Your "Top Five" Cinematographers?

[Nathan Martin 0]

i dont think i could put in a good list but my current favourites are

 

Matthew Libatique

Dion Beebe

[Michael LaVoie 84]

Dick Pope

Paul Sarossy

Ellen Kuras

Lance Accord

Slawomir Idziak

[Juan Pablo Ramirez 0]

right now

 

Deakins

Lubezky

Delbonell

Mathieson

Doyle

 

also, richardson, Deschanel, Prieto, Kaminsky, Khondji, too many is like asking a child who loves the most his mother or his father

 

also

 

Greg Toland

Gordon Willis

Lazlo Kovacs

Vilmos Zigmonds

[Oli Soravia 0]

For a good reason there are - more or less - always the same names.

There`s one I haven`t read: Robert Elswit.

[Simon Wyss 115]

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

Georges Emile Joseph Démény

Eugène Augustin Lauste

Arthur Melbourne-Cooper

[Jesse Anthony 0]

In no particular order.

 

Gordon Willis

Roger Deakins

Gregg Toland

Walter Lassally

Robert Elswit

[Simon Wyss 115]

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, 1841 to 1890 (lost)

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, 1860 to 1935

Georges Emile Joseph Démény, 1850 to 1917

Eugène Augustin Lauste, 1857 to 1935

Arthur Melbourne-Cooper, 1874 to 1961

[Tom Lowe 0]

i dont think i could put in a good list but my current favourites are

 

Matthew Libatique

Dion Beebe

 

I'm surprised not to see Lubezki?

[James Steven Beverly 60]

Vittorio Storaro-Apocalypse Now

Conrad Hall-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

M. David Mullen-Northfork

Haskell Wexler-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Gordon Willis-The Godfather

Freddie Young-Lawrence of Arabia

 

I couldn't limit myself to 5, and granted these choices could be based on one SINGLE movie if one were so inclined but LORD what movies! B)

[Thomas Smith 0]

Hi,

 

Henri Decae, All his Films ("Le Cercle Rouge" and "Le Samourai" are the best... At least for me)

Dick Pope, All his Films but in particular "Naked".

Phillip Lathrop, for his camera work on "Touch of Evil" and The cinematography of "Experiment in Terror".

Roger Deakins,

Harris Savides, for his way of lighting.

[Paul Brenno 2]

Dean Semler " Dances with Wolves "

Caleb Deschanel " Passion of the Christ "

John Toll " Braveheart "

Robert Richardson " JFK "

Jack Green " Unforgiven "

Roger Deakins " Shawshank Redemption "

[Mikel Guillen 0]

My favorite five best cinematograhers are:

 

1-Sven Nykvist

2-Gabor Medvigy

3-Lubezki

4-Timo Salminen

5-Sacha Vierny

[Ben Brahem Ziryab 3]

My top 5 cinematographers are:

 

1. Roger Deakins

2. Emmanuel Lubezki

3. Janusz Kaminski

4. Robert Richardson

5. Vittorio Storaro

 

Just love Roger Deakins use of light and choice of lenses. Also they way he moves the camera and composite his shots are just beautiful done. Of course, Roger Deakins is a person which is constantly improving his skills though experience, and his earley movies wasen't really beautifully photographed, but he gained his experience fast and has produced some stunning results over the last couple of years.

 

Both Emmanuel Lubezki and Janusz Kaminski is for me, one of the masters in camera movement. They know how to make a choice of a visual style for telling the story in the best form, and they put the visual style perfectly thoughout the entire movie.

 

Vittorio Storaro is often considered as one of the biggest cinematographers thoughout the movie history, and this is defently noticable in his use of lightning, colors, composition and of course his incredible knowledge about the art of cinematography.

 

If I had the chance to put a couple of extra cinematographers on my list, I would choose Dean Semler, Dion Beebe, César Charlone, Anthony Dod Mantle, Wally Pfister and Ron Fricke.

Edited December 11, 2008 by gazoo

[Jason Outenreath 1]

1. Christopher Doyle

2. Vittorio Storaro

3. Sven Nykvist

4. Conrad Hall

5. Gregg Toland

[Michael B McGee 1]

1. Storraro

2. Willis

3. Sven Nykvist

4. Robert Yeoman

5. Lubezki, Prieto

 

honorable mention: Robby Muller, Michael Chapman, Stephen Burum, Elswit, and Deakins. can we do a top 20 list next?

[fabio pirovano 0]

just five is an hard quest anyway I would Try

DANTE SPINOTTI AIC ASC he really understand the language of a story either his know how permit him to have not a redudandt clichè

ROBERT RICHARDSON ASC I was stunned how he prepared The Four Feathers

DEAN CUNDEY ASC CSC Memorable Carpenter 's Era,good job on Whisper

DION BEEBE ACS ASC I didnt like In the Cut but what he does on Memoirs of a Geisha is amazing

GALE TATTERSALL and ELLIOT DAVIS I like both one for VIRTUOSITY-GHOST SHIP and the last for FORCES OF NATURE really an amazing piece of art

 

InMemoriam

ALEX THOMSON BSC he really bring to cinematography a great contribute

ADRIAN BIDDLE BSC Event Horizon was a outstanding gem

[Felipe A Malheiros 0]

Oh God, just FIVE? Ok...

 

1. Gregg Toland

2. Sven Nykvist

3. Vittorio Storaro

4. Caleb Deschanel

5. Phillippe Rousselot

[David Rosenblum 0]

1 thru 5:

 

Roger Deakins

Janusz Kaminski

Christopher Doyle

Laszlo Kovacs

Conrad Hall

Vittorio Storaro

Vilmos Zsigmond

Michael Ballhaus

Darius Khondji

[Gautam Valluri 1]

In no order of preference:

-Chris Doyle

-Harris Savides

-Eduardo Sierra:

-Sven Nykvist

-Walter Lassally

[josé gerel 0]

The master : Deakins

Richardson

Darius K

Conrad L Hall

Rousselot

Rouden

Lubezki

Prieto

Kaminski

Serra

Gautier

Doyle

Chevrin

Beaucarne

Daillant

Balhaus

Stern

Lenoir

Daviau

Storaro

Libatique

Delbonnel

Mathieson

Spinotti

Savides

Willis

[Michael Kubaszak 1]

gordon willis

vittorio stotaro

roger deakins

harris savides

frederick elmes

[zachary galler 0]

what about elswit?

[Tom Lowe 0]

I wonder why so few are putting John Toll on their lists?

[Gary Shunk 0]

Conrad Hall

Gregg Toland

Jame Wong Howe

Owen Roizman

Michael Ballhaus

for starters....

[Manuel Benito de Valle 0]

Current...

 

R. Prieto

R. Richardson

E. Lubezki

J. Kaminski

C. Doyle