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 |
|---|---|
| Greg Gardiner | — |
| Wallace McCutcheon Sr. | — |
| George Albert Smith | — |
| Joseph Vilsmaier | — |
| Gérard de Battista | — |
| Geoffrey Unsworth | — |
| Renato Falcão | — |
| Kramer Morgenthau | — |
| Henry Braham | — |
| Anthony Di Ninno | — |
| Denis Lenoir | — |
| Adam Greenberg | — |
| Brandon Finnegan | — |
| John Stanier | — |
| Allen Daviau | — |
| Rudolph Maté | — |
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Edeson
surface form:
Arthur Edeson
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| John Lindley | — |
| Bruce McCleery | — |
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Haller
surface form:
Ernest Haller
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| Mark Vicente | — |
| William C. Thompson | — |
| Aaron Schneider | — |
| Jeffrey L. Kimball | — |
| Charles Rosher | — |
| David M. Walsh | — |
| Julio Macat | — |
| David Phillips | — |
| Tony Gaudio | — |
| Andrij Parekh | — |
| Mark Lee Ping-bing | — |
| Ben Seresin | — |
| Barry Sonnenfeld | — |
| Jimmy Chin | — |
| Mikey Schaefer | — |
| Roger Horrocks | — |
| Derek Cianfrance | — |
| Sean McElwee | — |
| Adolpho Veloso | — |
| Henry Sharp | — |
| Pete Kozachik | — |
| Bob Richman | — |
| Laurent Chalet | — |
| Eric Steelberg | — |
| Barry Peterson | — |
| David Eggby | — |
| Bruno Delbonnel | — |
| Ian Baker | — |
| Erwin Hillier | — |
| Joseph Walker | — |