Vilmos Zsigmond

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Hungarian-American person cinematographer human

Vilmos Zsigmond was an acclaimed Hungarian-American cinematographer renowned for his innovative, atmospheric visual style in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including his Academy Award-winning work.

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Vilmos Zsigmond canonical 20

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hungarian-American person ⓘ
cinematographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
American Society of Cinematographers Award ⓘ
surface form: American Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award

BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ
surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
citizenship Hungary ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Hungary ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-06-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-01-01 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest
emigratedTo United States of America ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hungarian ⓘ
familyName Zsigmond ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinema ⓘ
motion picture photography ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
war film ⓘ
givenName Vilmos ⓘ
knownFor innovative atmospheric visual style ⓘ
naturalistic lighting ⓘ
use of desaturated color palettes ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ
movement New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood cinema
name Vilmos Zsigmond self-link ⓘ
notableWork Blow Out ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) ⓘ
surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Deliverance ⓘ
Heaven's Gate ⓘ
McCabe & Mrs. Miller ⓘ
The Black Dahlia ⓘ
The Deer Hunter ⓘ
The Long Goodbye ⓘ
occupation cinematographer ⓘ
director of photography ⓘ
placeOfBirth Szeged ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles ⓘ
workedWith Brian De Palma ⓘ
Michael Cimino ⓘ
Robert Altman ⓘ
Steven Spielberg ⓘ

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The Deer Hunter → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Black Dahlia → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Rose → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Sugarland Express → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Long Goodbye → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
subject surface form: The Long Goodbye (1973 film)
Winter Kills → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
McCabe & Mrs. Miller → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Hired Hand → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Vilmos Zsigmond → name → Vilmos Zsigmond self-link ⓘ
The Ghost and the Darkness → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Two Jakes → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Crossing Guard → cinematography → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Blow Out → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Obsession → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Heaven's Gate → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Life as a House → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
The Witches of Eastwick → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Deliverance → cinematographyBy → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ
Sliver → cinematographer → Vilmos Zsigmond ⓘ