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{{short description|Hungarian-American cinematographer}}
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{{Hungarian name|Zsigmond Vilmos}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC
| name = Vilmos Zsigmond
| honorific_suffix=[[American Society of Cinematographers|ASC]]
| image = Vilmos Zsigmond KVIFF.jpg
| caption = Vilmos Zsigmond at the [[43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|43rd KVIFF]] in 2008
| image = Vilmos Zsigmond KVIFF.jpg
| caption = Vilmos Zsigmond at the [[43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|43rd KVIFF]] in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|6|16}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|6|16}}
| birth_place = [[Szeged]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]]
| birth_place = [[Szeged]], [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|Hungary]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|1|1930|6|16}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|1|1930|6|16}}
| death_place = [[Big Sur]], California, U.S.
| death_place = [[Big Sur]], California
| citizenship = {{ubl|Hungary|United States (from 1962)}}
| occupation = Cinematographer
| occupation = Cinematographer
| yearsactive = 1955–2016
| yearsactive = 1955–2016
| spouse = Elizabeth Fuzes (divorced) (2 children)<br>Susan Roether (his death)<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/vilmos-zsigmond-the-lighting-wizard-behind-close-encounters-dies-at-85/2016/01/04/92d22d26-b2fd-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html Vilmos Zsigmond the lighting wizard behind close encounters died at 85] ''The Washington Post'' (subscription required)</ref>
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'''Vilmos Zsigmond''' <small>[[American Society of Cinematographers|ASC]]</small> ({{IPA-hu|ˈvilmoʃ ˈʒiɡmond|lang}}; 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/vilmos-zsigmond |work=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Zsigmond, who won an Oscar for his work on Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), was responsible for the distinctive look of many of the best Hollywood movies of the 1970s, starting with Altman’s McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971).}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 30, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/30/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer--obituary/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Vilmos Zsigmond, who has died aged 85, was a Hungarian cinematographer celebrated for his work during the 1970s and 1980s with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman and Woody Allen...His camera skills were used to great effect in seminal 1970s works such as Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978) and John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972).}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35220714 |work=BBC News |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=[Zsigmond] was also revered as an architect of the American New Wave in the 1970s.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/06/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-film-hollywood-easy-rider |work=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=We think of Zsigmond, who died on New Year's Day aged 85, as one of the leading photographic lights of the Hollywood New Wave.}}</ref><ref name=LATIMES>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Tre'vell |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dead at 85 |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-vilmos-zsigmond-oscar-winning-director-dead-20160103-story.html |work=LA Times |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, revered as one of the most influential cinematographers in film history for his work on several classic films, including "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Deer Hunter," died Friday.}}</ref>


Over his career he became associated with many leading American directors, such as [[Robert Altman]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Brian De Palma]], [[Michael Cimino]] and [[Woody Allen]].<ref name=GUARDIAN>{{cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/vilmos-zsigmond |work=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=TELEGRAPH>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 30, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/30/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer--obituary/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=NYTIMES>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Cinematographer, Dies at 85; Gave Hollywood Films a New Look
'''Vilmos Zsigmond''' {{post-nominals|country=USA|post-noms=[[American Society of Cinematographers|ASC]]}} ({{IPA-hu|ˈvilmoʃ ˈʒiɡmond|lang}}; 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/vilmos-zsigmond |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Zsigmond, who won an Oscar for his work on Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), was responsible for the distinctive look of many of the best Hollywood movies of the 1970s, starting with Altman’s McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971).}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 30, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/30/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer--obituary/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Vilmos Zsigmond, who has died aged 85, was a Hungarian cinematographer celebrated for his work during the 1970s and 1980s with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman and Woody Allen...His camera skills were used to great effect in seminal 1970s works such as Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter (1978) and John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972).}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35220714 |work=BBC News |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=[Zsigmond] was also revered as an architect of the American New Wave in the 1970s.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/06/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-film-hollywood-easy-rider |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=We think of Zsigmond, who died on New Year's Day aged 85, as one of the leading photographic lights of the Hollywood New Wave.}}</ref><ref name=LATIMES>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Tre'vell |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dead at 85 |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-vilmos-zsigmond-oscar-winning-director-dead-20160103-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |access-date=November 1, 2018|quote=Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, revered as one of the most influential cinematographers in film history for his work on several classic films, including "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Deer Hunter," died Friday.}}</ref>

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/movies/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-who-gave-hollywood-films-a-new-look-dies-at-85.html |work=New York Times |location=New York City, New York, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He is best known for his work on the films ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' and ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=BBCNEWS>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35220714 |work=BBC News |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
Over his career he became associated with many leading American directors, such as [[Robert Altman]], [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Brian De Palma]], [[Michael Cimino]] and [[Woody Allen]].<ref name=GUARDIAN>{{cite news |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/04/vilmos-zsigmond |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=TELEGRAPH>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 30, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/05/30/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer--obituary/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=NYTIMES>{{cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Cinematographer, Dies at 85; Gave Hollywood Films a New Look |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/movies/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-who-gave-hollywood-films-a-new-look-dies-at-85.html |work=New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He is best known for his work on the films ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' and ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=BBCNEWS>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35220714 |work=BBC News |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


He won the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] for his work on ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' as well as the [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Cinematography for ''The Deer Hunter''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/> He also won the [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special for the HBO miniseries ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/>
He won the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] for his work on ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' as well as the [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Cinematography for ''The Deer Hunter''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/> He also won the [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special for the HBO miniseries ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/>


