Chris Montte Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm curious to know what everyone out there thinks are some of the greatest collaborations of Director and Cinematographer. I'm thinking of films that have the unique style of a particular director but that the cinematographer has also been able to leave their stamp as well. One that comes to mind for me is Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I think Spielberg's early style really comes out on that film and I'm sure that Zsigmond had a lot to do with it. I'm hoping the answers here will help to add to my DVD/Blu-ray collection Thanks in advance C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 David Lynch & Fred Elmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 3, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 3, 2009 Oliver Stone and Robert Richardson, Bertoluccci and Storaro, Bergman and Nykvist, Gordon Willis and whichever director he worked with more than once -- Pakula, Coppola, Bridges, Allen. Coens and Deakins. Lean and Young (sounds like the title of an exercise video or a gay porn movie...) Kubrick and Alcott. Lester and Watkin. Huston and Morris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Kerber Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 • Cundey and Carpenter • Doyle and Kar-Wai • Spinotti and Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I like the 'Gorgon Willis and whoever'!.. I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Vogt Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Mendes and Hall Charlone and Meirelles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Porto Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 David Fincher and Darius Khondji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Durant Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Cuaron and Lubezki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lary Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Tarkovsky and Nykvist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 4, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2009 If we're going to count one-time only great collaborations, that opens the door quite a bit -- the most famous example would be Welles & Toland (also important would be Toland's multiple collaborations with Wyler and Ford). Also, Malick and Almendros, Malick and Toll, Malick and Lubezki. Another famous collaboration: Powell-Pressburger and Jack Cardiff (I think they did three movies together, all great: "Matter of Life & Death", "Black Narcissus", "Red Shoes"). Also Hitchcock and Burks. Friedkin and Roizman. Martin Ritt and James Wong Howe. Spielberg and Daviau, Spielberg and Kaminski. Truffaut and Almendros. Kurosawa and Miyagawa. Satyajit Ray and Subrata Mitra. Eisenstein and Tisse. Murnau and Freund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Whitehouse Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Leone - Delli Colli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Näyhä Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 David Cronenberg & Peter Suschitzky – amazing match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan Pablo Ramirez Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Deakins and the coen bros spielberg and kaminsky cuaron and lubesky iñarritu and prieto jean pierre jenaut and bruno delbonell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Valenti Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Jean Pierre Jenaut and Darius Khondji Wes Anderson and Robert Yeoman Spike Jonze and Lance Acord Gus Van Sant and Harris Savides David Fincher and Harris Savides (The Game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorme Jean-Marie Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 it's jean-pierre jeunet Ken loach and barry Ackroyd :) emir Kusturica and late vilko Filac :( Theo Angelopulos and yorgos arvanitis Luc Besson and carlo varini and then thierry Arbogast Olivier Assayas and Eric Gautier Eric Rohmer and Nestor Almendros Mikael Winterbottom and Marcel Zyskind the Dardennes brothers and Alain Marcoen for the Europeens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wuijts Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Claire Denis and Agnes Godard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Bienemann Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 soderberg and himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Figueroa Baez Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Alex Proyas and Dariusz Wolski worked twice to great results. Wolski also worked on the 3 Pirate movies with Verbinski and he is now working with Tim Burton on Alice in Wonderland after doing Sweent Todd. Another great team is Tom Tykwer and and Frank Griebe who have worked in several films together too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony le grand Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Hi agree Drew, Harris Savides and Gus van Sant's work is quite impressive. Also Hou Hsiao Hsien and Mark Lee Ping Bing Sergei Urusevsky and Mikhail Kalatozov I think any good cinematographer would have made an outstanding work with Kubrick, he was almost doing everything ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Montte Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 soderberg and himself. Traffic is one of my favorite films - A couple of years ago I did a short doc on Hurricane Ivan and I watched that after every day of shooting. there was something about it that was very inspirational while I was making that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Durham Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Guermo Del Toro and Guermo Navaro Danny Boyle and Dod Mantle Coens and Roger Deakins has been mentioned but warrants repeating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Montte Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Guermo Del Toro and Guermo NavaroDanny Boyle and Dod Mantle Coens and Roger Deakins has been mentioned but warrants repeating thanks a lot everyone. Of the pairings mentioned where there are multiple collaborations (Like Coens/Deakins), are there any that you think are particular stand-outs? I think the Big Lebowski is a good example of how the Coen's goofball style and Deakins' wide angle techniques go so well together. I really love the bowling montage at the beginning - I never thought bowling could look so beautiful. C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 7, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 7, 2009 "1900" is a gorgeous period movie by Storaro and Bertolucci, though not as good a movie as "The Conformist". "Cries and Whispers" is a great work of collaboration between Nykvist and Bergman. Same goes for "Winter Light". Also, check out Bergman's collaborations with Gunnar Fischer, like "Seventh Seal" or "Wild Strawberries". Woody Allen's work with Gordon Willis on three b&w movies is worth studying: "Manhattan", "Stardust Memories" and to a lesser extent, "Broadway Danny Rose" (though in some ways, that one is the most entertaining.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DS Williams Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Allen Daviau and Spielberg, Daviau is speaking at my school on monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Montte Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Allen Daviau and Spielberg, Daviau is speaking at my school on monday! If Im not mistaken, Empire of the Sun is their only collaboration other than the work they did together in film school. I agree, though - it is truly great work. I saw that film several times in the theatre when I was 17. I have not seen it since. My hope is that it will come out on Blu-ray soon. CE3K looks absolutely amazing on BRD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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