Top Directors of Photography
by jack-28-292864 | created - 05 Feb 2015 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMy favourite DOPs.
1. Reed Morano
Cinematographer | I Think We're Alone Now
Reed Morano was born on April 15, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She is known for directing and executive producing the pilot as well as episodes 2 & 3 of 'The Handmaid's Tale' (2017) and directing the feature film, 'Meadowland' (2015), which she also served as her own DP on. She also did double ...
2. Sean Bobbitt
Cinematographer | 12 Years a Slave
Sean Bobbitt was born on November 29, 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).
3. Rob Hardy
Cinematographer | Annihilation
Rob Hardy ASC BSC is a British Cinematographer known for his ground breaking work on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and his ongoing collaboration with Alex Garland: Ex-Machina, Annihilation, Devs, Men and most recently, the visceral epic Civil War.
He also won the BAFTA for cinematography on the ...
4. Robbie Ryan
Cinematographer | Poor Things
Robbie Ryan is an Irish cinematographer. He is best known for his work in Fish Tank (2009), Slow West (2015), American Honey (2016) and The Favourite (2018) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.
Ryan has already work in more than 90 projects as an ...
5. Shane Hurlbut
Cinematographer | Terminator Salvation
Director of photography Shane Hurlbut, ASC works at the forefront of cinema as a storyteller, innovator, and discerning collaborator, who brings more than three decades of experience to his art.
Most recently, Hurlbut worked on the Netflix film Love Hard starring Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang. The ...
6. Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer | Black Narcissus
Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical ...
7. Ben Smithard
Cinematographer | The Father
Ben Smithard is known for The Father (2020), Belle (2013) and Alan Partridge (2013).
8. Dan Mindel
Cinematographer | Spy Game
Dan Mindel was born on May 27, 1958 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Spy Game (2001), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He has been married to Lisa Fallon since June 6, 1992. They have four children. He ...
9. Conrad L. Hall
Cinematographer | Road to Perdition
Born in Tahiti, the son of writer James Norman Hall, author of "Mutiny on the Bounty," Conrad Hall studied filmmaking at USC. He and two classmates formed a production company and sold a project to a local television station. Hall's company branched out into making industrial films and TV ...
10. Haris Zambarloukos
Cinematographer | Belfast
Haris Zambarloukos was born on March 11, 1970 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Belfast (2021), Cinderella (2015) and Death on the Nile (2022).
11. Edward Lachman
Cinematographer | Far from Heaven
Edward Lachman was born on March 31, 1948 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Far from Heaven (2002), Carol (2015) and Ken Park (2002).
12. Phedon Papamichael
Cinematographer | Nebraska
Phedon Papamichael, an award winning Cinematographer, was born in Athens, Greece and moved with his family to Germany, where in 1982 he completed his education in Fine Arts, in Munich. Working as a photojournalist brought Phedon to NYC in 1983, where he started crossing over into cinematography.
His...
13. P.J. Dillon
Director | Headwrecker
PJ Dillon is a cinematographer born in Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland. He is best know for his work on Game of Thrones, The Alienist, Vikings, Penny Dreadful and Strangerland.
An Emmy nominee for his work on The Alienist, he has also been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography by the ...
14. Tom Stern
Cinematographer | Changeling
Tom Stern was born on December 16, 1946 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Changeling (2008), Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and Mystic River (2003). He was previously married to Françoise Combadière.
15. Emmanuel Lubezki
Cinematographer | Children of Men
Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ...
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