
Vilmos Zsigmond
Camera
June 16, 1930
Died January 1, 2016 (85 years old)
Szeged, Hungary
26
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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.
Known For
Filmography

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
6.8

Spielberg
2017
as Self
7.5

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016
as Self
6.9

Side by Side
2012
as Self
7.3
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
2012
as Self

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
6.9

Louis
2010
as Hungarian Photographer
3

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
2010
as Self
5.5

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
5.6

Who Needs Sleep?
2006
as Self
6.8

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
as Self
7.1

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
as Self
7.5

Return of the "Hired Hand"
2003
as Himself
Imagining Images
2003
as Self
9

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
2003
as Self
7

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
7.1

Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
2002
as Self
7

Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
2002
as Self

'Obsession' Revisited
2001
as Self
7.3

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001
as Self
7.1

Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
7.9

Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
9

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
7

Maverick
1994
as Albert Bierstadt
6.9

Visions of Light
1992
as Self
7

The Oscars
1953
as Self
7