cinematographer
C2484
concept
A cinematographer is the visual storyteller responsible for crafting a film’s look through camera work, lighting, and shot composition in collaboration with the director.
All labels observed (49)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cinematographer canonical | 1,253 |
| British cinematographer | 74 |
| French cinematographer | 24 |
| Australian cinematographer | 17 |
| Italian cinematographer | 14 |
| director of photography | 10 |
| Canadian cinematographer | 7 |
| German cinematographer | 6 |
| Brazilian cinematographer | 4 |
| Polish cinematographer | 4 |
| Spanish cinematographer | 4 |
| film cinematographer | 4 |
| Danish cinematographer | 3 |
| television cinematographer | 3 |
| Argentine cinematographer | 2 |
| Czech cinematographer | 2 |
| Dutch cinematographer | 2 |
| Hungarian cinematographer | 2 |
| Indian cinematographer | 2 |
| Irish cinematographer | 2 |
| Japanese cinematographer | 2 |
| Norwegian cinematographer | 2 |
| South African cinematographer | 2 |
| South Korean cinematographer | 2 |
| Soviet cinematographer | 2 |
| Steadicam operator | 2 |
| Swedish cinematographer | 2 |
| Taiwanese cinematographer | 2 |
| documentary cinematographer | 2 |
| war cinematographer | 2 |
| Austrian cinematographer | 1 |
| Austrian-American cinematographer | 1 |
| Bangladeshi cinematographer | 1 |
| Belgian cinematographer | 1 |
| Belgian-born French cinematographer | 1 |
| Chilean cinematographer | 1 |
| Chinese cinematographer | 1 |
| Czech-American cinematographer | 1 |
| Egyptian cinematographer | 1 |
| Estonian-Canadian cinematographer | 1 |
| Greek cinematographer | 1 |
| Hong Kong cinematographer | 1 |
| Hungarian-American cinematographer | 1 |
| Italian-American cinematographer | 1 |
| Mexican cinematographer | 1 |
| Romanian cinematographer | 1 |
| Ukrainian cinematographer | 1 |
| special effects cinematographer | 1 |
| 촬영 감독 | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cinematographer
Generated description
A cinematographer is the visual storyteller responsible for crafting a film’s look through camera work, lighting, and shot composition in collaboration with the director.
Instances (1,261)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Peter Sorg | — |
| Rob Dressel | — |
| Adolph Lusinsky | — |
| Fred Schuler | — |
| Rasoul Azadani | — |
| Nicolas Bolduc | — |
| Salvatore Polito | — |
| Robert Fraisse | — |
| Ernest Day | — |
| Christopher Challis | — |
| Gerry Turpin | — |
| Arthur Ibbetson | — |
| Fred Tammes | — |
| Kelvin Pike | — |
| Edward Lachman | — |
| Milton Moore | — |
| Jean Tournier | — |
| Xavier Grobet | — |
| Erik Smitt | — |
| Tim Maurice-Jones | — |
| Peter Suschitzky | — |
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Robert Elias Jr.
surface form:
Robert Downey Sr.
|
— |
| Giles Nuttgens | — |
| Mike Eley | — |
| James Laxton | — |
| Jean Bourgoin | — |
| Matthew F. Leonetti | — |
| John F. Seitz | — |
| Billy Williams | — |
| Jimmy Lindsey | — |
| Davis Boulton | — |
| Jens Schlosser | — |
| José David Montero | — |
| Mike Cahill | — |
| Sepp Allgeier | — |
| Kent L. Wakeford | — |
| Michael Ballhaus | — |
| Sam Levy | — |
| Allen M. Davey | — |
| Toyomichi Kurita | — |
| David Lanzenberg | — |
| Brandon Trost | — |
| Shabier Kirchner | — |
| Russell Harlan | — |
| Daniel L. Fapp | — |
| Thomas Townend | — |
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Laustsen
surface form:
Dan Laustsen
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| Philippe Denis | — |
| Tonino Delli Colli | — |
| Mark Irwin | — |