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1. Paolo Carnera

Cinematographer | Suburra

Paolo Carnera was born on April 2, 1957 in Mestre, Venice, Veneto, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for Suburra (2015), Bad Tales (2020) and Nostalgia (2022).

Vittorio Storaro, the award-winning cinematographer who won Oscars for "Apocalypse Now (1979)", "Reds (1981)" and "The Last Emperor (1987)". He was born on June 24, 1940 in Rome, where his father was a projectionist at the Lux Film Studio. At the age of 11, he began studying photography at a ...

3. Luca Bigazzi

Cinematographer | La grande bellezza

Luca Bigazzi was born on December 9, 1958 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for The Great Beauty (2013), This Must Be the Place (2011) and Youth (2015).

4. Robert D. Yeoman

Cinematographer | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Robert D. Yeoman was born on March 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Asteroid City (2023) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

5. Hoyte Van Hoytema

Cinematographer | Tenet

Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The ...

6. Otello Martelli

Cinematographer | La dolce vita

Otello Martelli was born on May 19, 1902 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), The Road (1954) and Carne de horca (1953). He died on February 20, 2000 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

7. Carlo Carlini

Cinematographer | Il fornaretto di Venezia

Carlo Carlini was born on February 20, 1929. He is a cinematographer, known for Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963), Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966) and Captain Phantom (1953).

8. Geoffrey Unsworth

Cinematographer | Cabaret

Goeffrey Unsworth was one of the great cinematographers of the 20th Century, the winner of two Oscars, five BAFTA awards, and three awards from the British Society of Cinematographers for his work as a director of photography. Born in 1914 in Lancashire, England, Unsworth started in the industry in...

9. John L. Russell

Cinematographer | Psycho

John L. Russell was born on May 15, 1905 in New York, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Psycho (1960), General Electric Theater (1953) and Headline Hunters (1955). He was married to Vy Russell. He died on July 22, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

10. David Tattersall

Cinematographer | The Green Mile

David Tattersall is well-known as a versatile cinematographer who frequently collaborates with top directors. An expert in both film and digital photography, David is passionate about his art, and is equally at home on feature films and television series in all genres, from big-budget blockbusters ...

11. Alan Hume

Cinematographer | Lifeforce

Alan Hume was born on October 16, 1924 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Lifeforce (1985), Runaway Train (1985) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). He was married to Sheila Nevard. He died on July 13, 2010 in Chalfont St. Giles, ...

12. Newton Thomas Sigel

Cinematographer | Cherry

Newton Thomas Sigel was born in August 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Cherry (2021), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He is married to Lisa Chang.

13. Don Burgess

Cinematographer | Forrest Gump

Don Burgess was born on May 28, 1956 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and Contact (1997). He has been married to Bonnie Ann Burgess since December 4, 1982. They have three children.

14. Robert Elswit

Cinematographer | There Will Be Blood

Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014).

Elswit frequently works with director ...

15. Pawel Pogorzelski

Cinematographer | Hereditary

Pawel Pogorzelski was born on July 30, 1979 in Wloclawek, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019) and Nobody (2021).

16. Robert Richardson

Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...

17. Roger Deakins

Cinematographer | Blade Runner 2049

Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.

He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.

Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (...

18. Andrzej Sekula

Cinematographer | Pulp Fiction

Andrzej Sekula was born in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pulp Fiction (1994), American Psycho (2000) and Reservoir Dogs (1992).

19. Sven Nykvist

Cinematographer | The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Sven Nykvist was considered by many in the industry to be one of the world's greatest cinematographers. During his long career that spanned almost half a century, Nyvist perfected the art of cinematography to its most simple attributes, and he helped give the films he had worked on the simplest and...

20. Oliviero Toscani

Le couperet

Oliviero Toscani was born on February 28, 1942 in Milan, Italy. He is a writer and director, known for The Ax (2005), Closeup (2010) and L'orfano (2002).

21. Daniele Ciprì

Cinematographer | È stato il figlio

Daniele Ciprì was born on August 17, 1962 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a cinematographer and director, known for It Was the Son (2012), Il ritorno di Cagliostro (2003) and Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995).

22. Davide Manca

Cinematographer | 2047: Sights of Death

Davide Manca was born on August 2, 1982 in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, Italy. He is a cinematographer, known for 2047: Sights of Death (2014), Il cacciatore (2018) and Deprivation.

23. Rodrigo Prieto

Cinematographer | Brokeback Mountain

Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016).

He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010).

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24. Fabio Cianchetti

Cinematographer | The Dreamers

Fabio Cianchetti was born on April 22, 1952 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Dreamers (2003), Canone Inverso (2000) and La terra (2006).

