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738676, Who are your favorite cinematographers and why?
Posted by lightworks, Fri May-08-20 12:54 PM
738681, RE: Who are your favorite cinematographers and why?
Posted by c71, Sat May-09-20 12:17 PM
Owen Roizman (The French Connection, The Exorcist)

Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

Mario Tosi (Report to the Commissioner, Carrie)


70's was it


yep
738682, who did "Bladerunner 2049" "Mad Max Fury Road" "Ex Machina" ?
Posted by Voodoochilde, Sat May-09-20 12:50 PM
...whoever did them i like...:)
738683, ..and whoever did "if beale street could talk"
Posted by Voodoochilde, Sat May-09-20 02:31 PM
738695, Matthew Libatique
Posted by Original Juice, Mon May-11-20 07:52 PM
Everything he did for Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, etc.) was amazing.

He did great work for Spike and many others as well..

Everytime I see a film, and I find it's visually captivating in a unique and new way, I peep the credits and see his name.
738734, I second that emotion...
Posted by ODotSoHot, Fri May-15-20 12:44 PM
Guy is brilliant
738699, Ava's favorite: Bradford Young
Posted by thegodcam, Tue May-12-20 10:08 AM
shoots Blk ppl splendidly.... with all our rich tones... especially liked his work on Mother of George
738736, He's great. A new favorite of mine.
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri May-15-20 09:40 PM
738754, He hasn't even hit his prime yet..that the crazy part
Posted by Castro, Mon May-18-20 04:43 PM
wait til he starts directing
738738, I have a few
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Fri May-15-20 10:13 PM
Darius Khondji - Se7en, Alien Resurrection, The Beach

Of course, Roger Deakins - Coen Brothers, Skyfall, The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, 1917

Vittorio Storaro - Apocalypse Now

Gordon Willis - The Godfather (I & II), Annie Hall

Matthew Libatique - Aronofsky's work, She Hate Me, Inside Man, The Fountain

Jeff Cronenweth - Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl

Emmanuel Lubezki - Children of Men, The Tree of Life, Gravity, Birdman

Rodrigo Prieto - 25th Hour, babel, Argo, Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman

Wally Pfister - Inception, The Dark Knight, Insomnia


New favorites:

Bradford Young - Middle of Nowhere, Selma, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Solo, Arrival

James Laxton - Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk

Rob Hardy - Ex Machina, Annihilation










738764, RE: Who are your favorite cinematographers and why?
Posted by jffrsn, Wed May-20-20 03:17 AM
Ernest Dickerson for his work on Spike's seminal classics

Gordon Willis GF films 1 and 2

Howard Atherton only for Fatal Attraction. I love how he captured NYC, especially the opening credit sequence

John Alcott For the Shining ans A Clockwork Orange

So many!!!
738765, Roger Deakins is the GOAT.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed May-20-20 10:03 AM