1984 - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
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Robby Müller was born on 4 April 1940 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Breaking the Waves (1996), Paris, Texas (1984) and Repo Man (1984). He died on 3 July 2018 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Tonino Delli Colli was born on 20 November 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Life Is Beautiful (1997) and Bitter Moon (1992). He was married to Alexandra Delli Colli. He died on 16 August 2005 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Cinematographer
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Slawomir Idziak was born on 25 January 1945 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Gattaca (1997). He was previously married to Maria Gladkowska.- Cinematographer
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Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).
His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and underexposed film, as well as in his control of lighting and exposure to create the sepia tones that denoted period scenes in The Godfather Part II (1974).
In the seven-year period up to 1977, Willis was the director of photography on six films that received among them 39 Academy Award nominations, winning 19 times, including three awards for Best Picture. During this time he did not receive a single nomination for Best Cinematography.
He directed one film of his own, Windows (1980). His last film as a cinematographer was The Devil's Own (1997), directed by Alan J. Pakula.
Willis died of cancer on May 18, 2014, ten days before his 83rd birthday, at the age of 82.- Cinematographer
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An-Sung Tsao is known for To Kill a Mastermind (1979), Rendezvous with Death (1980) and Jue sha ling (1977).- Cinematographer
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Wit Dabal was born on 26 September 1955 in Tarnowskie Góry, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Kartka z podrózy (1984), I See (1988) and Medium (1985).- Cinematographer
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Tom Elling was born on 1 September 1946. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for The Element of Crime (1984), Perfect World (1990) and Befrielsesbilleder (1982). He died on 28 September 2023 in Denmark.- Cinematographer
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Mike Molloy was born on 5 January 1940 in Sydney, Australia. He is a cinematographer, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Walkabout (1971) and Barry Lyndon (1975).- Cinematographer
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Adam Greenberg was born on 11 April 1937 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Ghost (1990) and The Terminator (1984).- Director
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During his last years at school he spent most of his time writing a thesis on 'the future of film' On leaving school he joined Gaumont British Studios at Lime Grove as an apprentice to a stills photographer for a year. He claimed this taught him more about the art of photography than any other form of training could. He then became a clapper boy at B.I.P. Studios at Elstree then moved to British Dominion where he became a a camera assistant. Next was a move to Pinewood and his call up for war duty much of which was spent as a one man film unit based at Aldershot where he learnt more about his craft than about soldering.. After the war he returned to Shepperton Studios to work for Alexander Korda and Powell and Pressburger. He also worked for John Huston on 'Moby Dick' for which he was responsible for all the second unit photography and special effects.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jerzy Lukaszewicz was born on 7 September 1946 in Chorzów, Slaskie, Poland. He is a director and assistant director, known for Bliskie spotkania z wesolym diablem (1989), Przyjaciel wesolego diabla (1987) and Lowca. Ostatnie starcie (1994).- Cinematographer
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- Actor
Jacek Prosinski was born on 8 July 1946 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Antyki (1978), Odejscia, powroty (1973) and Przed odlotem (1980).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cinematographer Thomas Ackerman was born on 14 September, 1948 at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and enrolled in the University of Iowa, where he took a cinema course. He was hired by the university to shoot football games and training films for its School of Dentistry. In 1968 he went to work for Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, who became his mentor.
After a stint in the US Air Force he went back to work for Guggenheim in Washington, DC. He moved to Los Angeles in 1973, hooked up with his Air Force buddy Mike Robe and was hired as a camera operator on a succession of Hollywood films, including Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart (1981). He was director of photography on Beetlejuice (1988) for director Tim Burton (for whom Ackerman had previously shot Frankenweenie (1984)).
In addition to cinematographer, he has also served as a second-unit director, notably on Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) and Furry Vengeance (2010).