Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond [ ˈvilmoʃ ˈʒiɡmond ] (born June 16, 1930 in Szeged , † January 1, 2016 in Big Sur , California ) was a Hungarian-American cameraman .
Life
Zsigmond studied from 1951 to 1955 at the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film (Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskola) , with György Illés and János Badal , among others .
He was an eyewitness to the Soviet army invasion of Budapest in 1956 . Together with his friend László Kovács , he photographed the events and then fled the country with Kovács. He went to the USA and came to film through photography. In the 1960s, he directed the camera in numerous second rate films - mostly horror films . His breakthrough to become one of the best cameramen in the USA came in 1971 with McCabe & Mrs. Miller , directed by Robert Altman .
In 1978 he won the Oscar for Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind . He received three other nominations in 1979 for Michael Cimino's Going Through Hell , 1985 for People by the River by Mark Rydell and 2007 for The Black Dahlia by Brian De Palma . In 1998 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers .
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: Agony (The Sadist)
- 1968: Prelude (short film)
- 1964: 2071 - Mutan Beasts versus Robots (The Time Travelers)
- 1969: Five Bloody Graves (Five Bloody Graves)
- 1971: The Hired Hand
- 1971: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
- 1972: Everyone dies when they die (Deliverance)
- 1972: Mirror Images (Images)
- 1973: Asphalt Blossoms (Scarecrow)
- 1973: Death Has No Return (The Long Goodbye)
- 1973: Zapfenstreich (Cinderella Liberty)
- 1974: The Girl from Petrovka
- 1974: Sugarland Express
- 1976: Catch Ferrari (Sweet Revenge)
- 1976: Black Angel (Obsession)
- 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Close Encounters of the Third Child)
- 1978: Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- 1979: Philadelphia Clan (Winter Kills)
- 1979: The Rose
- 1980: Heaven's Gate
- 1981: Blow Out - Death erases all traces (Blow Out)
- 1982: Bewitched (Jinxed!)
- 1983: A Table for Five
- 1984: A strong number (No Small Affair)
- 1984: People by the River (The River)
- 1985: What a Genius (Real Genius)
- 1987: The Witches of Eastwick (The Witches of Eastwick)
- 1988: Travel to the Island of the Spirits (Journey to Spirit Iceland)
- 1989: The Shadow Makers (Fat Man and Little Boy)
- 1990: The Trail Leads Back - The Two Jakes (The Two Jakes)
- 1990: Bonfire of the Vanities (The Bonfire of the Vanities)
- 1992: Stalin
- 1993: Sliver
- 1994: Encounters - Intersection (Intersection)
- 1994: Maverick - The Colt on your belt, an ace up your sleeve (Maverick)
- 1994: Crossing Guard - It happened on the open road (Crossing Guard)
- 1995: Assassins - The Killer (Assassins)
- 1996: The Ghost and the Darkness (The Ghost and the Darkness)
- 1998: Living and Loving in LA (Playing by Heart)
- 2001: Life as a House (Life as a House)
- 2001: The Body
- 2001: The Mists of Avalon (The Mists of Avalon)
- 2004: Melinda and Melinda (Melinda and Melinda)
- 2004: Jersey Girl
- 2006: The Black Dahlia
- 2007: Cassandra's Dream (Cassandra's Dream)
- 2010: I See the Man of Your Dreams (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger)
literature
- Thomas Brandlmeier : A master of Neo-Noir . In: Prof. Michael Rutz / Catholic Film Commission for Germany (Ed.): Film-dienst . No. 4.9 . Verlag Deutsche Zeitung GmbH, 2004, ISSN 0720-0781 , p. 6th ff .
Web links
- Vilmos Zsigmond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jon Silberg: Master of Light in American Cinematographer October 2004 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Deer Hunter,' 'Close Encounters' Cinematographer Dies at 85
- ^ In Purgatory of Light in FAZ on February 5, page 12.
- ↑ Vilmos Zsigmond Biography at nytimes.com, accessed November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Vilmos Zsigmond at cinematographers.nl, accessed on November 30, 2012.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zsigmond, Vilmos |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szeged |
DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 2016 |
Place of death | Big Sur , California |