His work on the films ''[[McCabe and Mrs. Miller]]'', ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''The Deer Hunter'' made the [[American Society of Cinematographers]] (ASC) list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theasc.com/magazine/mar99/best/set2.htm |title=American Cinematographer's list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1999 |website=theasc.com |publisher=American Society of Cinematographers |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{cite news |last=Leopold |first=Todd |date=January 4, 2016 |title='Close Encounters' cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond dies at 85 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/entertainment/vilmos-zsigmond-close-encounters-dies-obit-feat/index.html |work=CNN |location=Atlanta, Georgia, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> The ASC also awarded him with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.<ref name=CNN/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theasc.com/asc/awards/past-nominees-winners |title=ASC Awards: Past Nominees and Winners |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=theasc.com |publisher=American Society of Cinematographers |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
His work on the films ''[[McCabe and Mrs. Miller]]'', ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' and ''The Deer Hunter'' made the [[American Society of Cinematographers]] (ASC) list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theasc.com/magazine/mar99/best/set2.htm |title=American Cinematographer's list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1999 |website=theasc.com |publisher=American Society of Cinematographers |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=CNN>{{cite news |last=Leopold |first=Todd |date=January 4, 2016 |title='Close Encounters' cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond dies at 85 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/04/entertainment/vilmos-zsigmond-close-encounters-dies-obit-feat/index.html |work=CNN |location=Atlanta, GA |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> The ASC also awarded him with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.<ref name=CNN/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theasc.com/asc/awards/past-nominees-winners |title=ASC Awards: Past Nominees and Winners |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=theasc.com |publisher=American Society of Cinematographers |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


In 2003, Zsigmond was voted as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history by the members of the [[International Cinematographers Guild]].<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Tre'vell |date=October 17, 2003 |title=Cinematographers pick their Top 11 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/17/entertainment/et-e16filler17 |work=LA Times |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
In 2003, Zsigmond was voted as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history by the members of the [[International Cinematographers Guild]].<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Tre'vell |date=October 17, 2003 |title=Cinematographers pick their Top 11 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-oct-17-et-e16filler17-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Zsigmond was born in [[Szeged]], Hungary, the son of Bozena (née Illichman), an administrator, and Vilmos Zsigmond, a celebrated soccer player and coach.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=Light>{{cite book |title=Masters of Light: Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers |url=https://archive.org/details/mastersoflightco0000scha |url-access=registration |last=Schaefer |first=Dennis |author2=Larry Salvato |year=1985 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |isbn=978-0-520-05336-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mastersoflightco0000scha/page/311 311] |chapter=Vilmos Zsigmond}}</ref> He became interested in photography at age 17 after an uncle had given him ''The Art of Light'', a book of black-and-white photographs taken by Hungarian photographer Eugene Dulovits,<ref name=WASHINGTONPOST>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, the lighting wizard behind ‘Close Encounters,’ dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/vilmos-zsigmond-the-lighting-wizard-behind-close-encounters-dies-at-85/2016/01/04/92d22d26-b2fd-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html |work=The Washington Post |location=Washington, District of Columbia, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=BALTIMORE>{{cite news |last=Sragow |first=Michael |date=August 26, 2010 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, the image-master |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-08-26/entertainment/bs-ae-film-sragow-rail-0827-20100826_1_eugene-dulovits-louis-armstrong-dan-pritzker |work=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lacher |first=Irene |date=June 16, 2013 |title=The Sunday Conversation: Vilmos Zsigmond's technique comes into focus |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/16/entertainment/la-et-cm-ca-vilmos-zsigmond-conversation-20130616 |work=LA Times |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> but under the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-imposed government of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]] he was not allowed to study the subject because his family was considered [[bourgeois]].<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/><ref name=BALTIMORE/> Instead, Zsigmond worked in a factory, bought a camera and taught himself how to take pictures, going on to organize a camera club for the workers.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> As a result he won the respect of local [[commissars]] and was allowed to study cinema at the [[Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest]] and received an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in cinematography.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> He worked for five years in a Budapest feature film studio becoming "director of photography."<ref name=Light/>
Zsigmond was born in [[Szeged]], Hungary, the son of Bozena ({{née|Illichman}}), an administrator, and Vilmos Zsigmond, a soccer player and coach.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=Light>{{cite book |title=Masters of Light: Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers |url=https://archive.org/details/mastersoflightco0000scha |url-access=registration |last=Schaefer |first=Dennis |author2=Larry Salvato |year=1985 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |isbn=978-0-520-05336-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mastersoflightco0000scha/page/311 311] |chapter=Vilmos Zsigmond}}</ref> He became interested in photography at age 17 after an uncle had given him ''The Art of Light'', a book of black-and-white photographs taken by Hungarian photographer Eugene Dulovits,<ref name=WASHINGTONPOST>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, the lighting wizard behind 'Close Encounters,' dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/vilmos-zsigmond-the-lighting-wizard-behind-close-encounters-dies-at-85/2016/01/04/92d22d26-b2fd-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, District of Columbia, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=BALTIMORE>{{cite news |last=Sragow |first=Michael |date=August 26, 2010 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, the image-master |url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-08-26/entertainment/bs-ae-film-sragow-rail-0827-20100826_1_eugene-dulovits-louis-armstrong-dan-pritzker |work=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland, United States |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lacher |first=Irene |date=June 16, 2013 |title=The Sunday Conversation: Vilmos Zsigmond's technique comes into focus |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-jun-16-la-et-cm-ca-vilmos-zsigmond-conversation-20130616-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> but under the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-imposed government of the [[Hungarian People's Republic]] he was not allowed to study the subject because his family was considered [[bourgeois]].<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/><ref name=BALTIMORE/> Instead, Zsigmond worked in a factory, bought a camera and taught himself how to take pictures, going on to organize a camera club for the workers.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> As a result he won the respect of local [[commissars]] and was allowed to study cinema at the [[Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest]] and received an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in cinematography.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> He worked for five years in a Budapest feature film studio becoming director of photography.<ref name=Light/>


Zsigmond, along with his friend and fellow student [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], borrowed a 35-millimeter camera from their school and chronicled the events of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|1956 Hungarian Revolution]] in Budapest by hiding the camera in a shopping bag and shooting footage through a hole they had cut in the bag.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> The two men shot thirty thousand feet of film and escaped to Austria shortly afterwards.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/> In 1958 Zsigmond and Kovács arrived in the United States as political refugees and sold the footage to CBS for a network documentary on the revolution narrated by [[Walter Cronkite]].<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/>
Zsigmond, along with his friend and fellow student [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]], borrowed a 35-millimeter camera from their school and chronicled the events of the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|1956 Hungarian Revolution]] in Budapest by hiding the camera in a shopping bag and shooting footage through a hole they had cut in the bag.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> The two men shot thirty thousand feet of film and escaped to Austria shortly afterwards.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=Light/> In 1958 Zsigmond and Kovács arrived in the United States as political refugees and sold the footage to CBS for a network documentary on the revolution narrated by [[Walter Cronkite]].<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/>


