Vilmos Zsigmond

Camera

Born: 1930-06-16

Died: 2016-01-01

From: Szeged, Hungary

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

William ZsigmondWilliam Zsigmund

Biography

Vilmos Zsigmond (June 16, 1930 - January 1, 2016) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work in cinematography helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement. Zsigmond worked frequently with many leading American directors, such as Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Michael Cimino and Woody Allen.

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 4 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

The Black Dahlia

2007

🏆 Won

honorary citizen of Szeged

2004

🏆 Won

Corvin Chain

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

The River

1985

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

The Deer Hunter

1980

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

The Deer Hunter

1979

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1978

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1978

Vilmos Zsigmond

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations4 won · 4 nominated

Acting23 titles

Altman on His Own Terms

Light Keeps Me Company

Spielberg

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

Side by Side

'Obsession' Revisited

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Visions of Light

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'

The Oscars

Maverick

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Who Needs Sleep?

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

Louis

Return of the "Hired Hand"

Directing1 title

The Long Shadow

Production1 title

Torn from the Flag

Camera84 titles

Torn from the Flag

The Deer Hunter

Death Riders

Light Keeps Me Company

The Last Waltz

The Long Goodbye

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Blow Out

Deliverance

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Life as a House

Scarecrow

Red Sky at Morning

Maverick

The Ghost and the Darkness

Images

The Picasso Summer

Heaven's Gate

Obsession

Real Genius

The Rose

Cinderella Liberty

The Mists of Avalon

Playing by Heart

The Sugarland Express

Ban Bánk

The Witches of Eastwick

Assassins

God the Father

Road to Nashville

The River

Cassandra's Dream

The Sadist

Melinda and Melinda

Jersey Girl

The Argument

Fat Man and Little Boy

1999 A.D.

The Hired Hand

The Two Jakes

The Maiden Danced to Death

The Crossing Guard

The Border

Summer Children

Flesh & Blood

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger