Vilmos Zsigmond - Actor Profile

Vilmos Zsigmond

24Movies
7.8 Best Rating

Biography

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.

Top Rated Movies

★7.8
Light Keeps Me Company (2000) movie poster
★7.8

Light Keeps Me Company — Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself

Light Keeps Me Company

2000•Documentary
★7.6
Spielberg (2017) movie poster
★7.6

Spielberg — A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg

2017•Documentary
★7.3
Side by Side (2012) movie poster
★7.3

Side by Side — Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades,

Side by Side

2012•Documentary
★7.2
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004) movie poster
★7.2

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate — Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" stands as one of the most influential and important films of all time; one that changed

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

2004•Documentary
★7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) movie poster
★7.1

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession — A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey.

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004•History

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2019 Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson - ★ 6.8 Hit
2017 Spielberg Self ★ 7.6 Super Hit
2016 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Self ★ 6.9 Hit
2012 Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out' Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2012 Side by Side Self ★ 7.3 Hit
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Self ★ 6.9 Hit
2010 A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall Self ★ 5.5 Average
2010 Louis Hungarian Photographer ★ 3.5 Flop
2009 No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos Self ★ 5.9 Average
2006 Who Needs Sleep? Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2004 Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate Self ★ 7.2 Hit
2004 Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession Self ★ 7.1 Hit
2003 Imagining Images Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2003 Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Self ★ 7.1 Hit
2003 Return of the "Hired Hand" Himself ★ 0.0 Flop
2002 Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye' Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2001 'Obsession' Revisited Self ★ 6.3 Average
2001 The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Self ★ 6.8 Hit
2000 Light Keeps Me Company Self ★ 7.8 Super Hit
2000 Altman on His Own Terms Self ★ 0.0 Flop
1997 Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western Self ★ 5.0 Flop
1994 Maverick Albert Bierstadt ★ 6.9 Hit
1992 Visions of Light Self ★ 7.0 Hit