Vilmos Zsigmond

Vilmos Zsigmond

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.

On screen

  • Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
  • Spielberg
  • Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
  • Side by Side
  • Woody Allen: A Documentary
  • Louis
  • A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
  • Who Needs Sleep?
  • Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
  • Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
  • Return of the "Hired Hand"
  • Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
  • Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
  • Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
  • 'Obsession' Revisited
  • The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
  • Light Keeps Me Company
  • Altman on His Own Terms
  • Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
  • Maverick
  • Visions of Light

Behind the camera

  • The Long Shadow

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