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"It's never as good as the dailies or as bad as the first cut."
— Hollywood maxim

Cinematography entry at Wikipedia

list of Best Cinematography Oscarฎ winners & nominees at Wikipedia

A.M.P.A.S. Teachers Guide pages on Cinematography

Films  About  Cinematography

"No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos"  
documentary feature [indep 2009]

Lifelong friends Lแszl๓ Kovแcs [1933-2007] and Vilmos Zsigmond used film school equipment to document the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, then volunteered to smuggle the footage out of the country. As refugees, they struggled to make it in Hollywood and finally broke into the mainstream during the 1970s. Co-produced, written & directed by James Chressanthis; multi-star cast of on-camera interviewees video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb • official movie site

"Double  Exposures:  Voice  of  The  Camera"
[indep March 2007]

Produced & directed by Bruce Merwin; participants include William A. Fraker ASC & BSC, Owen Roizman ASC, Victor J. Kemper ASC, Fred J. Koenkamp ASC, Ed Di Giulio, Tak Miyagishima, Leonard Chapman & Ben Kufrin CustomFlix color DVD [3/2007] for $39.95 producer's movie site

"Cinematographer  Style" [T-Stop Aug 2006]

After interviews with 110 cinematographers, snippets were edited into a coherent & brilliant & stunning course in the art & craft of cinematography. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jon Fauer video/DVD not yet available; full credits from IMDb official movie site

"Visions  of  Light:  The  Art  of  Cinematography"
[N.H.K./A.F.I. Feb 1993]

Co-directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy & Stuart Samuels; interviewees include Vilmos Zsigmond, Caleb Deschanel, Conrad Hall, William A. Fraker, Sven Nykvist, Lแszl๓ Kovแcs, James Wong Howe, plus many more Image Ent. color DVD [5/2000] for $21.49 Fox color VHS [4/94] for $29.98 full credits from IMDb

Cinematographers

A thru F   ท   G thru L   ท   M thru R   ท   S thru Z

	"Reflections: Twenty-One Cinematographers At Work" [2002] by Benjamin Bergery A.S.C. Press 11x9 pb [6/2002] for $79.95 interviewees include Henri Alekan, Yves Angelo, Stephen Burum, Raoul Coutard, Jordan Cronenweth, Allen Daviau, Frederick Elmes, Stephen Goldblatt, Jack Green, John Hora, Michael Hugo, Darius Khondji, Laszlo Kovacs, Denis Lenoir, Tony Pierce-Roberts, Steven Poster, Owen Roizman, Phillipe Rousselot, Vittorio Storaro, Haskell Wexler & Vilmos Zsigmond
	"Contemporary Cinematographers On Their Art" [1998] by Pauline B. Rogers Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [1/98] for $35.67 interviewees include Thomas Ackerman, John S. Bartley, Donald Burgess, Dean Cundey, Roger Deakins, Stephen Goldblatt, Emmanuel Lubezki, Jo Mayer, Donald A. Morgan, Donald M. Morgan ASC, Dennis Muren, David Nowell & Salvatore Totino "More Contemporary Cinematographers On Their Art" [2000] by Pauline B. Rogers Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [6/2000] out of print/used interviewees include Mike Benson, Peter James, Daryn Okada, Neil Roach, Ward Russell, Nancy Schrieber, John Schwartzman, Dean Semler, Dante Spinotti, Ueli Steiger & Vilmos Zsigmond
	"Women Behind The Camera: Conversations With Camerawomen" [1997] by Alexis Krasilovsky Praeger 9¼x6 pb [4/97] for $32.95 Praeger 9¾x6½ hardcover [4/97] for $67.95 author credits at IMDb "Women Behind The Camera" documentary film [in production 2006] video/DVD not yet available; full credits at IMDb official movie site {requires Flash}
	"Masters of Light: Conversations With Contemporary Cinematographers" [1984] by Dennis Schaefer & Larry Salvato interviewees include Nestor Almendros, John Alonzo, John Bailey, Bill Butler, Michael Chapman, Bill Fraker, Conrad Hall, Laszlo Kovacs, Owen Roizman, Vittorio Storaro, Mario Tozi, Haskell Wexler, Billy Williams, Gordon Willis & Vilmos Zsigmond Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [1/86] for $27.50 Univ CA Press hardcover [1/84] out of print/used

