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Home/People/Vilmos Zsigmond
Vilmos Zsigmond profile photo
Born
Jun 16, 1930Died: Jan 1, 2016
Lived 85 years
Place of Birth
Szeged, Hungary
Known For
Camera
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

24
Movies
1
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
William Zsigmond
William Zsigmund
IMDb Profile

Vilmos Zsigmond

Camera

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.
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson poster

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

Cast
2019
Spielberg poster

Spielberg

as Self
2017
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond poster

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

as Self
2016
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out' poster

Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'

as Self
2012
Side by Side poster

Side by Side

as Self
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary poster

Woody Allen: A Documentary

as Self
2011
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall poster

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

as Self
2010
Louis poster

Louis

as Hungarian Photographer
2010
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos poster

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

as Self
2009
Who Needs Sleep? poster

Who Needs Sleep?

as Self
2006
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate poster

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

as Self
2004
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession poster

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

as Self
2004
Imagining Images poster

Imagining Images

as Self
2003
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? poster

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

as Self
2003
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

as Self
2003
Return of the "Hired Hand" poster

Return of the "Hired Hand"

as Himself
2003
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye' poster

Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'

as Self
2002
'Obsession' Revisited poster

'Obsession' Revisited

as Self
2001
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' poster

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

as Self
2001
Light Keeps Me Company poster

Light Keeps Me Company

as Self
2000