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 |
|---|---|
| Wally Pfister | — |
| Ernest B. Schoedsack | — |
| Flavio Labiano | — |
| Sean Porter | — |
| Matthew Libatique | — |
| Ray June | — |
| Frank Tidy | — |
| Michael Chapman | — |
| Chris Seager | — |
| John Schwartzman | — |
| Shane Hurlbut | — |
| Amir Mokri | — |
| Martin McGrath | — |
| John Toon | — |
| Hagen Bogdanski | — |
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LaShelle
surface form:
Joseph LaShelle
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| John Toll | — |
| Anastas N. Michos | — |
| Freddie Young | — |
| Hal Mohr | — |
| Lee Garmes | — |
| Zack Snyder | — |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts | — |
| Damien Parer | war cinematographer |
| Yorick Le Saux | — |
| J. Michael Muro | — |
| Robert Rodriguez | — |
| Steve Yedlin | — |
| Rodrigo Prieto | — |
| Glen MacWilliams | — |
| Terry Stacey | — |
| Lajos Koltai | — |
| James Wong Howe | — |
| Roman Vasyanov | — |
| Rollie Totheroh | — |
| Alexander Gruszynski | — |
| Adam Kane | — |
| Caleb Deschanel | — |
| Rogier Stoffers | — |
| Loyal Griggs | — |
| Byron Haskin | — |
| Ernest Laszlo | — |
| Gordon Willis | — |
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Vilsmaier
surface form:
Joseph Vilsmaier
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| John A. Alonzo | — |
| George Stevens | — |
| Dion Beebe | — |
| John Mathieson | — |
| Robert Richardson | — |
| Robert Brinkmann | — |