Kubrick favorite John  Alcott  [1931-86] of U.K. IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Truffaut favorite N้stor  Almendros  [1930-92] of Spain IMDb listing • Wikipedia

John A. Alonzo  [1934-2001]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

John  Alton  [1901-96] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

John  Bailey
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Lucien Ballard  [1908-88]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Michael  Ballhaus
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

D.W. Griffith [1875-1948] favorite
G.W.  'Billy'  Bitzer  [1872-1944]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Billy Bitzer: His Story - The Autobiography of D.W. Griffith's Master Cameraman" [1973] by G.W. Bitzer FS&G pb [1/73] out of print/used

Stephen  H.  Burum
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Bill  Butler
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jack  Cardiff  [1914-2009] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"[He] made color into a genuinely & dynamically expressive element in filmmaking."
— director Martin Scorsese

"Magic Hour: An Autobiography" [1996] by Jack Cardiff Faber & Faber pb [8/97] for $20.93 Faber & Faber 9¾x6¼ hardcover [9/96] for $0.00

Russell  Carpenter IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Michael  Chapman
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

William H. Clothier  [1903-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Truffaut & Godard favorite
Raoul  Coutard  of France
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jordan Cronenweth  [1935-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Pasolini's favorite
Tonino Delli Colli  [1922-2005] of Italy
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Caleb  Deschanel
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

first cinematographer  Wm. Friese-Greene  [1855-1921]
B.F.I. profile • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The First Cinematographer" 1999 lifesize bronze sculptures
of Wm. Friese-Greene by Diane Thomson of U.K.
sited at Shepperton & Pinewood & Panavison in U.K. and at Panavision in California

William's son  Claude Friese-Greene  [1898-1943]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

William  A.  Fraker
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Tak  Fujimoto
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Stephen  Goldblatt  from South Africa
IMDb listing

Conrad  Hall  [1926-2003] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 10 Oscar nominations [1966-2003]; won in 1970, 2000 & 2003

Sidney  Hickox  [1895-1982]: IMDb listing • Wikipedia

James  Wong  Howe  [1899-1976] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 9 Oscar nominations [1939-1976]; won in 1956 & 1964

European poster site / James Wong Howe page

"Transatlantic" [Fox Aug 1931] An often-cited example of superb deep-focus work ten years before "Citizen Kane" (so why no DVD?) Directed by William K. Howard; b&w cinematography by James Wong Howe; starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, John Halliday, Greta Nissen, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Earle Foxe & Billy Bevan video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

Alan  Hume  of U.K.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"A Life Through The Lens: Memoirs of A Film Cameraman" [2004] by Alan Hume & Gareth Owen McFarland & Co. 9¼x6¼ pb [5/2004] for $35.00

Darius  Khondji  from France
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Fred  J.  Koenekamp IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Lแszl๓  Kovแcs  [1933-2007] from Hungary
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"New Wave King: The Cinematography of Laszlo Kovacs, ASC" [2002] by Ray Zone A.S.C. Press 9x7 pb [2/2002] for $39.95

Charles  Lang,  Jr.  [1902-98] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 18 Oscar nominations [1931-1973]; won in 1934

Andrew  Laszlo  from Hungary
IMDb listing

"Every Frame A Rembrandt: Art & Practice of Cinematography" [2000] by Andrew Laszlo, ASC Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2000] for $27.99 Andrew Laszlo's credits from IMDb

Ernest  Laszlo  [1898-1984] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 8 Oscar nominations [1961-1977]; won in 1966

Denis  Lenoir  of France
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Emmanuel  Lubezki  of Mexico
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

   J.  Peverell  Marley  [1901-64]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Chris  Menges  of U.K. IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Hal  Mohr  [1894-1974] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Bergman's favorite Sven  Nykvist  [1922-2006] from Sweden IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Wally  Pfister
IMDb listing • official website • Facebook page • Wikipedia

Ray  Rennahan  [1896-1980] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 7 Oscar nominations [1940-1945]; won in 1940 {for "GWTW"} & 1942

Owen  Roizman
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Harold Rosson  
IMDb listing

