Gordon Willis

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-05-28 (83 years old)

Deathday

2014-05-18

Place of Birth

Astoria, New York, USA

Gordon Willis

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series as well as Woody Allen's Annie Hall and Manhattan. Fellow cinematographer William Fraker called Willis's work a "milestone in visual storytelling", while one critic suggested that Willis "defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis amo...

Production

1974

The Godfather Part II

as Director of Photography

1990

The Godfather Part III

as Director of Photography

1971

Klute

as Director of Photography

1979

Manhattan

as Director of Photography

1977

Annie Hall

as Director of Photography

1976

All the President's Men

as Director of Photography

1986

The Money Pit

as Director of Photography

1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo

as Director of Photography

1997

The Devil's Own

as Director of Photography

1993

Malice

as Director of Photography

1983

Zelig

as Director of Photography

1980

Stardust Memories

as Director of Photography

1990

Presumed Innocent

as Director of Photography

1982

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy

as Director of Photography

1984

Broadway Danny Rose

as Director of Photography

1980

Windows

as Director

1970

The People Next Door

as Director of Photography

1978

Interiors

as Director of Photography

1972

Bad Company

as Director of Photography

1972

The Godfather

as Director of Photography

1974

The Parallax View

as Director of Photography

1973

The Paper Chase

as Director of Photography

1970

The Landlord

as Director of Photography

1988

Bright Lights, Big City

as Director of Photography

1987

The Pick-up Artist

as Director of Photography

1985

Perfect

as Director of Photography

1984

The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck

as Director of Photography

1981

Pennies from Heaven

as Director of Photography

1980

Windows

as Director of Photography

1978

Comes a Horseman

as Director of Photography

1977

September 30, 1955

as Director of Photography

1975

The Drowning Pool

as Director of Photography

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Director of Photography

1971

Little Murders

as Director of Photography

1970

Loving

as Director of Photography

1970

End of the Road

as Director of Photography

1977

The Beatles at Shea Stadium

as Camera Operator

1981

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