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   Gordon Hugh Willis Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer and film director.He is best known for his photographic work on eight Woody Allen films (including Annie Hall and Manhattan), six Alan J. Pakula films (including All the President's Men), four James Bridges films, and all three films from Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series.

2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0932336Gordon Willis - IMDb

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   Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979). His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and underexposed film, as well as in his control of ...

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: North Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

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4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0932336Gordon Willis - Biography - IMDb

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   Gordon Willis. Cinematographer: Zelig. Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979). His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and underexposed film, as well as in his control of lighting and ...

   • Birth Date: May 28, 1931

   • Death Date: May 18, 2014

5. www.nytimes.com › 2014/05/20 › moviesGordon Willis, ‘Godfather’ Cinematographer, Dies at 82

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   May 20, 2014 · Gordon Hugh Willis was born in Astoria, Queens, on May 28, 1931, the child of former Broadway dancers. Young Gordon grew up loving movies and wanting to be an actor, but after performing in some ...

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   Who is Gordon Willis Jr?

   • Willis Jr. went on to an illustrious legal career in Fredericksburg, serving as a city councilman, commonwealth’s attorney, circuit judge and state court of appeals judge. Growing up, Gordon Willis Sr. said there was never any pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps, though his dad “certainly set a good example for me to follow.”

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   Did Gordon Willis win an Oscar?

   • Ultimately, Mr. Willis got two Oscar nominations for his cinematography — for Mr. Coppola’s “The Godfather Part III” (1990) and Mr. Allen’s “Zelig” (1983), but won neither — and he received an honorary Oscar in 2009. Gordon Willis, center, and Woody Allen, right, during the filming of “Annie Hall” in 1977. Brian Hamill/Getty Images

   Gordon Willis, ‘Godfather’ Cinematographer, Dies at 82

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   How old was Willis when he died?

   • Willis died of cancer on May 18, 2014, ten days before his 83rd birthday, at the age of 82. Known in the film industry as 'The Prince of Darkness', due to his distinct lighting technique of using shadows and often not allowing a character's eyes to be seen clearly ( The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Parallax View (1974) ).

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   What was Mr Willis best known for?

   • The comedy was largely visual, and Mr. Willis created the kind of plausible imagery that allowed the comedic ideas to work. Mr. Willis was known for his mechanical innovations as well.

   Gordon Willis, ‘Godfather’ Cinematographer, Dies at 82

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7. ew.com › article › 2014/05/19Gordon Willis: A salute to the 'Godfather' cinematographer

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   May 20, 2014 · Published on May 19, 2014 08:02PM EDT. Often called “The Prince of Darkness” for his tendency to artfully cloak onscreen characters in ominous shadows, cinematographer Gordon Willis was the ...

8. harvardfilmarchive.org › programs › gordon-willisGordon Willis, the Man Who Shot The Godfather - Harvard Film ...

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   Gordon Willis, the Man Who Shot The Godfather. Revered as one of the most artistically inventive and skilled cinematographers of the 1970s and 1980s, Gordon Willis (b. 1931) defined the pervasive anxiety and implacable darkness of the New American Cinema through his now famous collaborations with Francis Ford Coppola, Alan Pakula, Woody Allen ...

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   Gordon Willis. Cinematographer on some of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the 1970s and ’80s, two-time Oscar nominee Gordon Willis served as director of photography on three Best Picture winners in six years: “The Godfather” (1972), “The Godfather Part II” (1974) and “Annie Hall” (1977). Though his willingness to fly in the ...