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 |
|---|---|
| Adam Biddle | — |
|
John Daly
surface form:
John Daly (cinematographer)
|
— |
| Ronnie Taylor | — |
| Phil Rosen | — |
| H. Lyman Broening | — |
| Ernest Steward | — |
| George Folsey | — |
| Dadasaheb Phalke | — |
| Ted Moore | — |
| Ken Hodges | — |
| Thomas Del Ruth | — |
| Govind Nihalani | — |
| Jacques Haitkin | — |
| Richard C. Kratina | — |
| Hiro Narita | — |
| Robert M. Stevens | — |
| Gaetano Gaudio | — |
| William Margulies | — |
| Matt Curtis | — |
| George Schneiderman | — |
| W. Howard Greene | — |
| Eugene Gaudio | — |
| Enzo Barboni | — |
| Reynaldo Villalobos | — |
| Paul Gilpin | — |
| Michael McDonough | — |
| Jamie Anderson | — |
| Eric Leach | — |
| Frank D. Williams | — |
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Parer
surface form:
Damien Parer
|
war cinematographer |
|
John
surface form:
John Seale
|
— |
| William C. McGann | — |
| Sandi Sissel | — |
| Miroslav Ondříček | — |
| Jim Denault | — |
| Peter Pau | — |
| Jong Lin | — |
| Otello Martelli | — |
| Teo Escamilla | — |
| Russ Meyer | — |
| David Burgess | — |
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Ballhaus
surface form:
Michael Ballhaus
|
— |
| Charles Lawton Jr. | — |
| Charles Minsky | — |
| George Meehan | — |
| Gordon Avil | — |
| Baba Azmi | — |
|
Swanberg
surface form:
Joe Swanberg
|
— |
| Ti West | — |
| Rex Maidment | — |