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 |
|---|---|
| David Worth | — |
| James Kniest | — |
| Robert Pittack | television cinematographer |
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Metty
surface form:
Russell Metty
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| Ray Rennahan | — |
| John Aronson | — |
| Jordan Cronenweth | — |
| Jeff Jur | — |
| Salvatore Totino | — |
| Eduard Grau | — |
| Lachlan Milne | — |
| James A. Contner | — |
| Sam McCurdy | — |
| Brian Tufano | — |
| Hans Liechti | — |
| Daniel Pearl | — |
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Elswit
surface form:
Robert Elswit
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| Dick Pope | — |
| Nirav Shah | — |
| Ruben Impens | — |
| Girish Gangadharan | — |
| Barry Idoine | — |
| Jonathan Freeman | — |
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Munk
surface form:
Andrzej Munk
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| Yakov Segel | — |
| Matthew J. Lloyd | — |
| Santosh Sivan | — |
| William Nobles | — |
| Ernest Miller | — |
| Alexander Knyazhinsky | — |
| Igor Chernykh | — |
| R. Rathnavelu | — |
| Raoul Coutard | — |
| Fabrice Aragno | — |
| Paul Beeson | — |
| K. K. Mahajan | — |
| Yves Angelo | — |
| P. S. Vinod | — |
| Sergei Vronsky | — |
| Julien Hirsch | — |
| Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli | — |
| Edmond Richard | — |
| François Reichenbach | — |
| Gary Graver | — |
| Jean Lépine | — |
| Michel Hugo | — |
| Levie Isaacks | — |
| David Claessen | — |
| Christophe Pollock | — |
| John S. Bartley | — |