Giuseppe  Rotunno
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Philippe  Rousselot IMDb listing

Kurosawa favorite Takao  Sait๔
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dean  Semler IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}

Leon  Shamroy  [1901-74] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 18 Oscar nominations [1939-1966]; won in 1943, 1945, 1946 & 1964

Dante  Spinotti  of Italy
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Vittorio  Storaro  of Italy IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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"Storaro: Writing With Light" by Vittorio Storaro Volume 1: The Light Aperture Bilingual 12x12¼ {6.25 lbs} hardcover [7/2002] out of print/rare Volume 2: The Colors Electa Bilingual 11¾x11¾ {6.75 lbs} hardcover [11/2003] out of print/rare Volume 3: The Elements Electa Bilingual Edition hardcover [11/2003] out of print/used

Harry  Stradling,  Sr.  [1901-70] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 14 Oscar nominations [1944-1970]; won in 1946 & 1965

his son  Harry  Stradling,  Jr.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Robert  L.  Surtees  [1906-85] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 14 Oscar nominations [1945-1979]; won in 1951, 1953 & 1960

his son  Bruce  Surtees
IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}

Gregg  Toland  [1904-48] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 6 Oscar nominations [1936-1942]; won in 1940
shot "Citizen Kane" [R.K.O. 1941]

Mario  Tosi  of Italy
IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}

Geoffrey  Unsworth  [1914-78] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Haskell  Wexler IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Tell Them Who You Are" documentary [indep May 2005] The son of legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer & film- maker Haskell Wexler shoots documentary footage that reveals the relationship between father & son. Co-written & directed by Mark Wexler ThinkFilm color DVD [10/2005] for $28.49 full credits at IMDb

Billy  Williams IMDb listing • Wikipedia

favorite of Woody Allen & Francis Coppola
Gordon  Willis
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Freddie  Young  [1902-98] of U.K. IMDb listing • Wikipedia

received 5 Oscar nominations [1953-1972]; won in 1963, 1966 & 1971

"Seventy Light Years: A Life In The Movies" [1999] by Freddie Young Faber & Faber 9½x6¼ hardcover [9/99] out of print/many used

`	Vilmos  Zsigmond  from Hungary IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Cinema  Formats
film formats pages at Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
'list of film formats' entry at Wikipedia

widescreen
"The History of Cinerama" [1985 thesis] by Thomas E. Erffmeyer

	"Widescreen Cinema" [1992] by John Belton Harvard Univ Press 9x7½ pb [11/92] out of print/used
	"Cinerama Adventure" documentary feature [indep Sept 2003] Written, directed & narrated by David Strohmaier; featuring experts Rudy Behlmer, John Belton, Kevin Brownlow, Thomas Erffmeyer, Leonard Maltin & Howard Rust video not available; full credits from IMDb • official website

Imax format
IMAX Theatres

"IMAX Ultimate Collection" DVD box set [2009]   Imax color DVD set [1/2009] 20 disks for $81.99 includes "Blue Planet" [1990]; "China: The Panda Adventure" [2001]; "Cosmic Voyage" [1996]; "Deep Sea 3D" [2006]; "Destiny In Space" [1994]; "The Dream Is Alive" [1985]; "Fires of Kuwait" [1992]; "Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage" [1999]; "Hail Columbia!" [1982]; "Hidden Dimension" [1997]; "Into The Deep" [1994]; "L5: First City In Space" [1996]; "Mark Twain's America in 3D" [1998]; "Mission To Mir" [1997]; "Mountain Gorilla" [1992]; "NASCAR 3D" [2004]; "The Secret of Life On Earth" [1993]; "Space Station 3D" [2002]; "Survival Island" [1996]; and "T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous" [1998]

"The IMAX Space Collection" DVD box set [2001] includes 37-min. "Hail Columbia!" [1982] narrated by James Whitmore; 37-min. "The Dream Is Alive" [1985] narrated by Walter Cronkite; 40-min. "Blue Planet" [1990]; 40-min. "Destiny In Space" [1994] narrated by Leonard Nimoy; and 40-min. "Mission To Mir" [1997] narrated by August Schellenberg Imax color DVD set [10/2001] 5 disks for $35.99

stereoscopic {3-D} formats
stereoscopy entry at Wikipedia
3-D film entry at Wikipedia
3-D Film Preservation Fund

more info (movies, books, glasses, hardware, links) on
Magic Lantern's Stereoscopic {3-D} Cinema Page
history   •   books   •   selected 3-D movies    •   pioneers & experts   •   equipment   •   links