In 1962, Zsigmond became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/03/vilmos-zsigmond-oscar-cinematographer-dies-close-encounters |work=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He settled in Los Angeles and worked in photo labs as a technician and photographer.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/> The first film he worked on in the United States was the 1963 black-and-white [[exploitation film]] ''[[The Sadist (film)|The Sadist]]'', starring [[Arch Hall Jr.]]<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> Throughout the 1960s, he worked on many low-budget independent and educational films as he attempted to break into the film industry.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=Light/> Some of the films that he worked on during this period credited him as "William Zsigmond", including ''The Sadist'', the classic horror [[B movie]] ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]'',<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN2>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/06/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-film-hollywood-easy-rider |work=The Guardian |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> and the [[The Second City|Second City]] satirical science fiction movie ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/83858/The-Monitors/full-credits.html |title=''The Monitors'' (1969): Full Credits |website=TCM Database |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>
In 1962, Zsigmond became a naturalized citizen of the United States.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/03/vilmos-zsigmond-oscar-cinematographer-dies-close-encounters |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He settled in Los Angeles and worked in photo labs as a technician and photographer.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/> The first film he worked on in the United States was the 1963 black-and-white [[exploitation film]] ''[[The Sadist (film)|The Sadist]]'', starring [[Arch Hall Jr.]]<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> Throughout the 1960s, he worked on many low-budget independent and educational films as he attempted to break into the film industry.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=Light/> Some of the films that he worked on during this period credited him as "William Zsigmond", including ''The Sadist'', the classic horror [[B movie]] ''[[The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies]]'',<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN2>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=January 6, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/06/vilmos-zsigmond-cinematographer-film-hollywood-easy-rider |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> and the [[The Second City|Second City]] satirical science fiction movie ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/83858/The-Monitors/full-credits.html |title=''The Monitors'' (1969): Full Credits |website=TCM Database |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>


Kovács, who shot the 1969 film ''[[Easy Rider]]'' for [[Peter Fonda]] and [[Dennis Hopper]], recommended Zsigmond to Fonda for his 1971 Western film ''[[The Hired Hand]]''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/> Later that same year Zsigmond was hired by [[Robert Altman]] for his [[revisionist western]] film ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]'', which became Zsigmond's breakthrough film and marked his first time working on a major Hollywood production.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=VARIETY>{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Cannes Film Review: ‘Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond’ |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-close-encounters-vilmos-zsigmond-1201777948/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
Kovács, who shot the 1969 film ''[[Easy Rider]]'' for [[Peter Fonda]] and [[Dennis Hopper]], recommended Zsigmond to Fonda for his 1971 Western film ''[[The Hired Hand]]''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/> Later that same year Zsigmond was hired by [[Robert Altman]] for his [[revisionist western]] film ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]'', which became Zsigmond's breakthrough film and marked his first time working on a major Hollywood production.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=VARIETY>{{cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Cannes Film Review: 'Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond' |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-review-close-encounters-vilmos-zsigmond-1201777948/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


Over the following decade, Zsigmond became one of the most in-demand cinematographers in Hollywood.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=BBCNEWS/> Some of the major films he shot in the 1970s include [[John Boorman]]'s ''[[Deliverance]]'', Altman's ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]'', [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession]]'' as well as [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[The Sugarland Express]]'' and ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', the latter of which won him the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] at the [[50th Academy Awards]].<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/>
Over the following decade, Zsigmond became one of the most in-demand cinematographers in Hollywood.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=BBCNEWS/> Some of the major films he shot in the 1970s include [[John Boorman]]'s ''[[Deliverance]]'', Altman's ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]'' and [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession]]'', as well as [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[The Sugarland Express]]'' and ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'', the latter of which won him the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] at the [[50th Academy Awards]].<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/>


In 1978, Zsigmond worked on [[Michael Cimino]]’s drama ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', starring [[Robert DeNiro]], [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Christopher Walken]].<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=BBCNEWS/> Zsigmond's visual work on the film earned him the 1980 [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Cinematography and another Academy Award nomination.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=NYTIMES/> Zsigmond again worked with Cimino on his 1980 epic Western ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/>
In 1978, Zsigmond worked on [[Michael Cimino]]'s drama ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'', starring [[Robert De Niro]], [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Christopher Walken]].<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=BBCNEWS/> Zsigmond's visual work on the film earned him the 1980 [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Cinematography and another Academy Award nomination.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/><ref name=NYTIMES/> Zsigmond again worked with Cimino on his 1980 epic Western ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''.<ref name=GUARDIAN/><ref name=TELEGRAPH/>


Zsigmond continued to be in demand in the years that followed, working multiple times with several directors. He again worked with De Palma on his films ''[[Blow Out]]'', ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'', and ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''.<ref name=TIME>{{cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Cinematographer Extraordinaire Vilmos Zsigmond Could Light Up the Night, and the Daytime Too |url=http://time.com/4166105/vilmos-zsigmond-death-remembrance/ |magazine=Time |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He worked with [[Mark Rydell]] on ''[[Cinderella Liberty]]'', ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'', ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'', and ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]''.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> He worked with [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]] on ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''<ref name=TELEGRAPH/> and with [[Kevin Smith]] on ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kermode |first=Mark |date=June 20, 2004 |title=Oh, do grow up, Kevin... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/jun/20/features.review27 |work=The Observer |location=London, United Kingdom |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He also worked with [[Woody Allen]] on ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'', ''[[Cassandra's Dream]]'', and ''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]].''<ref name=TELEGRAPH/>
Zsigmond continued to be in demand in the years that followed, working multiple times with several directors. He again worked with De Palma on his films ''[[Blow Out]]'', ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'', and ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''.<ref name=TIME>{{cite magazine |last=Zacharek |first=Stephanie |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Cinematographer Extraordinaire Vilmos Zsigmond Could Light Up the Night, and the Daytime Too |url=http://time.com/4166105/vilmos-zsigmond-death-remembrance/ |magazine=Time |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He worked with [[Mark Rydell]] on ''[[Cinderella Liberty]]'', ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'', ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'', and ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]''.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=WASHINGTONPOST/> He worked with [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]] on ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''<ref name=TELEGRAPH/> and with [[Kevin Smith]] on ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kermode |first=Mark |date=June 20, 2004 |title=Oh, do grow up, Kevin... |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/jun/20/features.review27 |work=The Observer |location=London |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> He also worked with [[Woody Allen]] on ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'', ''[[Cassandra's Dream]]'', and ''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]]''.<ref name=TELEGRAPH/>


