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Vilmos Zsigmond

Vilmos Zsigmond

Born: 1930-06-16 • Szeged, Hungary

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.

Filmography
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson poster
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
Spielberg poster
Spielberg
2017 • Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond poster
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016 • Self
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Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
2012 • Self
Side by Side poster
Side by Side
2012 • Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011 • Self
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall poster
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010 • Self
Louis poster
Louis
2010 • Hungarian Photographer
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos poster
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009 • Self
Who Needs Sleep? poster
Who Needs Sleep?
2006 • Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate poster
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004 • Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession poster
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004 • Self
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Imagining Images
2003 • Self
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? poster
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003 • Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 • Self
Return of the "Hired Hand" poster
Return of the "Hired Hand"
2003 • Himself
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye' poster
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
2002 • Self
'Obsession' Revisited poster
'Obsession' Revisited
2001 • Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' poster
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 • Self
Light Keeps Me Company poster
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 • Self
Altman on His Own Terms poster
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 • Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997 • Self
Maverick poster
Maverick
1994 • Albert Bierstadt
Visions of Light poster
Visions of Light
1992 • Self