Greg Traw Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 (No specific order) Conrad Hall Roger Deakins Sven Nykvist Gordon Willis Greg Toland Honorable Mentions Frederick Elmes Robert Richardson Vittorio Storaro Chris Doyle Ossie Morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chayse Irvin ASC, CSC Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 1. Conrad Hall 2. Roger Deakins 3. Robert Richardson 4. Emmanuel Lubeski 6. John Toll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 19, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 19, 2008 With over 100 years of cinema, I think it would probably be better to separate "current" from "past" DP's rather than combine them -- I certainly couldn't restrict myself to only five if I had to take a century of movies into account. I might even break it up into three periods. Off the top of my head, who comes to mind as personally inspirational over the years: Silent era through 1950's: Toland Barnes Wong Howe Shamroy Cardiff Figueroa mid-50's through 1980's: Young Morris Unsworth Watkin Willis Hall Watkin Alcott Slocombe current: Storaro Daviau Toll Lubezski Deakins Adafarisin Zsigmond Richardson Doyle Kaminski Prieto I'm sure I'm forgetting someone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Haritan Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 I'm sure I'm forgetting someone... No love for Sven Nykvist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 19, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 19, 2008 No love for Sven Nykvist? See, I knew I forgot someone... and probably a half dozen other names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glen Alexander Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 What about F.A. Young? Jack Hildyard? Asakazu Nakai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 20, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 20, 2008 Asakazu Nakai? Or Kazuo Miyagawa? Or Edward Tisse? Or Raoul Coutard? Subrata Mitra? Sergei Urusevsky? Aldo Graziati? Freddie Francis? I mean, where do you start or stop? So much great work done by so many... I think that's why you have to consider these lists as not inclusive, just a list of personal favorites, and what's a favorite is not always easily defendable or not everyone is going to agree with it. Not everyone shares my love for Geoffrey Unsworth's work, but I still watch his stuff over and over again. I'm always amazed that more people don't recognize the importance of Ozzie Morris, for example, in the history of cinematography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Carlile Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 John Alton Ernest Haller Joseph Walker Nicholas Musaraca Harold Rosson Wow, George Barnes-- what a great DP and a real character. Did you know he used to give out scholarships and cash awards to amateur movie makers in the 30s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWeidemann Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 My favorites are: Conrad L. Hall Roger Deakins Christopher Doyle Vitorio Storaro Vilmos Zsigmond ...but there are several others to name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex de Campi Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Wow, no love for Henri Decaë? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony derose Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 top 10 is easier Christopher Doyle Robert Elswit Adam Greenberg Robert Richardson Matthew Libatique Dean Cundey Conrad Hall Michael Chapman Jeong-hun Jeong Sven Nykvist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I would love to know why Adam Greenberg ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Max Jacoby Posted July 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 21, 2008 Casue he shot Terminator and T2? Or maybe because he shot The Santa Clause 2 ? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted July 21, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted July 21, 2008 1. Gordon Willis 2. Nothing 3. Nothing 4. Nothing 5. Nothing No, seriously. 1. Gordon Willis 2. Nothing 3. Nothing 4. Nothing 5. Ted Moore. NO, seriously! OK. 1. Gordon Willis 2. Conrad Hall 3. Harris Savides 4. Emmanuel Lubezki 5. Ozzie Morris (agree with Mullen on that one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F Bulgarelli Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Savides Lubesky Prieto Richardson Deakins Elswitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandeep Kumar Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 V.K.Murthy - India Raoul Coutard Conrad Hall Vilmos Zigmond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony derose Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Because I love Snakes On A Plane and Santa Clause 2. Jk, Terminator 1&2 and Near Dark are three of my favorite movies, plus I've seen some of his older stuff from Poland which is really nice. Now he doesn't really do anything as groundbreaking as T2 but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arni Heimir Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Top Cinematographers? Its relative who is the premier cinematographer. With that in mind. Most "sane" people don't go to see movies based on cinematography. Just as no sane person would go see a film for the sound designer or costume designer. Well, maybe their relatives. I, for one, think that almost all of these cinematographers are being mentioned because they contributed to great movies. With the exception of Gregg Toland. I don't think that anyone of them can carry a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie l fowlds Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 phedon papamicheal geoffry unsworth Christopher Doyle Freddy Young Tony Richardson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Tony Richardson was a British Director !!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie l fowlds Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Darius Khondji laszlo Kovacs Raoul Coutard Jack cardiff Subrata Mitra So Many great lensmen and women how can I have just 5 Noski Deville is one of our greats, yet to step into the lime light (watch this space) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie l fowlds Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Tony Richardson was a British Director !!. oops sorry !! Robert Richardson ASC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Lussier Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Michael Seresin Emmanuel Lubezki Harris Savides Darius Khondji and I gotta say Im very excited about Claudio Miranda's work these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Carlile Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Forgot William Daniels. He did everything from Greed to the Maltese Bippy, with an early, verite-ish The Naked City somewhere in the middle. Besides that, he helped pioneer the incredibly lush, incredibly slick MGM look of the early 50s. I don't think it gets much better than Daniels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Appelt Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 "Old Masters": Leon Shamroy (The Agony and the Ecstasy) Eugen Schüfftan / Eugene Shuftan (The Hustler) Russell Metty (Spartacus) James Wong Howe (Shanghai Express) Jack Cardiff (Black Narcissus) Contemporary: Roger Deakins (The Hudsucker Proxy) Robby Mueller (Mystery Train) Jost Vacano (Das Boot) Roger Pratt (12 Monkeys) Jean-Marie Dreujou (La Fille sur le Pont) This game surely takes time! I spent almost an hour thinking about my favourite DPs without even noticing it... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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