2017 - BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
by cinemavis | created - 26 Mar 2017 | updated - 24 Oct 2019 | Public
1. Roger Deakins
Cinematographer | Blade Runner 2049
Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.
He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.
Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (...
2. Máté Herbai
Cinematographer | Teströl és lélekröl
Máté Herbai was born in 1975 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer, known for On Body and Soul (2017), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) and Night Burns Like Cigarettes (2022).
3. Tomasz Naumiuk
Cinematographer | High Life
Tomasz Naumiuk was born on December 23, 1981 in Olsztyn, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for High Life (2018), Nina (2018) and Mr. Jones (2019).
4. Rachel Morrison
Cinematographer | Black Panther
Rachel Morrison is an American cinematographer. She is best known for the films Fruitvale Station (2013), Cake (2014), Dope (2015), Mudbound (2017) and Black Panther (2018).
She began her career working on series and TV movies for a number of networks.
The independent film Palo Alto (2007) marked ...
5. Mike Eley
Camera_department | United 93
Mike Eley is known for United 93 (2006), Love Actually (2003) and Notting Hill (1999).
6. Hoyte Van Hoytema
Cinematographer | Tenet
Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The ...
7. David Higgs
Cinematographer | RocknRolla
David Higgs is known for RocknRolla (2008), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and Leap Year (2010).
8. Alexis Zabe
Cinematographer | The Florida Project
The Mexico City native became obsessed with movies in his teens, attending local second-run cinemas that ran a different feature every day and frequenting film festivals. While studying filmmaking at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, he gravitated toward cinematography, serving...
9. Dan Laustsen
Cinematographer | The Shape of Water
Dan Laustsen is a Danish cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Peak (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017) for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
He studied at the National Film School of Denmark from 1976 to 1979, to pursue a career of cinematography. ...
10. Chung-hoon Chung
Cinematographer | Ah-ga-ssi
Chung-hoon Chung was born on June 15, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Last Night in Soho (2021).
11. Mikhail Krichman
Cinematographer | Vozvrashchenie
Mikhail Krichman was born on June 17, 1967 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Return (2003), Loveless (2017) and Leviathan (2014).
12. Xavi Giménez
Cinematographer | The Machinist
Xavi Giménez was born in 1970 in Barcelona, Spain. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Machinist (2004), Agora (2009) and Transsiberian (2008).
13. Sebastian Winterø
Cinematographer | Crooked House
Sebastian Winterø was born on May 13, 1974. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Crooked House (2017), Sia: Chandelier (2014) and Opponent (2023).
14. Paul Guilhaume
Cinematographer | Les Olympiades, Paris 13e
Paul Guilhaume is known for Paris, 13th District (2021), The Five Devils (2022) and Ava (2017).
15. Larry Fong
Cinematographer | Damsel
Larry Fong is a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, CA. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Linguistics, and from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) with a film degree. After graduation he started shooting music videos, including REM's 'Losing My Religion', winner of MTV's Music ...
16. Paul Thomas Anderson
Director | Punch-Drunk Love
Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...
17. Dan Laustsen
Cinematographer | The Shape of Water
Dan Laustsen is a Danish cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Peak (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017) for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
He studied at the National Film School of Denmark from 1976 to 1979, to pursue a career of cinematography. ...
18. Janusz Kaminski
Cinematographer | War Horse
Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His ...
19. Michal Englert
Cinematographer | Sniegu juz nigdy nie bedzie
Michal Englert was born on May 4, 1975 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. Michal is a cinematographer and writer, known for Never Gonna Snow Again (2020), Woman of... (2023) and In the Name Of (2013).
20. John Mathieson
Cinematographer | Gladiator
John Mathieson came up through the traditional camera ranks. Before his start as a cinematographer in feature films he shot many music videos, documentaries and TV commercials. He also worked in cutting rooms and has always considered himself as a film maker, interested in all areas of the process,...
21. Eigil Bryld
Cinematographer | The Holdovers
Eigil Bryld was born on February 27, 1971 in Odense, Denmark. He is a cinematographer, known for The Holdovers (2023), In Bruges (2008) and Ocean's Eight (2018).
22. Pat Scola
Cinematographer | Pig
Pat Scola is known for Pig (2021), Monsters and Men (2018) and Sing Sing (2023).
23. Haris Zambarloukos
Cinematographer | Belfast
Haris Zambarloukos was born on March 11, 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Belfast (2021), Cinderella (2015) and Death on the Nile (2022).
24. Seamus McGarvey
Cinematographer | Nocturnal Animals
SEAMUS McGARVEY (Director of Photography) has collected two Academy Award nominations for his cinematography: on Joe Wright's 2007 WWI drama "Atonement," and his 2012 adaptation of Tolstoy's classic, "Anna Karenina." In addition to the Oscar nominations, McGarvey won the British Society of ...