Zsigmond's television work includes the HBO miniseries ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]'', for which he won the 1993 [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=CNN/> He was nominated for an Emmy for his work on 2001 miniseries ''[[The Mists of Avalon (miniseries)|The Mists of Avalon]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/> Zsigmond also shot 24 episodes of ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' between 2012 and 2014.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=GUARDIAN2/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 85 |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/vilmos-zsigmond-dead-dies-cinematographer-1201670799/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018 }}</ref>
Zsigmond's television work includes the HBO miniseries ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]'', for which he won the 1993 [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=CNN/> He was nominated for an Emmy for his work on 2001 miniseries ''[[The Mists of Avalon (miniseries)|The Mists of Avalon]]''.<ref name=LATIMES/> Zsigmond also shot 24 episodes of ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' between 2012 and 2014.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=GUARDIAN2/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |date=January 3, 2016 |title=Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 85 |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/vilmos-zsigmond-dead-dies-cinematographer-1201670799/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


Vilmos' life and career was featured in ''[[No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos]]'', a bio-documentary that aired on PBS's ''[[Independent Lens]]'' in 2009.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/no-subtitles-necessary/film.html |title=No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos |website=pbs.org |publisher=Corporation for Public Broadcasting |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
Vilmos' life and career was featured in ''[[No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos]]'', a bio-documentary that aired on PBS's ''[[Independent Lens]]'' in 2009.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/no-subtitles-necessary/film.html |title=No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos |publisher=PBS |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>


In 2011 Zsigmond co-founded the [[Global Cinematography Institute]] in Los Angeles, California along with fellow cinematographer [[Yuri Neyman]].<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=VARIETY2>{{cite magazine |last=Caranicas |first=Peter |date=November 29, 2011 |title=D.p.’s launch cinematography school |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/columns/d-p-s-launch-cinematography-school-1118046715/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California, United States |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref>
In 2011 Zsigmond co-founded the [[Global Cinematography Institute]] in Los Angeles, along with fellow cinematographer [[Yuri Neyman]].<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=VARIETY2>{{cite magazine |last=Caranicas |first=Peter |date=November 29, 2011 |title=D.p.'s launch cinematography school |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/columns/d-p-s-launch-cinematography-school-1118046715/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles |publisher=Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |access-date=November 1, 2018}}</ref> The Institute provides an advanced cinematography educational program for postgraduate students and veteran filmmakers.<ref name=VARIETY2/>
The Institute provides an advanced cinematography educational program for postgraduate students and veteran filmmakers.<ref name=VARIETY2/>


He was a longtime user and endorser of [[Tiffen (company)|Tiffen]] filters and is associated with the technique known as flashing or pre-fogging, which involves carefully exposing the film negative to a small, controlled amount of light in order to create a muted color palette.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN2/>
He was a longtime user and endorser of [[Tiffen (company)|Tiffen]] filters, and is associated with the technique known as ''flashing'' or ''pre-fogging'', which involves carefully exposing the film negative to a small, controlled amount of light in order to create a muted color palette.<ref name=NYTIMES/><ref name=GUARDIAN2/>


==Death==
==Death==
On January 1, 2016, Zsigmond died at his home in Big Sur, California at age 85.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/>
On January 1, 2016, Zsigmond died at his home in Big Sur, California, at the age of 85.<ref name=LATIMES/><ref name=NYTIMES/>

==Filmography==
===Short film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1953
| ''A Föld''
|rowspan=2|József Zsuffa
|
|-
| 1955
| ''Hajnal elött''
|
|-
| 1967
| ''1999 A.D.''
| [[Lee Madden]]
|
|-
| 1968
| ''Prelude''
| [[John Astin]]
|
|-
| 1971
| ''Threshold''
| J. Maynard Lovins<br>Stan Wells
|
|-
| 1975
| ''Iron and Horse''
| Karl Bardosh
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Fantasy for a New Age''
| Richard Caesar
|
|-
| 1999
| ''The Argument''
| [[Donald Cammell]]
| Filmed in 1971
|-
| 2004
| ''Medicine Chest''
| Douglas Busby
| Video short
|-
| 2012
| ''Kickstart Theft''
| Fred Goodich
|
|-
|}

===Feature film===
'''Director'''
* ''The Long Shadow'' (1992)

