Best Cinematographers
by b_whisky | created - 09 Oct 2021 | updated - 2 weeks ago | 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. Russell Carpenter
Cinematographer | Avatar: The Way of Water
Russell Carpenter was born on December 9, 1950 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Titanic (1997) and Ant-Man (2015).
3. Peter Suschitzky
Cinematographer | Dead Ringers
Peter Suschitzky was born on July 25, 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Dead Ringers (1988), Eastern Promises (2007) and Naked Lunch (1991).
4. Lance Acord
Cinematographer | Lost in Translation
After studying film and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, Lance moved to New York to assist photographer/filmmaker Bruce Weber. He began his career as a cinematographer shooting music videos and commercials with close friend and collaborator Spike Jonze. Lance quickly became one of ...
5. Robert Richardson
Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...
6. Christian Berger
Cinematographer | Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
1973 founded own production company TTV Film. Extensive work as a documentary film-maker. 1977 building of experimental video studio. Work with and technical support for various young film-makers working under TTV Film. 1980/81 increasing work in TV plays, screen adaptations with various authors, ...
7. Sean Bobbitt
Cinematographer | 12 Years a Slave
Sean Bobbitt was born on November 29, 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).
8. Rodrigo Prieto
Cinematographer | Brokeback Mountain
Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016).
He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010).
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9. Rob Hardy
Cinematographer | Annihilation
Rob Hardy ASC BSC is a British Cinematographer known for his ground breaking work on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and his ongoing collaboration with Alex Garland: Ex-Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Men and most recently, the visceral epic Civil War.
He also won the BAFTA for cinematography on the ...
10. Michael Ballhaus
Cinematographer | Goodfellas
Michael Ballhaus was a German cinematographer. He worked on many American films, including Baby It's You (1983), Old Enough (1984), After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Dracula (1992), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York ...
11. Robert D. Yeoman
Cinematographer | The Grand Budapest Hotel
Robert D. Yeoman was born on March 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Asteroid City (2023) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).
12. Jost Vacano
Cinematographer | Das Boot
Jost Vacano was born on March 15, 1934 in Osnabrück, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for Das Boot (1981), Starship Troopers (1997) and RoboCop (1987).
13. Robert Elswit
Cinematographer | There Will Be Blood
Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014).
Elswit frequently works with director ...
14. Mark Irwin
Cinematographer | Old School
Mark Irwin was born on August 7, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a cinematographer, known for Old School (2003), RoboCop 2 (1990) and There's Something About Mary (1998).
15. Jarin Blaschke
Cinematographer | The Northman
Jarin Blaschke was born on September 28, 1978 in Westminster, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Northman (2022), The Lighthouse (2019) and The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015).
16. 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. ...
17. Robbie Ryan
Cinematographer | Poor Things
Robbie Ryan is an Irish cinematographer. He is best known for his work in Fish Tank (2009), Slow West (2015), American Honey (2016) and The Favourite (2018) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
Ryan has already work in more than 90 projects as an ...
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