
Place of Birth:
Szeged, Hungary
Date of Birth:
6/16/1930
Vilmos Zsigmond (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. Zsigmond worked frequently with many leading American directors, such as Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Brian De Palma, Michael Cimino and Woody Allen.

Return of the "Hired Hand"

Maverick

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Light Keeps Me Company

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Side by Side

Visions of Light

Louis

Who Needs Sleep?
Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Imagining Images

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

'Obsession' Revisited

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Spielberg

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Altman on His Own Terms

Woody Allen: A Documentary