'''Cinematographer'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|1963
| ''[[The Sadist (film)|The Sadist]]''
| James Landis
|
|-
| ''[[Living Between Two Worlds]]''
| Bobby Johnson
| With Lee Strosnider
|-
|rowspan=3|1964
| ''What's Up Front!''
| Bob Wehling
|
|-
| ''[[The Time Travelers (1964 film)|The Time Travelers]]''
| [[Ib Melchior]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Nasty Rabbit]]''
|rowspan=2|James Landis
|
|-
|rowspan=5|1965
| ''[[Deadwood '76]]''
| With Lew Guinn
|-
| ''Tales of a Salesman''
| Don Russell
| Uncredited
|-
| ''Summer Children''
| James Bruner
|
|-
| ''Rat Fink''
| James Landis
|
|-
| ''[[Psycho A-Go-Go]]''
| [[Al Adamson]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1967
| ''[[The Road to Nashville]]''
| [[Will Zens]]
| With Leif Rise
|-
| ''[[Blood of Ghastly Horror]]''
| Al Adamson
| With Louis Horvath
|-
|rowspan=2|1968
| ''[[The Name of the Game Is Kill!]]''
| [[Gunnar Hellström]]
|
|-
| ''Jennie: Wife/Child''
| Robert Carl Cohen (Uncredited)<br>James Landis (Uncredited)
|
|-
|rowspan=5|1969
| ''[[Satan's Sadists]]''
| Al Adamson
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''
| [[Jack Shea (director)|Jack Shea]]
|
|-
| ''Futz''
| [[Tom O'Horgan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Five Bloody Graves]]''
| Al Adamson
|
|-
| ''[[The Picasso Summer]]''
| [[Serge Bourguignon]]<br>Robert Sallin (Uncredited)
|
|-
| 1970
| ''Horror of the Blood Monsters''
| Al Adamson
| With William G. Troiano
|-
|rowspan=4|1971
| ''[[Red Sky at Morning (1971 film)|Red Sky at Morning]]''
| [[James Goldstone]]
|
|-
| ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]''
| [[Robert Altman]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Hired Hand]]''
| [[Peter Fonda]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Ski Bum (film)|The Ski Bum]]''
| Bruce D. Clark
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1972
| ''[[Images (film)|Images]]''
| Robert Altman
|
|-
| ''[[Deliverance]]''
| [[John Boorman]]
|
|-
| ''Country Music''
| Robert Hinkle
| With Gary Galbraith
|-
|rowspan=3| 1973
| ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]''
| Robert Altman
|
|-
| ''[[Scarecrow (1973 film)|Scarecrow]]''
| [[Jerry Schatzberg]]
|
|-
| ''[[Cinderella Liberty]]''
| [[Mark Rydell]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1974
| ''[[The Sugarland Express]]''
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Girl from Petrovka]]''
| [[Robert Ellis Miller]]
|
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Funny Lady]]''
| [[Herbert Ross]]
| Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=2|1976
| ''[[Sweet Revenge (1976 film)|Sweet Revenge]]''
| Jerry Schatzberg
|
|-
| ''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession]]''
| [[Brian De Palma]]
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
| Steven Spielberg
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
| [[Michael Cimino]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1979
| ''[[Winter Kills (film)|Winter Kills]]''
| [[William Richert]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''
| Mark Rydell
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''
| Michael Cimino
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Blow Out]]''
| Brian De Palma
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Jinxed! (1982 film)|Jinxed!]]''
| [[Don Siegel]]
|
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Table for Five]]''
| [[Robert Lieberman]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
| ''[[No Small Affair]]''
| Jerry Schatzberg
|
|-
| ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]''
| Mark Rydell
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Real Genius]]''
| [[Martha Coolidge]]
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
| [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]]
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Fat Man and Little Boy (film)|Fat Man and Little Boy ]]''
| [[Roland Joffé]]
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1990
| ''[[Journey to Spirit Island]]''
| László Pal
|
|-
| ''[[The Two Jakes]]''
| [[Jack Nicholson]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]''
| Brian De Palma
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]''
| [[Phillip Noyce]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
| ''[[Intersection (1994 film)|Intersection]]''
| Mark Rydell
|
|-
| ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]''
| [[Richard Donner]]
| Also made a cameo as [[Albert Bierstadt]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
| ''[[The Crossing Guard]]''
| [[Sean Penn]]
|
|-
| ''[[Assassins (1995 film)|Assassins]]''
| Richard Donner
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]''
| [[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
| ''[[Playing by Heart]]''
| [[Willard Carroll]]
|
|-
| ''Illegal Music''
| Zane Zidel
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
| ''[[The Body (2001 film)|The Body]]''
| [[Jonas McCord]]
|
|-
| ''[[Life as a House]]''
| [[Irwin Winkler]]
|
|-
| 2002
| ''Bánk bán''
| [[Csaba Káel]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]''
| [[Kevin Smith]]
|
|-
| ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]''
| [[Woody Allen]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''
| Brian De Palma
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Cassandra's Dream]]''
|rowspan=2|Woody Allen
|
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
| ''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]]''
|
|-
| ''Louis''
| [[Dan Pritzker]]
| Also made a cameo as "Hungarian Photographer"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Maiden Danced to Death]]''
| Endre Hules
| With Zoltan Honti
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Compulsion (2013 film)|Compulsion]]''
| [[Egidio Coccimiglio]]
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (film)|Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks]]''
| [[Arthur Allan Seidelman]]
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Bold Ones: The Protectors]]''
| [[Robert Day (director)|Robert Day]]
| Episode "A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Mists of Avalon (miniseries)|The Mists of Avalon]]''
| [[Uli Edel]]
| Miniseries
|-
| 2012–14
| ''[[The Mindy Project]]''
| [[Charles McDougall]]<br>Michael Weaver<br>[[Michael Spiller]]
| Episodes "Pilot", "Girl Next Door" and "Danny and Mindy"
|}

'''TV movies'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 1969
| ''Baja Marimba Band''
| Bill Edwards
|-
| 1979
| ''Flesh & Blood''
| [[Jud Taylor]]
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]''
| [[Ivan Passer]]
|-
| 2006
| ''Surrender, Dorothy''
| [[Charles McDougall]]
|-
|}

===Documentary works===
'''Film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1957
| ''Ungarn in Flammen''
| Stefan Erdélyi
| With [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]] and Franz Vass (as Ferencz Vass)
|-
| 1967
| ''Mondo Mod''
| Peter Perry Jr.
| With László Kovács (as Leslie Kovacks)
|-
| 1969
| ''Hot Rod Action''
| Gene McCabe
| With Vilis Lapenieks and [[Mario Tosi]]
|-
| 1976
| ''Death Riders''
| Jim Wilson
| With Jim Wison
|-
| 2000
| ''Ljuset håller mig sällskap''
| Carl-Gustav Nykvist
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Torn from the Flag]]''
| Endre Hules<br>[[Klaudia Kovács (director)|Klaudia Kovacs]]
| With Zoltan Honti, László Kovács and [[Justin Schein]];<br>Also credited as executive producer
|-
| 2014
| ''God the Father''
| [[Simon Fellows]]
|
|-
|}

'''Short film'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| 1963
| ''Story of the Wholesale Produce Market''
| Leonard Greenberg
|}

'''TV movies'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1965
| ''The Market''
| Jack Shepard
|
|-
| 1968
| ''The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats''
| [[Bud Wiser]]
| With [[John A. Alonzo]], [[David Blewitt]], Robert Grant,<br>J. Barry Herron and Fred Kaplan
|-
| 1980
| ''Making [[Xanadu (film)|Xanadu]]: The Musical Fantasy Movie''
| [[Alan Metter]]
| With [[László Kovács (cinematographer)|László Kovács]]
|}


