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.
Known For
The Deer Hunter
Director of Photography
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director of Photography
Deliverance
Director of Photography
Blow Out
Director of Photography
Maverick
Albert Bierstadt
The Long Goodbye
Director of Photography
Assassins
Director of Photography
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
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Filmography
Acting (25)
Movies (24)
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
Spielberg
2017as Self
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016as Self
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
2012as Self
Side by Side
2012as Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011as Self
Louis
2010as Hungarian Photographer
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009as Self
Who Needs Sleep?
2006as Self
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004as Self
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004as Self
Return of the "Hired Hand"
2003as Himself
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003as Self
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003as Self
Imagining Images
2003as Self
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
2002as Self
'Obsession' Revisited
2001as Self
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001as Self
Light Keeps Me Company
2000as Self
Altman on His Own Terms
2000as Self
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997as Self
Maverick
1994as Albert Bierstadt
Visions of Light
1992as Self
Television (1)
Crew (94)
Movies (92)
God the Father
2014Director of Photography
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014Director of Photography
Compulsion
2013Director of Photography
The Maiden Danced to Death
2011Director of Photography
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010Director of Photography
Louis
2010Director of Photography
Cassandra's Dream
2007Director of Photography
Torn from the Flag
2007Executive Producer
The Black Dahlia
2006Director of Photography
Surrender, Dorothy
2006Director of Photography
Jersey Girl
2004Director of Photography
Melinda and Melinda
2004Director of Photography
Timeline
2003Second Unit Director of Photography
Ban Bánk
2003Director of Photography
The Body
2001Director of Photography
Life as a House
2001Director of Photography
Light Keeps Me Company
2000Director of Photography
The Argument
1999Director of Photography
Playing by Heart
1998Director of Photography
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996Director of Photography
Assassins
1995Director of Photography
The Crossing Guard
1995Director of Photography
Maverick
1994Director of Photography
Intersection
1994Director of Photography
Sliver
1993Director of Photography
Stalin
1992Director of Photography
The Long Shadow
1992Director
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990Director of Photography
The Two Jakes
1990Director of Photography
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989Director of Photography
Journey to Spirit Island
1988Director of Photography
The Witches of Eastwick
1987Director of Photography
The Thrill Can Kill
1987Cinematography
Real Genius
1985Director of Photography
The River
1984Director of Photography
No Small Affair
1984Director of Photography
Table for Five
1983Director of Photography
Jinxed!
1982Director of Photography
The Border
1982Additional Photography
Blow Out
1981Director of Photography
Heaven's Gate
1980Director of Photography
Winter Kills
1979Director of Photography
The Rose
1979Director of Photography
Flesh & Blood
1979Director of Photography
The Deer Hunter
1978Director of Photography
The Last Waltz
1978Additional Director of Photography
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977Director of Photography
Obsession
1976Director of Photography
Sweet Revenge
1976Director of Photography
Death Riders
1976Director of Photography
Mahogany
1975Additional Photography
Funny Lady
1975Additional Photography
Iron and Horse
1975Director of Photography
The Sugarland Express
1974Director of Photography
The Girl from Petrovka
1974Director of Photography
Scarecrow
1973Director of Photography
The Long Goodbye
1973Director of Photography
Cinderella Liberty
1973Director of Photography
Deliverance
1972Director of Photography
Images
1972Director of Photography
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971Director of Photography
The Hired Hand
1971Director of Photography
The Ski Bum
1971Director of Photography
Red Sky at Morning
1971Director of Photography
Threshold
1971Director of Photography
A Long Way from Nowhere
1970Cinematography
Horror of the Blood Monsters
1970Director of Photography
Futz
1969Director of Photography
The Monitors
1969Director of Photography
The Picasso Summer
1969Director of Photography
Five Bloody Graves
1969Director of Photography
Jennie: Wife/Child
1968Director of Photography
Prelude
1968Director of Photography
The Name of the Game Is Kill
1968Director of Photography
Blood of Ghastly Horror
1967Director of Photography
1999 A.D.
1967Director of Photography
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
1967Cinematography
Mondo Mod
1967Director of Photography
Road to Nashville
1966Director of Photography
Psycho a Go-Go
1965Director of Photography
Tales of a Salesman
1965Director of Photography
Rat Fink
1965Cinematography
Rat Fink
1965Director of Photography
Summer Children
1965Director of Photography
Deadwood '76
1965Director of Photography
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
1964Camera Operator
The Nasty Rabbit
1964Director of Photography
The Time Travelers
1964Director of Photography
What's Up Front!
1964Director of Photography
The Sadist
1963Director of Photography
I Hear the Carpenter Singing
1963Cinematography
Living Between Two Worlds
1963Director of Photography
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