Monday, April 9, 2007

writing with light

nostalghia 1983 (d. andrei tarkovsky) dp: giuseppe lanci

a small list of considerations for the cinematographer series.
with select filmographies.

néstor almendros: domicile conjugal 1970 (d. françois truffaut), le deux anglaises et le continent 1971 (d. françois truffaut), days of heaven 1978 (d. terrence malick), sophie's choice 1982 (d. alan j. pakula).

john alonzo: harold and maude 1971 (d. hal ashby), chinatown 1974 (d. roman polanski), black sunday 1977 (d. john frankenheimer), scarface 1983 (d. brian de palma).

john alton: t-men 1947 (d. anthony mann), raw deal 1948 (d. anthony mann), he walked by night 1948 (d. alfred l. werker), father of the bride 1950 (d. vincente minnelli), an american in paris 1951, ballet photography (d. vincente minnelli), the big combo 1955 (d. joseph h. lewis), elmer gantry 1960 (d. richard brooks).

lucien ballard: morocco 1930, uncredited (d. josef von sternberg), the devil is a woman 1935, uncredited (d. josef von sternberg), the house on telegraph hill 1951 (d. robert wise), the killing 1956 (d. stanley kubrick), ride the high country 1962 (d. sam peckinpah), the wild bunch 1969 (d. sam peckinpah), the ballad of cable hogue 1970 (d. sam peckinpah), junior bonner 1972 (d. sam peckinpah), the getaway 1972 (d. sam peckinpah), mikey and nicky 1976 (d. elaine may).

christian berger: 71 fragments of a chronology of chance 1994 (d. michael haneke), la pianiste 2001 (d. michael haneke), caché 2005 (d. michael haneke).

bill butler: the conversation 1974 (d. francis ford coppola), jaws 1975 (d. steven spielberg).

ghislain cloquet: nuit et brouillard 1955 (d. alain resnais), le trou 1960 (d. jacques becker), au hasard balthazar 1966 (d. robert bresson), les demoiselles de rochefort 1967 (d. jacques demy & agnès varda), mouchette 1967 (d. robert bresson), une femme douce 1969 (d. robert bresson), the secret life of plants 1979 (d. walon green).

luis cuadrado: el espíritu de la colmena 1973 (d. victor erice).

henri decaë: le silence de la mer 1949 (d. jean-pierre melville), les enfants terribles 1950 (d. jean-pierre melville), bob le flambeur 1955 (d. jean-pierre melville), ascenseur pour l'échafaud 1958 (d. louis malle), les quatre cents coups 1959 (d. françois truffaut), purple noon 1960 (d. rené clément), léon morin, prêtre 1961 (d. jean-pierre melville), le samouraï 1967 (d. jean-pierre melville), le cercle rouge 1970 (d. jean-pierre melville), the boys from brazil 1978 (d. franklin j. schaffner).

pawel edelman: the pianist 2002 (d. roman polanski), oliver twist 2005 (d. roman polanski).

karl freund: die spinnen (spiders), 1. teil - der goldene see 1919 & 2. 1920 (d. fritz lang), de januskopf 1920 (d. f.w. murnau), der golem, wie er in die welt kam 1920 (d. paul wegener), mikaël 1924 (d. carl theodor dreyer), the last laugh 1924 (d. f.w. murnau), herr tartüff 1926 (d. f.w. murnau), metropolis 1927 (d. fritz lang), berlin: die sinfonie der großstadt,uncredited 1927 (d. walter ruttmann), all quiet on the western front, uncredited 1930 (d. lewis milestone), dracula 1931 (d. tod browning), murders in the rue morgue 1932 (d. robert florey), tortilla flat 1942 (d. victor fleming), the thin man goes home 1944 (d. richard thorpe), key largo 1948 (d. john huston).

aldo graziati (aka g.r. aldo): la terra trema: episodio del mare 1948 (d. luchino visconti), miracolo a milano 1951 (d. vittorio de sica), umberto d. 1952 (d. vittorio de sica), the tragedy of othello: the moor of venice 1952 (d. orson welles), indiscretion of an american wife/stazione termini 1953 (d. vittorio de sica).

conrad hall: cool hand luke 1967 (d. stuart rosenberg), in cold blood 1967 (d. richard brooks), butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 (d. george roy hill), fat city 1972 (d. john huston), the day of the locust 1975 (d. john schlesinger), marathon man 1976 (d. john schlesinger), tequila sunrise 1988 (d. robert towne).

james wong howe: shanghai express, uncredited 1932 (d. josef von sternberg), the thin man 1934 (d. w.s. van dyke), the oklahoma kid (1939 (d. lloyd bacon), fantasia, uncredited 1940 (disney), yankee doodle dandy 1942 (d. michael curtiz), hangmen also die! 1943 (d. fritz lang), passage to marseille 1944 (d. michael curtiz), objective, burma! 1945 (d. raoul walsh), body and soul 1947 (d. robert rossen), mr. blandings builds his dream house 1948 (d. h.c. potter), picnic 1955 (d. joshua logan), the rose tattoo (1955 (d. daniel mann), sweet smell of success 1957 (d. alexander mackendrick), the old man and the sea (1958 (d. john sturges), hud 1963 (d. martin ritt), seconds 1966 (d. john frankenheimer), hombre 1967 (d. martin ritt), last of the mobile hot shots (1970 (d. sidney lumet).

slawomir idziak: a short film about killing 1988 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), the decalogue, 1 episode 1990 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), la double vie de véronique 1991 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), trois couleurs: bleu 1993 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), gattaca 1997 (d. andrew niccol).

