Vilmos Zsigmond
Birthday: 1930-06-16
Place of Birth: Szeged, Hungary
Biography: 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.
Movies
Return of the "Hired Hand"
A retrospective look at the making of Peter Fonda's 1971 directorial debut, a Western in which he st...
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Maverick
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k...
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western....
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Light Keeps Me Company
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoir...
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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos...
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Side by Side
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over t...
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Visions of Light
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of pho...
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Louis
A silent film about Louis Armstrong as a young boy and how he acquired his first cornet....
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Who Needs Sleep?
A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, foc...
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Imagining Images
A made for DVD extras documentary about the making of Robert Altman’s film Images....
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French...
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'Obsession' Revisited
A documentary about the making of 1976's "Obsession" featuring interviews with director Brian De Pal...
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The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'...
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Spielberg
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Stev...
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming c...
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Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" stands as one of the most influential and important films of all ti...
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Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
Brought to life through archival material and the reflections of over 40 colleagues, friends and fan...
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Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
The troubled production of Winter Kills (1979) is covered here in this documentary with interviews w...
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Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
Interview with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond about "The Long Goodbye" (1973)...
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and grip...
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Altman on His Own Terms
A look at the life and career of acclaimed independent filmmaker Robert Altman...on his own words. T...
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Woody Allen: A Documentary
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his l...
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