PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: cinematography

Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, cinematographer, and producer noted for his avoidance of “realistic” narrative in favour of character study and a vaguely metaphorical series of incidents....

Spike Jonze is an American director and producer known for his visually arresting and innovative music videos and films. Jonze grew up in Maryland. He moved to Los Angeles in 1987 after graduating from...

Rudolph Maté was a Polish-born filmmaker who was best known for his work as a cinematographer, though he later had some success as a director. Maté studied at the University of Budapest. His film career...

Paul Strand was a photographer whose work influenced the emphasis on sharp-focused, objective images in 20th-century American photography. When he was 17 years old, Strand began to study photography with...

Byron Haskin was an American film and television director, cinematographer, and special-effects artist best known for his work in the adventure and science-fiction genres, with films such as The War of...

Robert Frank was a Swiss American photographer and director who was one of the most influential photographers of the mid-20th century, noted for his ironic renderings of American life. Frank became a professional...

Nicolas Roeg was an English filmmaker known for his striking visual style and uncompromising, often controversial, narrative choices. Roeg had an unconventional start as a filmmaker. He did not attend...

Billy Bitzer was a U.S. motion-picture cameraman who, in partnership with the pioneer director D.W. Griffith, developed camera techniques that set the standard for all future motion pictures and stimulated...

Sven Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer best known for his subtle, luminous camera work in the films of Ingmar Bergman. Nykvist studied photography, worked as an assistant cameraman, and spent a year...

James Wong Howe was one of the greatest cinematographers of the American film industry, known for his innovative techniques. Brought by his parents to the United States at the age of five, he lived in...

Nestor Almendros was a cinematographer and recipient of an Oscar from the U.S. Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences for the best cinematography for his work on Days of Heaven (1978). Emigrating...

Gregg Toland was an American motion-picture cinematographer known for his brilliant use of chiaroscuro and deep-focus camera work. Toland got his start in the film industry at the age of 15, working as...

William Friese-Greene was a British photographer and inventor, sometimes credited with the invention of cinematography. Friese-Greene constructed a camera for taking a series of photographs on a roll of...