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
* [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], 1977, ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
'''Academy Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography]], 1978, ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
! Year
* [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography]], 1973, ''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]''
! Title
* [[Emmy Award]], 1993, ''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]''
! Category
* Nomination, [[BAFTA]], 1971, ''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]''
! Result
* Nomination, [[BAFTA]], 1977, ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
|-
* Nomination, Academy Award, 1978, ''[[The Deer Hunter]]''
| 1977
* Nomination, Academy Award, 1984, [[Mark Rydell]]'s ''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]''
| ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''
* Nomination, [[Emmy Award]], 2002, [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s ''[[The Mists of Avalon (TV miniseries)|The Mists of Avalon]]''
* Nomination, Academy Award, 2006, ''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]''
|rowspan=4|[[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{won}}
* Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997, from the [[Camerimage]] Festival<ref>[http://www.camerimage.pl/en/camerimage-1997-2.html "Camerimage 1997" Retrieved November 2, 2016.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235849/http://www.camerimage.pl/en/camerimage-1997-2.html |date=November 3, 2016 }}</ref>
|-
* Lifetime Achievement Award, 1999, from the [[American Society of Cinematographers]]
| 1978
* Lifetime Achievement Award, 2010, from the [[Manaki Brothers Film Festival]]
| ''The Deer Hunter''
* Lifetime Achievement Award, 2014, from the [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1984
| ''The River''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2006
| ''The Black Dahlia''
| {{nom}}
|}


'''BAFTA Awards'''
==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
{{main article|Vilmos Zsigmond filmography}}
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1971
| ''McCabe & Mrs. Miller''
|rowspan=5|[[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1972
| ''Images''
| {{nom}}
|-
| ''Deliverance''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1977
| ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1978
| ''The Deer Hunter''
| {{won}}
|-
|}

'''American Society of Cinematographers'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1996
| ''The Ghost and the Darkness''
|rowspan=2|[[American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases|Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2006
| ''The Black Dahlia''
| {{nom}}
|}

'''Satellite Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 2006
| ''The Black Dahlia''
| [[Satellite Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{nom}}
|}

'''National Society of Film Critics'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1973
| ''The Long Goodbye''
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| {{won}}
|}

'''Primetime Emmy Awards'''
{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Result
|-
| 1992
| ''Stalin''
|rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie|Outstanding Cinematography]]
| {{won}}
|-
| 2001
| ''The Mists of Avalon''
| {{nom}}
|}


'''Lifetime Achievement Awards'''
{{Div col}}
* 1997: [[Camerimage]] Festival<ref>[http://www.camerimage.pl/en/camerimage-1997-2.html "Camerimage 1997" Retrieved November 2, 2016.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103235849/http://www.camerimage.pl/en/camerimage-1997-2.html |date=November 3, 2016}}</ref>
*''[[The Hired Hand]]'' (1971)
* 1999: [[American Society of Cinematographers]]
*''[[McCabe & Mrs. Miller]]'' (1971)
* 2010: [[Manaki Brothers Film Festival]]
*''[[Images (film)|Images]]'' (1972)
* 2014: [[Cannes Film Festival]]
*''[[Deliverance]]'' (1972)
*''[[The Long Goodbye (film)|The Long Goodbye]]'' (1973)
*''[[Scarecrow (1973 film)|Scarecrow]]'' (1973)
*''[[Cinderella Liberty]]'' (1973)
*''[[The Sugarland Express]]'' (1974)
*''[[Obsession (1976 film)|Obsession]]'' (1976)
*''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'' (1977)
*''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978)
*''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' (1979)
*''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'' (1980)
*''[[Blow Out]]'' (1981)
*''[[The River (1984 film)|The River]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]'' (1987)
*''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities (film)|The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Two Jakes]]'' (1990)
*''[[Stalin (1992 film)|Stalin]]'' (1992)
*''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]'' (1993)
*''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994)
*''[[Assassins (1995 film)|Assassins]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' (1996)
*''[[Life as a House]]'' (2001)
*''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' (2004)
*''[[The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia]]'' (2006)
*''[[Cassandra's Dream]]'' (2007)
*''[[You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger]]'' (2010)
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==References==
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* [http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/zsigmond.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050519052406/http://www.hscmot.hu/bcm/masters.html Budapest Cinematographers MasterClass's Master]
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Latest revision as of 21:32, 27 August 2024

The native form of this personal name is Zsigmond Vilmos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Vilmos Zsigmond
ASC
Vilmos Zsigmond at the 43rd KVIFF in 2008
Born(1930-06-16)June 16, 1930
Szeged, Hungary
DiedJanuary 1, 2016(2016-01-01) (aged 85)
Big Sur, California
Citizenship
  • Hungary
  • United States (from 1962)
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1955–2016
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Fuzes (divorced) (2 children)
Susan Roether (his death)[1]

Vilmos Zsigmond ASC (Hungarian: [ˈvilmoʃ ˈʒiɡmond]; 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.[2][3][4][5][6]

Over his career he became associated with many leading American directors, such as Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Michael Cimino and Woody Allen.[7][8][9] He is best known for his work on the films Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deer Hunter.[6][9][10]

He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for The Deer Hunter.[7][8] He also won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special for the HBO miniseries Stalin.[6]

His work on the films McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deer Hunter made the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97.[11][12] The ASC also awarded him with their Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998.[12][13]

In 2003, Zsigmond was voted as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history by the members of the International Cinematographers Guild.[8][14]

Life and career

[edit]

Zsigmond was born in Szeged, Hungary, the son of Bozena (née Illichman), an administrator, and Vilmos Zsigmond, a soccer player and coach.[7][9][15] He became interested in photography at age 17 after an uncle had given him The Art of Light, a book of black-and-white photographs taken by Hungarian photographer Eugene Dulovits,[16][17][18] but under the Soviet-imposed government of the Hungarian People's Republic he was not allowed to study the subject because his family was considered bourgeois.[7][16][17] Instead, Zsigmond worked in a factory, bought a camera and taught himself how to take pictures, going on to organize a camera club for the workers.[8][15][16] As a result he won the respect of local commissars and was allowed to study cinema at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest and received an MA in cinematography.[8][15][16] He worked for five years in a Budapest feature film studio becoming director of photography.[15]

