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 |
|---|---|
| Haskell Wexler | — |
| Antonio Calvache | — |
| Brett Jutkiewicz | — |
| Christian Berger | — |
| Douglas Koch | — |
| Hugh Johnson | — |
| Miroslaw Baszak | — |
| Walter C. Pfister | — |
|
Geraldine Freund
surface form:
Karl Freund
|
— |
| Amir Naderi | — |
| Stephen Kazmierski | — |
| Vernon Layton | — |
| Anil Mehta | — |
| Kabir Lal | — |
| Simon Raby | — |
| Rajiv Menon | — |
|
Menges
surface form:
Chris Menges
|
British cinematographer |
|
Robert Flaherty
surface form:
Robert J. Flaherty
|
— |
| W. B. Rao | — |
|
Robert David Yeoman
surface form:
Robert D. Yeoman
|
— |
| Greg Littlewood | — |
| Kiran Deohans | — |
| Roman Osin | — |
| Jamie Cairney | — |
| Mike Garfath | — |
| Edward Colman | — |
| Dod Mantle | — |
| Ricardo Aronovich | — |
| Alar Kivilo | — |
| Christopher Probst | — |
| David Peers | — |
| Lynne Ramsay | — |
| Giovanni Storaro | — |
| Jean-Marie Dreujou | — |
| Yaron Orbach | — |
| Binod Pradhan | — |
| W. Mott Hupfel III | — |
| Cliff Charles | — |
| Sue Gibson | — |
| Zac Nicholson | — |
| Frank Watts | — |
| Stephen Dade | — |
| Kurt Ludvigsen | — |
| Robert M. Young | — |
| Armando Nannuzzi | — |
| Alex Catalán | — |
| Mutz Greenbaum | — |
| Gregory Sandor | — |
| Manuel Alberto Claro | — |
| Benoît Debie | — |