Vilmos Zsigmond

Cinematographer

Born: June 16, 1930
Died: January 1, 2016 (age 85)
From: 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 (26)

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