Zsigmond, along with his friend and fellow student László Kovács, borrowed a 35-millimeter camera from their school and chronicled the events of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest by hiding the camera in a shopping bag and shooting footage through a hole they had cut in the bag.[6][7][16] The two men shot thirty thousand feet of film and escaped to Austria shortly afterwards.[7][8][15] In 1958 Zsigmond and Kovács arrived in the United States as political refugees and sold the footage to CBS for a network documentary on the revolution narrated by Walter Cronkite.[6][7][8]

In 1962, Zsigmond became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[19] He settled in Los Angeles and worked in photo labs as a technician and photographer.[8] The first film he worked on in the United States was the 1963 black-and-white exploitation film The Sadist, starring Arch Hall Jr.[8][16] Throughout the 1960s, he worked on many low-budget independent and educational films as he attempted to break into the film industry.[9][15] Some of the films that he worked on during this period credited him as "William Zsigmond", including The Sadist, the classic horror B movie The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies,[9][20] and the Second City satirical science fiction movie The Monitors.[21]

Kovács, who shot the 1969 film Easy Rider for Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, recommended Zsigmond to Fonda for his 1971 Western film The Hired Hand.[7][8] Later that same year Zsigmond was hired by Robert Altman for his revisionist western film McCabe & Mrs. Miller, which became Zsigmond's breakthrough film and marked his first time working on a major Hollywood production.[7][22]

Over the following decade, Zsigmond became one of the most in-demand cinematographers in Hollywood.[8][10] Some of the major films he shot in the 1970s include John Boorman's Deliverance, Altman's The Long Goodbye and Brian De Palma's Obsession, as well as Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the latter of which won him the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 50th Academy Awards.[9][16]

In 1978, Zsigmond worked on Michael Cimino's drama The Deer Hunter, starring Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken.[7][9][10] Zsigmond's visual work on the film earned him the 1980 BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography and another Academy Award nomination.[7][8][9] Zsigmond again worked with Cimino on his 1980 epic Western Heaven's Gate.[7][8]

Zsigmond continued to be in demand in the years that followed, working multiple times with several directors. He again worked with De Palma on his films Blow Out, The Bonfire of the Vanities, and The Black Dahlia.[23] He worked with Mark Rydell on Cinderella Liberty, The Rose, The River, and Intersection.[9][16] He worked with George Miller on The Witches of Eastwick[8] and with Kevin Smith on Jersey Girl.[24] He also worked with Woody Allen on Melinda and Melinda, Cassandra's Dream, and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.[8]

Zsigmond's television work includes the HBO miniseries Stalin, for which he won the 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special.[6][12] He was nominated for an Emmy for his work on 2001 miniseries The Mists of Avalon.[6] Zsigmond also shot 24 episodes of The Mindy Project between 2012 and 2014.[12][20][25]

Vilmos' life and career was featured in No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos, a bio-documentary that aired on PBS's Independent Lens in 2009.[9][26]

In 2011 Zsigmond co-founded the Global Cinematography Institute in Los Angeles, along with fellow cinematographer Yuri Neyman.[6][9][27] The Institute provides an advanced cinematography educational program for postgraduate students and veteran filmmakers.[27]

He was a longtime user and endorser of Tiffen filters, and is associated with the technique known as flashing or pre-fogging, which involves carefully exposing the film negative to a small, controlled amount of light in order to create a muted color palette.[9][20]

Death

[edit]

On January 1, 2016, Zsigmond died at his home in Big Sur, California, at the age of 85.[6][9]

Filmography

[edit]

Short film

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
1953 A Föld József Zsuffa
1955 Hajnal elött
1967 1999 A.D. Lee Madden
1968 Prelude John Astin
1971 Threshold J. Maynard Lovins
Stan Wells
1975 Iron and Horse Karl Bardosh
1997 Fantasy for a New Age Richard Caesar
1999 The Argument Donald Cammell Filmed in 1971
2004 Medicine Chest Douglas Busby Video short
2012 Kickstart Theft Fred Goodich

Feature film

[edit]

Director

  • The Long Shadow (1992)

Cinematographer

Year Title Director Notes
1963 The Sadist James Landis
Living Between Two Worlds Bobby Johnson With Lee Strosnider
1964 What's Up Front! Bob Wehling
The Time Travelers Ib Melchior
The Nasty Rabbit James Landis
1965 Deadwood '76 With Lew Guinn
Tales of a Salesman Don Russell Uncredited
Summer Children James Bruner
Rat Fink James Landis
Psycho A-Go-Go Al Adamson
1967 The Road to Nashville Will Zens With Leif Rise
Blood of Ghastly Horror Al Adamson With Louis Horvath
1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill! Gunnar Hellström
Jennie: Wife/Child Robert Carl Cohen (Uncredited)
James Landis (Uncredited)
1969 Satan's Sadists Al Adamson Uncredited
The Monitors Jack Shea
Futz Tom O'Horgan
Five Bloody Graves Al Adamson
The Picasso Summer Serge Bourguignon
Robert Sallin (Uncredited)
1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Al Adamson With William G. Troiano
1971 Red Sky at Morning James Goldstone
McCabe & Mrs. Miller Robert Altman
The Hired Hand Peter Fonda
The Ski Bum Bruce D. Clark
1972 Images Robert Altman
Deliverance John Boorman
Country Music Robert Hinkle With Gary Galbraith
1973 The Long Goodbye Robert Altman
Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg
Cinderella Liberty Mark Rydell
1974 The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg
The Girl from Petrovka Robert Ellis Miller
1975 Funny Lady Herbert Ross Uncredited
1976 Sweet Revenge Jerry Schatzberg
Obsession Brian De Palma
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg
1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
1979 Winter Kills William Richert
The Rose Mark Rydell
1980 Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino
1981 Blow Out Brian De Palma
1982 Jinxed! Don Siegel
1983 Table for Five Robert Lieberman
1984 No Small Affair Jerry Schatzberg
The River Mark Rydell
1985 Real Genius Martha Coolidge
1987 The Witches of Eastwick George Miller
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Roland Joffé
1990 Journey to Spirit Island László Pal
The Two Jakes Jack Nicholson
The Bonfire of the Vanities Brian De Palma
1993 Sliver Phillip Noyce
1994 Intersection Mark Rydell
Maverick Richard Donner Also made a cameo as Albert Bierstadt
1995 The Crossing Guard Sean Penn
Assassins Richard Donner
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Stephen Hopkins
1998 Playing by Heart Willard Carroll
Illegal Music Zane Zidel
2001 The Body Jonas McCord
Life as a House Irwin Winkler
2002 Bánk bán Csaba Káel
2004 Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
Melinda and Melinda Woody Allen
2006 The Black Dahlia Brian De Palma
2007 Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Louis Dan Pritzker Also made a cameo as "Hungarian Photographer"
2011 The Maiden Danced to Death Endre Hules With Zoltan Honti
2013 Compulsion Egidio Coccimiglio
2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Arthur Allan Seidelman

