Unsworth began working as a camera operator at Baurmont-British in 1932, then worked for Technicolor beginning in 1937, followed by Pinewood Studios. His first film as cinematographer was the documentary The People's Land (1941). He received two Academy Awards, five BAFTA awards, and three British Society of Cinematographers awards. He worked extensively on period pieces as well as sci-fi. His films include Cabaret, Murder on the Orient Express, and Superman (1978).
2. Blade Runner: Jordan Cronenweth
Cronenweth began his career in the still photo lab at Columbia studios and then became a camera assistant for Conrad Hall in 1961. He was a member of the ASC and BSC.
3. Mad Max: Fury Road: John Seale
Seale is a member of the ACS and ASC. He won an Academy Award for The English Patient. His work also includes Rain Man, Dead Poets Society, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Poseidon. He began working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, where he was a camera assistant and then operator, working on news, documentary, and drama. Seale moved to working on low-budget feature films as a camera assistant and operator, before becoming cinematographer for Death Cheaters in 1976. He began working on American films beginning with Witness. Seale frequently shoots with multiple cameras simultaneously, not just for action scenes, but for dialogue-driven scenes as well. This helps preserve continuity even if actors improvise or change their performances between takes.
4. Gravity, Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki
Lubezki began working in the Mexican film industry in the late 1980s. He attended film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His other films include Children of Men, Sleepy Hollow, The Tree of Life, Ali, Shine a Light, Birdman, and The Revenant. He has won Academy Awards for best cinematography for Gravity and Birdman. Lubezki is a member of the ASC and AMC.
5. Citizen Kane: Gregg Toland
Toland is known for his lighting schemes and pioneering use of deep focus. He started out as a Hollywood camera operator and quickly moved up to cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for best cinematography for Wuthering Heights in 1940. Toland's deep-focus techniques involved using very fast film stocks, bright lighting, and specially-designed lenses with anti-glare coatings. This resulted in more available light so that he could shoot with smaller apertures. He also used non-traditional lighting schemes with hard shadows and and lights placed low instead of above the set. This low-key lighting was a strong influence on the development of film noir. His other films include The Long Voyage Home, Intermezzo: A Love Story, and The Grapes of Wrath. He was a member of the ASC.
6, Black Swan: Matthew Libatique
Libatique attended California State University Fullerton and received an MFA in cinematography from AFI Conservatory. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Black Swan. His other films include Requiem for a Dream, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Straight Outta Compton. He is a member of the ASC.
7. Days of Heaven: Nestor Almendros
Almendros studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He worked for the Castro regime in Cuba making documentaries before moving to Paris, where he worked with Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut. Days of Heaven was his first Hollywood film, and he received an Academy Award for best cinematography. His other work includes Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie's Choice, The Blue Lagoon, and Imagine: John Lennon. He was a member of the ASC.
8. Days of Heaven: Haskell Wexler
In the Heat of the Night
Haskwell Wexler began his career making industrial films in Chicago, before becoming an assistant camera operator working on documentaries, docu-dramas, and television. His first Hollywood film was America, America in 1963. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black and White) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966. He won another Oscar for Bound for Glory in 1976. His other films include In the Heat of the Night, Matewan, The Thomas Crown Affair, American Graffiti, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Medium Cool. He also worked on a number of documentaries, including the Academy Award-winning Interviews with My Lai Veterans. He was a member of the ASC.
9. Apocalypse Now: Vittorio Storaro
Storaro studied cinematography at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, then worked as a camera operator. He first worked as a cinematographer for Giovinezza, Giovinezza, in 1968. His films include Last Tango in Paris, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, The Conformist, and 1900. He won an Academy Award for Apocalypse Now, Reds, and The Last Emperor. His cinematographic philosophy is based on how different colors have psychological effects, and he makes use of these effects to help convey the tone of the film. He is a member of the ASC and AIC.
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