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Vilmos Zsigmond

1930 - 2016 (age 85) • Camera

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.

Known For

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

74%

Director of Photography

1977

The Deer Hunter

80%

Director of Photography

1978

Deliverance

73%

Director of Photography

1972

Maverick

69%

Director of Photography

1994

Assassins

65%

Director of Photography

1995

Blow Out

74%

Director of Photography

1981

The Witches of Eastwick

65%

Director of Photography

1987

The Black Dahlia

56%

Director of Photography

2006

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

68%
2019

Spielberg

75%

Self

2017

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

69%

Self

2016

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

28%

Director of Photography

2014

God the Father

65%

Director of Photography

2014

Compulsion

44%

Director of Photography

2013

Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'

Self

2012

Side by Side

73%

Self

2012

Woody Allen: A Documentary

69%

Self

2011

The Maiden Danced to Death

60%

Director of Photography

2011

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

59%

Director of Photography

2010

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

55%

Self

2010

Louis

30%

Hungarian Photographer

2010

Louis

30%

Director of Photography

2010

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

56%

Self

2009

Torn from the Flag

100%

Executive Producer

2007

Torn from the Flag

100%

Director of Photography

2007

Cassandra's Dream

63%

Director of Photography

2007

The Black Dahlia

56%

Director of Photography

2006

Who Needs Sleep?

68%

Self

2006

Surrender, Dorothy

52%

Director of Photography

2006

Melinda and Melinda

62%

Director of Photography

2004

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

75%

Self

2004

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

71%

Self

2004

Jersey Girl

62%

Director of Photography

2004

Timeline

57%

Second Unit Director of Photography

2003

Imagining Images

90%

Self

2003

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

70%

Self

2003

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