Television

[edit]
Year Title Director Notes
1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors Robert Day Episode "A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time"
2001 The Mists of Avalon Uli Edel Miniseries
2012–14 The Mindy Project Charles McDougall
Michael Weaver
Michael Spiller 		Episodes "Pilot", "Girl Next Door" and "Danny and Mindy"

TV movies

Year Title Director
1969 Baja Marimba Band Bill Edwards
1979 Flesh & Blood Jud Taylor
1992 Stalin Ivan Passer
2006 Surrender, Dorothy Charles McDougall

Documentary works

[edit]

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1957 Ungarn in Flammen Stefan Erdélyi With László Kovács and Franz Vass (as Ferencz Vass)
1967 Mondo Mod Peter Perry Jr. With László Kovács (as Leslie Kovacks)
1969 Hot Rod Action Gene McCabe With Vilis Lapenieks and Mario Tosi
1976 Death Riders Jim Wilson With Jim Wison
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap Carl-Gustav Nykvist
2007 Torn from the Flag Endre Hules
Klaudia Kovacs 		With Zoltan Honti, László Kovács and Justin Schein;
Also credited as executive producer
2014 God the Father Simon Fellows

Short film

Year Title Director
1963 Story of the Wholesale Produce Market Leonard Greenberg

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1965 The Market Jack Shepard
1968 The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats Bud Wiser With John A. Alonzo, David Blewitt, Robert Grant,
J. Barry Herron and Fred Kaplan
1980 Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie Alan Metter With László Kovács

Awards and honors

[edit]

Academy Awards

Year Title Category Result
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Best Cinematography Won
1978 The Deer Hunter Nominated
1984 The River Nominated
2006 The Black Dahlia Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year Title Category Result
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Best Cinematography Nominated
1972 Images Nominated
Deliverance Nominated
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Nominated
1978 The Deer Hunter Won

American Society of Cinematographers

Year Title Category Result
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated
2006 The Black Dahlia Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year Title Category Result
2006 The Black Dahlia Best Cinematography Nominated

National Society of Film Critics

Year Title Category Result
1973 The Long Goodbye Best Cinematography Won

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year Title Category Result
1992 Stalin Outstanding Cinematography Won
2001 The Mists of Avalon Nominated

Lifetime Achievement Awards

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Vilmos Zsigmond the lighting wizard behind close encounters died at 85 The Washington Post (subscription required)
  2. ^ Bergan, Ronald (January 4, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved November 1, 2018. Zsigmond, who won an Oscar for his work on Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), was responsible for the distinctive look of many of the best Hollywood movies of the 1970s, starting with Altman's McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971).
  3. ^ "Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. May 30, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018. Vilmos Zsigmond, who has died aged 85, was a Hungarian cinematographer celebrated for his work during the 1970s and 1980s with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman and Woody Allen...His camera skills were used to great effect in seminal 1970s works such as Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter (1978) and John Boorman's Deliverance (1972).
  4. ^ "Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85". BBC News. London. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018. [Zsigmond] was also revered as an architect of the American New Wave in the 1970s.
  5. ^ Patterson, John (January 6, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look". The Guardian. London. Retrieved November 1, 2018. We think of Zsigmond, who died on New Year's Day aged 85, as one of the leading photographic lights of the Hollywood New Wave.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Anderson, Tre'vell (January 3, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dead at 85". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved November 1, 2018. Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, revered as one of the most influential cinematographers in film history for his work on several classic films, including "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "The Deer Hunter," died Friday.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bergan, Ronald (January 4, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. May 30, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Weber, Bruce (January 4, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond, Cinematographer, Dies at 85; Gave Hollywood Films a New Look". New York Times. New York City. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Vilmos Zsigmond, Close Encounters cinematographer, dies at 85". BBC News. London. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "American Cinematographer's list of the top 50 best-shot films from 1950–97". theasc.com. American Society of Cinematographers. 1999. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d Leopold, Todd (January 4, 2016). "'Close Encounters' cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond dies at 85". CNN. Atlanta, GA. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "ASC Awards: Past Nominees and Winners". theasc.com. American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  14. ^ Anderson, Tre'vell (October 17, 2003). "Cinematographers pick their Top 11". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Schaefer, Dennis; Larry Salvato (1985). "Vilmos Zsigmond". Masters of Light: Conversations with Contemporary Cinematographers. University of California Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-520-05336-6.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Vilmos Zsigmond, the lighting wizard behind 'Close Encounters,' dies at 85". The Washington Post. Washington, District of Columbia, United States. January 4, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  17. ^ a b Sragow, Michael (August 26, 2010). "Vilmos Zsigmond, the image-master". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  18. ^ Lacher, Irene (June 16, 2013). "The Sunday Conversation: Vilmos Zsigmond's technique comes into focus". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  19. ^ "Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85". The Guardian. London. January 3, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  20. ^ a b c Patterson, John (January 6, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look". The Guardian. London. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  21. ^ "The Monitors (1969): Full Credits". TCM Database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  22. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (May 18, 2016). "Cannes Film Review: 'Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond'". Variety. Los Angeles: Michelle Sobrino-Stearns. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  23. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (January 4, 2016). "Cinematographer Extraordinaire Vilmos Zsigmond Could Light Up the Night, and the Daytime Too". Time. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  24. ^ Kermode, Mark (June 20, 2004). "Oh, do grow up, Kevin..." The Observer. London. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  25. ^ Dagan, Carmel (January 3, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 85". Variety. Los Angeles: Michelle Sobrino-Stearns. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  26. ^ "No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos". PBS. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  27. ^ a b Caranicas, Peter (November 29, 2011). "D.p.'s launch cinematography school". Variety. Los Angeles: Michelle Sobrino-Stearns. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
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