Top 10 Horror Cinematographers of the decade! (2010-19)
Ranked, the best horror movie cinematographers from 2010 to present day. (2020 edition)
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Maxime Alexandre was born in Renaix, Belgium, 1971. At five years old, he moved to Rome, Italy, with his mother, sisters, and brother. His stepfather, Inigo Lezzi (during that period A.D. for Marco Bellocchio, Gianni Amelio, and Nanni Moretti), let Maxime discover the Italian cinema sets one by one. Maxime soon worked as a young actor in several movies, including "Une Page d'Amour" directed by Elie Chouraqui, with Anouk Aimée and Bruno Cremer and Nanni Moretti's "Bianca" in 1984. A few years later, Maxime discovered his Photography passion on a set of a short-movie directed by his stepfather. In the late 1980s, Maxime moved with his family to Paris, where he began his career in the camera department working in commercials, learning from great Cinematographers like Darius Kondji, J.Y. Escoffier, P. Lhomme, Vilko Filak, and Italian cinematographers including Tonino Delli Colli and Franco Di Giacomo. His earliest work as a Director of Photography was shooting the second unit of a commercial for Michel Gondry. In 2001, Maxime met Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur, working in the second unit for Aja's father, Alexandre Arkadi, on the movie "Break of Dawn" written by Aja and Levasseur. The three collaborated on Aja's directorial debut, "High Tension," two years later. The movie was internationally recognized as the beginning of the French New Wave of horror in the 2000s and was picked up for distribution by Lions Gate Films.
Maxime, Alexandre, and Gregory collaborated again on the remake of "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Mirrors." During the making of Hills Have Eyes, Maxime met Wes Craved, with whom he worked on "Paris, Je T'aime," an anthology film that grouped works from Alexander Payne, The Coen Brothers, Vincenzo Natali, and others, and the film was selected to screen at Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival, the second time for Maxime after "Marock," a movie directed by Laila Marrakchi in 2005.
In 2006, Maxime was recognized by Variety as one of its Ten Cinematographers to Watch.
Several other films have followed, including P2, directed by Franck Khalfoun; The Crazies, by Breck Eisner; The Voices, directed by Marjane Satrapi; The Crawl, by Alexandre Aja; Shazam, by David F. Sandberg and soon-to-be-release Never let go by Alexandre Aja and Paris Paradis by Marjane Satrapi.Must Watch:
Crawl
The Domestics
Annabelle: Creation
The Voices
The Crazies- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Michael Fimognari is an American director, producer, and cinematographer, best known for his work on the To All the Boys trilogy (To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018), To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020), and To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)) and his collaboration with Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House (2018), Doctor Sleep (2019), and Midnight Mass (2021) among others).
A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Michael directed an Emmy Award-winning short film before beginning his career as a cinematographer.Must Watch:
Doctor Sleep
Gerald's Game
Before I Wake
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Oculus- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Pawel Pogorzelski was born on 30 July 1979 in Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019) and Nobody (2021).Must Watch:
Midsommar
Hereditary
Tragedy Girls- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Aaron Moorhead was born on 17 December 1987. He is a director and cinematographer, known for The Endless (2017), Spring (2014) and Synchronic (2019).Must Watch:
Synchronic
The Endless
Spring
Resolution- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Pearson was born in 1967. He is a cinematographer, known for From Scratch (2022), See (2019) and Into the Storm (2014).Must Watch:
Insidious: Chapter 3
American Mary
Final Destination 5- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Must Watch:
Pet Sematary
Sightseers
Kill List- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Art Department
Must Watch:
Us
It Follows- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Visual Effects
Must Watch:
Escape Room
Lights Out- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editorial Department
Born in Paris, France and raised in Portugal until the age of 17, Kevin's fascination with movies was so strong his parents moved the family to Portland, Oregon to help facilitate his dream. He got into the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he realized being a cinematographer was his calling. After graduation, he spent years as one of the main shooters for Funny or Die, working on projects with Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle, Steve Carell. His commercial work includes brands such as Starbucks, Adult Swim and Walgreens. Kevin recently shot the Rosa Parks biopic Behind the Movement for TV One and the upcoming Blumhouse Horror Feature Unfriended: Dark Web which premiered at the 2018 SXSW film festival and slated for wide release in 2018. Kevin's unique background as a writer, producer, and cinematographer allows him to craft story in more ways than one.Must Watch:
Unfriended: Dark Web
The Head Hunter- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Samy Inayeh is known for The Void (2016), Man Seeking Woman (2015) and A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010).Must Watch:
The Void
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh