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Vilmos Zsigmond ASC (Hungarian: [ˈvilmoʃ ˈʒiɡmond]; 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.
Vilmos Zsigmond. Cinematographer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Along with László Kovács, a fellow student who fled Hungary in 1956, Zsigmond rose to prominence in the 1970s. He is known for his use of natural light and vivid use of color on features such as The Long Goodbye (1973) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
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- Szeged, Hungary
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- Big Sur, California, USA
Jan 5, 2016 · Vilmos Zsigmond, a Hungarian-born cinematographer who helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, ’80s and beyond, among other things lending a hyper-real glow to the arrival of...
Jan 4, 2016 · The cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who has died aged 85, arrived in the US in 1956, having fled his native Hungary as Russian tanks put down the Hungarian revolution. Over the next few...
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- Ronald Bergan
Jan 6, 2016 · Vilmos Zsigmond: the cinematographer who transformed how films look. Along with his lifelong friend, László Kovács, the late Hungarian was a master of lenses and light, and their combined...
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- John Patterson
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Jan 3, 2016 · Jan. 3, 2016. LOS ANGELES — The legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, best known for “The Deer Hunter” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” has died. His business partner Yuri Neyman...
Jan 4, 2016 · Zsigmond died on January 1, at age 85, leaving behind not just an almost uniformly gorgeous body of work, but also a track record of having worked with a wide range of directors of clashingly...
