Camera
Vilmos Zsigmond
EN, HU, SV cinema · 112 credits
Born
16 June 1930
Died
1 January 2016 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Szeged, Hungary
Also known as William Zsigmond · William Zsigmund
Vilmos Zsigmond (June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer born in Szeged, Hungary. After studying cinematography in Budapest, he left Hungary following the 1956 revolution and settled in the United States, where he shot low-budget features before becoming one of the defining cinematographers of the New Hollywood era. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and was nominated for The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia. He worked repeatedly with Robert Altman, on McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Images and The Long Goodbye; with Brian De Palma, on Obsession, Blow Out, The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Black Dahlia; with Michael Cimino; and, late in his career, with Woody Allen.
Known for
Filmography
Spielberg
as Self
God the Father
Director of Photography
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Director of Photography
Compulsion
Director of Photography
Side by Side
as Self
The Maiden Danced to Death
Director of Photography
Louis
as Hungarian Photographer, Director of Photography
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Director of Photography
Cassandra's Dream
Director of Photography
Torn from the Flag
Executive Producer, Director of Photography
Who Needs Sleep?
as Self
The Black Dahlia
Director of Photography
Surrender, Dorothy
Director of Photography
Melinda and Melinda
Director of Photography
Jersey Girl
Director of Photography
Ban Bánk
Director of Photography
Timeline
Second Unit Director of Photography
Life as a House
Director of Photography
The Body
Director of Photography
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self, Director of Photography
The Argument
Director of Photography
Playing by Heart
Director of Photography
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
Assassins
Director of Photography
The Crossing Guard
Director of Photography
Maverick
as Albert Bierstadt, Director of Photography
Intersection
Director of Photography
Sliver
Director of Photography
Visions of Light
as Self
Stalin
Director of Photography
The Long Shadow
Director
The Two Jakes
Director of Photography
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Director of Photography
Fat Man and Little Boy
Director of Photography
Journey to Spirit Island
Director of Photography
The Witches of Eastwick
Director of Photography
Real Genius
Director of Photography
No Small Affair
Director of Photography
The River
Director of Photography
Table for Five
Director of Photography
Jinxed!
Director of Photography
The Border
Additional Photography
Blow Out
Director of Photography
Heaven's Gate
Director of Photography
The Rose
Director of Photography
Winter Kills
Director of Photography
Flesh & Blood
Director of Photography
The Deer Hunter
Director of Photography
The Last Waltz
Additional Director of Photography
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director of Photography
Obsession
Director of Photography
Death Riders
Director of Photography
Sweet Revenge
Director of Photography
Funny Lady
Additional Photography
Mahogany
Additional Photography
Iron and Horse
Director of Photography
The Sugarland Express
Director of Photography
The Girl from Petrovka
Director of Photography
The Long Goodbye
Director of Photography
Cinderella Liberty
Director of Photography
Scarecrow
Director of Photography
Deliverance
Director of Photography
Images
Director of Photography
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Director of Photography
The Ski Bum
Director of Photography
Threshold
1971
Threshold
Director of Photography
Red Sky at Morning
Director of Photography
The Hired Hand
Director of Photography
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Director of Photography
A Long Way from Nowhere
Cinematography
Five Bloody Graves
Director of Photography
Futz
Director of Photography
The Monitors
Director of Photography
The Picasso Summer
Director of Photography
The Name of the Game Is Kill
Director of Photography
Prelude
1968
Prelude
Director of Photography
Blood of Ghastly Horror
Director of Photography
Jennie: Wife/Child
Director of Photography
Mondo Mod
Director of Photography
1999 A.D.
Director of Photography
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
Cinematography
Road to Nashville
Director of Photography
Psycho a Go Go
Director of Photography
Tales of a Salesman
Director of Photography
Rat Fink
Cinematography, Director of Photography
Deadwood '76
Director of Photography
Summer Children
Director of Photography
The Nasty Rabbit
Director of Photography
The Time Travelers
Director of Photography
What's Up Front!
1964
What's Up Front!
Director of Photography
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Camera Operator
The Sadist
Director of Photography
Living Between Two Worlds
1963
Living Between Two Worlds
Director of Photography
I Hear the Carpenter Singing
Cinematography