Camera · b. 1930 · 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.

Directed
The Long Shadow 1992
Cinematography
God the Father 2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks 2014 Compulsion 2013 The Maiden Danced to Death 2011 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2010 Louis 2010 Cassandra's Dream 2007 Torn from the Flag 2007 The Black Dahlia 2006 Surrender, Dorothy 2006 Melinda and Melinda 2004 Jersey Girl 2004 Ban Bánk 2003 Life as a House 2001 The Body 2001 Light Keeps Me Company 2000 The Argument 1999 Playing by Heart 1998 The Ghost and the Darkness 1996 Assassins 1995 The Crossing Guard 1995 Maverick 1994 Intersection 1994 Sliver 1993 Stalin 1992 The Two Jakes 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990 Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 Journey to Spirit Island 1988 The Witches of Eastwick 1987 Real Genius 1985 No Small Affair 1984 The River 1984 Table for Five 1983 Jinxed! 1982 Blow Out 1981 Heaven's Gate 1980 The Rose 1979 Flesh & Blood 1979 Winter Kills 1979 The Deer Hunter 1978 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Obsession 1976 Death Riders 1976 Sweet Revenge 1976 Iron and Horse 1975 The Sugarland Express 1974 The Girl from Petrovka 1974 The Long Goodbye 1973 Scarecrow 1973 Cinderella Liberty 1973 Deliverance 1972 Images 1972 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 The Ski Bum 1971 Threshold 1971 The Hired Hand 1971 Red Sky at Morning 1971 Horror of the Blood Monsters 1970 Five Bloody Graves 1969 Futz 1969 The Monitors 1969 The Picasso Summer 1969 Jennie: Wife/Child 1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill 1968 Prelude 1968 Blood of Ghastly Horror 1967 1999 A.D. 1967 Mondo Mod 1967 Road to Nashville 1966 Psycho a Go-Go 1965 Tales of a Salesman 1965 Deadwood '76 1965 Summer Children 1965 Rat Fink 1965 The Nasty Rabbit 1964 The Time Travelers 1964 What's Up Front! 1964 The Sadist 1963 Living Between Two Worlds 1963
Acting
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson 2019 Spielberg Self 2017 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Self 2016 Side by Side Self 2012 Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out' Self 2012 Woody Allen: A Documentary Self 2011 A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall Self 2010 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Self 2009 Who Needs Sleep? Self 2006 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Self 2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate Self 2004 Return of the "Hired Hand" Himself 2003 Imagining Images Self 2003 Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? Self 2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self 2003 Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye' Self 2002 'Obsession' Revisited Self 2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Self 2001 Altman on His Own Terms Self 2000 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Self 1997 Visions of Light Self 1992
Other Credits
Timeline Second Unit Director of Photography 2003 The Thrill Can Kill Cinematography 1987 The Border Additional Photography 1982 The Last Waltz Additional Director of Photography 1978 Mahogany Additional Photography 1975 Funny Lady Additional Photography 1975 A Long Way from Nowhere Cinematography 1970 The Fiend with the Electronic Brain Cinematography 1967 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? Camera Operator 1964 I Hear the Carpenter Singing Cinematography 1963
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