25. Roger Pratt

Cinematographer | 12 Monkeys

Roger Pratt was born on February 27, 1947 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), Chocolat (2000) and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994).

26. Guillermo Navarro

Cinematographer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo Navarro was born in 1955 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Cronos (1992) and I Am Number Four (2011).

27. Giuseppe Rotunno

Cinematographer | All That Jazz

Giuseppe 'Peppino' Rotunno entered the film industry as a still photographer at Cinecitta but lost his job due to his anti-fascist views. Conscripted and sent to Greece in 1942, he then served as a newsreel cameraman with the Italian army film unit. A year later, he was captured during the German ...

28. Lawrence Sher

Cinematographer | Joker

Lawrence Sher was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Joker (2019), The Hangover (2009) and Garden State (2004).

29. John Seale

Cinematographer | Mad Max: Fury Road

John Seale was born on October 5, 1942 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The English Patient (1996) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Louise Seale since September 23, 1967. They have two children.

30. Robert Burks

Cinematographer | Vertigo

The favorite cinematographer of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock began working at Warner Bros. when he was 19 years old. He climbed his way up from camera operator to assistant camera man and eventually took over the Special Photographic Effects unit at Warners on Stage 5 in 1944. He became an ...

31. Blasco Giurato

Cinematographer | Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Blasco Giurato was born on June 7, 1941 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Cinema Paradiso (1988), A Pure Formality (1994) and Octav (2017). He died on December 26, 2022 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

32. Daniele Massaccesi

Camera_department | Equilibrium

Daniele Massaccesi is known for Equilibrium (2002), Infinite (2021) and Gemini Man (2019).

33. Erik Messerschmidt

Cinematographer | Mank

Erik Messerschmidt was born on October 23, 1980 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for Mank (2020), The Killer (2023) and Ferrari (2023).

34. Ferran Paredes

Cinematographer | Indivisibili

Ferran Paredes is known for Indivisible (2016), Gomorrah (2014) and The Good Mothers (2023).

35. Antonio Scappatura

Camera_department | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Antonio Scappatura was born on January 28, 1981 in Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy. Antonio is a cinematographer, known for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), After Midnight (2004) and Mr. America (2013).

36. Dean Cundey

Cinematographer | Jurassic Park

Multiple award-winning cinematographer Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC who was nominated for an Oscar for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and took home the BAFTA for the same film, has a career spanning decades with awards and nominations including a Primetime Emmy (2023 "The Mandalorian") a Daytime Emmy (2001 "...

37. Hélène Louvart

Cinematographer | Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Hélène Louvart was born on September 2, 1964 in Pontarlier, Doubs, France. She is a cinematographer and actress, known for Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), Invisible Life (2019) and La Chimera (2023).

38. Arthur Edeson

Cinematographer | Casablanca

Arthur Edeson is an American cinematographer who was a pioneer of his craft. His career spanned four decades and encompassed many films now regarded as classics.

Born in New York in 1891, Edeson first worked as a still photographer. In 1911 he entered the movie business at Eclair Studios, a ...

39. Ennio Guarnieri

Camera_department | La dolce vita

Ennio Guarnieri was born on October 12, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for La Dolce Vita (1960), La Traviata (1982) and Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972). He died on July 1, 2019 in Licata, Sicily, Italy.

40. Tonino Delli Colli

Cinematographer | Der Name der Rose

Tonino Delli Colli was born on November 20, 1922 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Life Is Beautiful (1997) and Once Upon a Time in America (1984). He was married to Alexandra Delli Colli. He died on August 16, 2005 in Rome, Lazio, ...

41. 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).

42. Jeff Cronenweth

Cinematographer | Gone Girl

Jeff Cronenweth was born on January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Gone Girl (2014), The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

43. Mátyás Erdély

Cinematographer | Saul fia

Mátyás Erdély was born on September 17, 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Son of Saul (2015), The Iron Claw (2023) and The Nest (2020).

44. Dante Spinotti

Cinematographer | L.A. Confidential

Dante Spinotti was born in Tolmezzo, Udine, in the northeastern Italian Region of Friuli. He began his career at RAI (Italian TV), before that he spent lot of time in Kenia as cinematographer for his uncle. In 1985, producer Dino De Laurentiis offered him a chance to work in USA for the first time ...

45. 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 ...

46. Lucien Ballard

Cinematographer | The Wild Bunch

Lucien Ballard, the cinematographer best known for his collaboration with director Sam Peckinpah on such films as The Wild Bunch (1969), was born in Miami, Oklahoma. Ballard became a wanderer after dropping out of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma, journeying ...

47. Greig Fraser

Cinematographer | Dune

Greig Fraser was born on October 3, 1975 in Melbourne, Australia. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). He is married to Jodie Fried. They have three children.