rat Fink

as Cinematography

1969

The Picasso Summer

as Cinematography

1978

The Last Waltz

as Additional Director of Photography

1967

1999 A.D.

as Director of Photography

1965

Rat Fink

as Director of Photography

1965

Deadwood '76

as Director of Photography

2006

Surrender, Dorothy

as Director of Photography

1967

Mondo Mod

as Director of Photography

1968

The Name of the Game Is Kill

as Director of Photography

1965

Summer Children

as Director of Photography

1968

Prelude

as Director of Photography

1963

The Sadist

as Director of Photography

1966

The Road to Nashville

as Director of Photography

1992

The Long Shadow

as Director

1987

The Thrill Can Kill

as Cinematography

1963

Living Between Two Worlds

as Director of Photography

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