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 |
|---|---|
| Lucien N. Andriot | — |
| Ted Tetzlaff | — |
| Jost Vacano | — |
| Nicholas Musuraca | — |
| Percy Hilburn | — |
| Edward Linden | — |
| Ueli Steiger | — |
| Norbert Brodine | — |
| Rob Hardy | — |
| Fraser Taggart | — |
| Michael Seresin | — |
| George J. Folsey | — |
| Alan Hume | — |
| Eiji Tsuburaya | — |
| Tim Orr | — |
| Jeff Cutter | — |
| Roberto De Angelis | — |
| Sacha Vierny | — |
| Robert D. Yeoman | — |
| Albert Benitz | — |
| Larkin Seiple | — |
| Peter Rosenbaum | — |
| Pedro Luque | — |
| Andrzej Sekuła | — |
| Harry Waxman | — |
| Paula Huidobro | — |
| John L. Russell | — |
| Ernest Dickerson | — |
| George Robinson | — |
| Charles F. Wheeler | — |
| Robert Burks | — |
| Benoît Delhomme | — |
| Walt Lloyd | — |
| Archie Stout | — |
| Ronald W. Browne | — |
| Derek Vanlint | — |
| Sharon Calahan | — |
| Joris Ivens | — |
| Alexander Hammid | — |
| Guy Green | — |
| Ed Wild | — |
| Joseph Biroc | — |
| Peter Hannan | — |
| Duke Callaghan | — |
| Ardy Lam | — |
| J. Arthur Ball | — |
| Rob Goldie | — |
| Douglas Milsome | — |
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John Seitz
surface form:
John F. Seitz
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| Maury Gertsman | — |