25. Alexander Dynan
Cinematographer | First Reformed
Alexander Dynan is known for First Reformed (2017), The Card Counter (2021) and Goodnight Mommy (2022).
26. Eli Born
Camera_department | No One Will Save You
Eli Born is known for No One Will Save You (2023), The Boogeyman (2023) and Hellraiser (2022).
27. Michal Sobocinski
Cinematographer | Ojciec
Michal Sobocinski was born on August 10, 1987 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Father (2007), Moja dziewczyna (2008) and Filip (2022).
28. Drew Daniels
Cinematographer | It Comes at Night
Drew Daniels is a Texan cinematographer whose credits include the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Award winning short film, Thunder Road as well as Krisha, the 2015 SXSW Grand Jury and Audience Award winning feature film. He shoots features, shorts, music videos and commercials all around the world but ...
29. Arkadiusz Tomiak
Cinematographer | Palimpsest
Arkadiusz Tomiak was born on February 20, 1969 in Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Palimpsest (2006), Daleko od okna (2000) and Oblawa (2012).
30. Nicholas D. Knowland
Cinematographer | Berberian Sound Studio
Nicholas D. Knowland was born on November 28, 1941 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Berberian Sound Studio (2012), The Duke of Burgundy (2014) and Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995). He has been married to Harriet ...
31. Dominik Danilczyk
Cinematographer | Kobieta z ciemnosci
Dominik Danilczyk was born on June 21, 1977 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. Dominik is a cinematographer, known for Kobieta z ciemnosci (2004), The Man with the Magic Box (2017) and Better Half (2019).
32. Ben Seresin
Cinematographer | Unstoppable
Ben Seresin B.S.C., A.S.C., has lensed a number of notable features with big-name directors. He collaborated with Michael Bay on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and on Pain and Gain. He shot Marc Forster's World War Z starring Brad Pitt (sharing credit with Robert Richardson, A.S.C.), and Tony ...
33. Pieter Vermeer
Cinematographer | Aftermath
Pieter Vermeer is known for Aftermath (2017), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and Muzzle (2023).
34. Zoran Popovic
Cinematographer | Circle
Zoran Popovic is known for Circle (2015), Clean (2021) and Bullet Head (2017).
35. Piotr Sobocinski Jr.
Cinematographer | Boze Cialo
Born on 3rd of November 1983 in Lodz. Graduate of Cinematography Department of The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School, (PWSFTviT) in Lodz.
Son of cinematographer Piotr Sobocinski and actress Hanna Mikuc a grandson of cinematographer Witold Sobocinski and actors Wanda Mikuc and ...
36. Magdalena Górka
Cinematographer | Echo
Magdalena Gorka is an international Director of Photography on dozens of incredibly successful films, television series, music videos and commercial campaigns. In addition to her evocative and emotional imagery, Magdalena is known for her skill in virtual production (e.g. Star Trek: Strange New ...
37. Marc J. Francis
Producer | Walk with Me
Marc J. Francis' is a British director, producer and documentary cinematographer whose films have won worldwide critical acclaim and have been distributed across cinemas, television and streaming platforms.
His most recent film 'Walk With Me' about Zen Buddhist Master Thich Nhat Hanh, featured ...
38. Max Pugh
Director | Walk with Me
Max Pugh was born on August 29, 1977 in England, UK. He is a director and editor, known for Walk With Me (2017), The Road to Freedom Peak (2013) and NYman with a Movie Camera (2010).
39. Andrew Finch
Visual_effects | Others Will Follow
Andrew Finch is known for Others Will Follow (2017), Destruction Los Angeles (2017) and BraveStorm (2017).
40. Greg Cotten
Cinematographer | Atropa
Greg Cotten is known for Atropa (2018), A Love Not Standing (2009) and The Thinning (2016).
41. Bryce Fortner
Cinematographer | Ingrid Goes West
Bryce Fortner is known for Ingrid Goes West (2017), I'm Your Woman (2020) and Reboot (2022).
42. David Ungaro
Cinematographer | A Prayer Before Dawn
David Ungaro is known for A Prayer Before Dawn (2017), Samaritan (2022) and Les Misérables (1998).
43. Andrew Droz Palermo
Cinematographer | The Green Knight
Andrew Droz Palermo is a cinematographer and director. He is best known for A Ghost Story (2017), Rich Hill (2014) and A Teacher (2013).
As a cinematographer, Palermo frequently collaborates with director David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story, Strange Angel).
He also served as the ...
44. Thomas Townend
Cinematographer | You Were Never Really Here
Thomas Townend is known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), Attack the Block (2011) and Harry Brown (2009).
45. Elisha Christian
Cinematographer | Columbus
Elisha Christian is known for Columbus (2017), The Night House (2020) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).
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