	"3D Movie Making: Stereoscopic Digital Cinema   From Script To Screen" [2009] by Bernard Mendiburu Focal Press pb [5/2009] for $44.95
	"Stereoscopic Photography: Its Application To Science, Industry & Education" [orig 1926, rev 1935 & 1950, republd 2007] by Arthur W. Judge Ghose Press 7½x5½ pb [3/2007] for $30.95 Ghose Press hardcover [11/2008] for $43.45

Books  About  Cinematography

	"Practical Cinematography" [orig 2000, 2nd edition 2005] by Paul Wheeler Focal Press 9¾x7½ pb [2/2005] for $26.56
	"The Camera Assistant's Manual" [orig 1993?, 4th edition 2005] by David E. Elkins, SOC Focal Press 9x6¼ pb [1/2005] for $44.95
	"American Cinematographer Manual" [orig 1980, 9th edition 2004] by Stephen H. Burum A.S.C. Press 7¼x4 hardcover [11/2004] for $99.95
	"Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography" [2003] from Imago, edited by Richard Sears Abrams 11¼x9¾ {5.4 pound} hardcover [5/2003] for $40.95
	"Cinematography: Image Making For Cinematographers, Directors & Videographers" [2002] by Blain Brown Focal Press 10x7 pb [10/2002] for $31.02
	"Every Frame A Rembrandt: Art & Practice of Cinematography" [2000] by Andrew Laszlo, ASC Focal Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2000] for $27.99 Andrew Laszlo's credits from IMDb
	"Cinematography: Screencraft (Illustrated)" [1999] by Peter Ettedgui Focal Press 12½x9¼ pb [8/99] out of print/used
	"Matters of Light and Depth: Creating Memorable Images For Video, Film & Stills Through Lighting" [1999] by Ross Lowell lighting for still & film & digital photography Lowel-Light Mfg 9x9 pb [4/99] for $28.95
	"The Camera Assistant: A Complete Professional Handbook" [1995] by Douglas C. Hart Focal Press 9½x6½ hardcover [12/95] for $58.54 author credits at IMDb
	"Placing Shadows: Lighting Techniques For Video Production" [1995] by Chuck B. Gloman & Tom Letourneau Focal Press 10x7 pb [3/2000] for $24.49
	"Painting With Light" [1995] by cinematographer John Alton Univ of Calif Press 10x7½ pb [4/95] for $19.25 Univ of Calif Press hardcover [4/95] out of print/used John Alton [1901-96] credits from IMDb
	"The Professional Cameraman's Handbook" [orig 1981, 4th edition 1993] by Sylvia & Verne Carlson Focal Press 9x5¾ hardcover [12/93] for $42.87
	"Cinematography: A Guide for Film Makers & Film Teachers" [1973] by Kris Malkiewicz Fireside 9¼x7½ pb [8/92] for $16.10
	"The Work of The Motion Picture Cameraman" [1972] by Freddie Young Hastings House hardcover [1/72] out of print/used
	"The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques" [1965 classic] by Joseph V. Mascelli Silman James Press 11x8½ pb [6/98] for $20.97

American Cinematographer Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $50.00 magazine website

Camera Operator Magazine subscribe directly: 2 issues/year for $20.00 magazine website

Intl. Cinematographers Guild Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $48.00 magazine website

Links
The Film Industry Page
Reference & Technical Page
cinematographers.com {offline since 10/2006}
Tim Tyler's cinematography.com website [est. 1998]
Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers

Organizations

      

Argentinean Society of Cinematographers {requires Flash}
Austrian Assn. of Cinematographers [est. 1976]
Croatian Cinematographers Society [est. 1996]
Italian Society of Cinematographers A.I.C. [est. 1950]
Netherlands Society of Cinematographers
TV Cameramen [dot] com online magazine {based in Cyprus}

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