boris kaufman: a propos de nice 1930 (d. jean vigo), taris, roi de l'eau 1931 (d. jean vigo), zéro de conduite: jeunes diables au collège 1933 (d. jean vigo), l'atalante 1934 (d. jean vigo), on the waterfront 1954 (d. elia kazan), baby doll 1956 (d. elia kazan), 12 angry men 1957 (d. sidney lumet), the fugitive kind 1959 (d. sidney lumet), splendor in the grass 1961 (d. elia kazan), long day's journey into night 1962 (d. sidney lumet), the pawnbroker 1964 (d. sidney lumet), film 1965 (d. samuel beckett & alan schneider).

edward klosinski: the decalogue, 1 episode 1990 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), europa 1991 (d. lars von trier), trois couleurs: blanc 1994 (d. krzysztof kieslowski).

lászló kovács: targets 1968 (d. peter bogdanovich), easy rider 1969 (d. dennis hopper), five easy pieces 1970 (d. bob rafelson), what's ep, doc? 1972 (d. peter bogdanovich), the king of marvin gardens 1972 (d. bob rafelson), paper moon 1973 (d. peter bogdanovich), shampoo 1975 (d. hal ashby), new york, new york 1977 (d. martin scorsese), ghost busters 1984 (d. ivan reitman).

giuseppe lanci: nostalghia 1983 (d. andrei tarkovsky).

babette mangolte: jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles 1976 (d. chantal akerman), news from home 1977 (d. chantal akerman).

gábor medvigy: damnation 1988 (d. bela tarr), utolsó hajó 1990 (d. bela tarr), sátántangó 1994 (d. bela tarr), werckmeister harmóniák 2000 (d. bela tarr).

sven nykvist: the virgin spring 1960 (d. ingmar bergman), through a glass darkly 1961 (d. ingmar bergman), winter light 1962 (d. ingmar bergman), the silence 1963 (d. ingmar bergman), persona 1966 (d. ingmar bergman), hour of the wolf 1968 (d. ingmar bergman), shame 1968 (d. ingmar bergman), the passion of anna 1969 (d. ingmar bergman), cries and whispers 1972 (d. ingmar bergman), scenes from a marriage 1973 (d. ingmar bergman), the magic flute 1975 (d. ingmar bergman), the tenant 1976 (d. roman polanski), autumn sonata 1978 (d. ingmar bergman), fanny and alexander 1982 (d. ingmar bergman), the sacrifice 1986 (d. andrei tarkovsky), another woman (1988 (d. woody allen), crimes and misdemeanors 1989 (d. woody allen), oxen 1991 (d. sven nykvist), what's eating gilbert grape (1993 (d. lasse hallström), private confessions 1996 (d. liv ullmann).

owen roizman: the french connection 1971 (d. william friedkin), play it again, sam 1972 (d. herbert ross), the exorcist 1973 (d. william friedkin), the taking of pelham one two three 1974 (d. joseph sargent), three days of the condor 1975 (d. sydney pollack), network 1976 (d. sidney lumet), straight time 1978 (d. ulu grosbard), absence of malice 1981 (d. sydney pollack).

piotr sobocinski: the decalogue, 2 episodes 1990 (d. krzysztof kieslowski), trois couleurs: rouge 1994 (d. krzysztof kieslowski).

vittorio storaro: il conformista 1970 (d. bernardo bertolucci), the spider's stratagem 1970 (d. bernardo bertolucci), apocalypse now 1979 (d. francis ford coppola), one from the heart 1982 (d. francis ford coppola), the last emperor 1987 (d. bernardo bertolucci), dominion: prequel to the exorcist 2005 (d. paul schrader).

gregg toland: queen kelly, uncredited 1929 (d. erich von stroheim), street scene, uncredited 1931 (d. king vidor), dead end 1937 (d. william wyler), wuthering heights 1939 (d. william wyler), the grapes of wrath 1940 (d. john ford), the westerner 1940 (d. william wyler), the long voyage home 1940 (d. john ford), citizen kane 1941 (d. orson welles), the little foxes 1941 (d. william wyler), ball of fire 1941 (d. howard hawks), the best years of our lives 1946 (d. william wyler), the bishop's wife 1947 (d. henry koster), a song is born 1948 (d. howard hawks).

haskell wexler: who's afraid of virginia woolf? 1966 (d. mike nichols), in the heat of the night 1967 (d. norman jewison), one flew over the cuckoo's nest, shared credit 1975 (d. milos forman), bound for glory 1976 (d. hal ashby), matewan 1987 (d. john sayles), colors 1988 (d. dennis hopper).

gordon willis: little murders 1971 (d. alan arkin), klute 1971 (d. alan j. pakula), the godfather 1972 (d. francis ford coppola), bad company 1972 (d. robert benton), the parallax view 1974 (d. alan j. pakula), the godfather part II 1974 (d. francis ford coppola), the drowning pool 1975 (d. stuart rosenberg), all the president's men 1976 (d. alan j. pakula), annie hall 1977 (d. woody allen), manhattan 1979 (d. woody allen), stardust memories 1980 (d. woody allen), zelig 1983 (d. woody allen), broadway danny rose 1984 (d. woody allen), the purple rose of cairo 1985 (d. woody allen).

vilmos zsigmond: mccabe & mrs. miller 1971 (d. robert altman), deliverance 1972 (d. john boorman), the long goodbye 1973 (d. robert altman), the sugarland express 1974 (d. steven spielberg), the deer hunter 1978 (d. michael cimino), heaven's gate 1980 (d. michael cimino).

this is just a list to get started, any suggestions are welcome.
writing with light is how vittorio storaro describes the art of the cinematographer.

books:
-masters of light: conversations with contemporary cinematographers, by dennis schaefer and larry salvato, univ. of california press.
-making pictures: a century of european cinematography, abrams.