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Known ForCamera

GenderMale

Born / DiedJun 16, 1930 (Died at 86)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthSzeged, Hungary

Career Span1953 – 2016

Known Credits109 Titles

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CameraPopularity Score 0.9

Vilmos Zsigmond

Also known as:William ZsigmondWilliam Zsigmund

Total Works

109

106 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

6.2 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

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worldwide gross

Global Reach

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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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Vilmos Zsigmond's career

7.4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977•movie

Role: Director of Photography

8.0

The Deer Hunter

1978•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.3

Deliverance

1972•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Maverick

1994•movie

as Albert Bierstadt

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 109 titles featuring Vilmos Zsigmond

7.4

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977•movie

Role: Director of Photography

8.0

The Deer Hunter

1978•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.3

Deliverance

1972•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Maverick

1994•movie

as Albert Bierstadt

6.5

Assassins

1995•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.3

Blow Out

1981•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.5

The Witches of Eastwick

1987•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.6

The Black Dahlia

2006•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.7

Timeline

2003•movie

Role: Second Unit Director of Photography

6.9

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Jersey Girl

2004•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.3

Cassandra's Dream

2007•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.6

Sliver

1993•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.4

The Long Goodbye

1973•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Real Genius

1985•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Melinda and Melinda

2004•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

The Sugarland Express

1974•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.2

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.1

Life as a House

2001•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Heaven's Gate

1980•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Scarecrow

1973•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Obsession

1976•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.7

The Last Waltz

1978•movie

Role: Additional Director of Photography

7.3

Side by Side

2012•movie

as Self

7.5

Spielberg

2017•movie

as Self

6.0

The Crossing Guard

1995•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

The Two Jakes

1990•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

Playing by Heart

1998•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.5

The Body

2001•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.1

Intersection

1994•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Woody Allen: A Documentary

2011•movie

as Self

6.8

Images

1972•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Fat Man and Little Boy

1989•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

The Mists of Avalon

2001•series

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

The Border

1982•movie

Role: Additional Photography

6.4

The River

1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

The Rose

1979•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.4

Compulsion

2013•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.1

1 eps

The Oscars

1953•series

as Self

5.1

The Time Travelers

1964•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

The Hired Hand

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.3

Funny Lady

1975•movie

Role: Additional Photography

5.7

Winter Kills

1979•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.1

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

2003•movie

as Self

5.5

No Small Affair

1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

2.7

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

1964•movie

Role: Camera Operator

6.4

The Sadist

1963•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Visions of Light

1992•movie

as Self

7.1

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004•movie

as Self

5.3

Stalin

1992•movie

Role: Director of Photography

3.2

Horror of the Blood Monsters

1970•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Cinderella Liberty

1973•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Mahogany

1975•movie

Role: Additional Photography

4.5

Jinxed!

1982•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.2

Surrender, Dorothy

2006•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.8

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

2019•movie

5.3

The Girl from Petrovka

1974•movie

Role: Director of Photography

3.2

Blood of Ghastly Horror

1967•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.5

Psycho a Go Go

1965•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.3

Five Bloody Graves

1969•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.4

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

2004•movie

as Self

5.7

Table for Five

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.7

Sweet Revenge

1976•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.9

The Name of the Game Is Kill

1968•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.6

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009•movie

as Self

7.1

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001•movie

as Self

5.0

Rat Fink

1965•movie

Role: Cinematography

7.9

Light Keeps Me Company

2000•movie

as Self

2.7

The Nasty Rabbit

1964•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.8

The Ski Bum

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

The Argument

1999•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.1

Jennie: Wife/Child

1967•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Flesh & Blood

1979•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.0

Deadwood '76

1965•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.8

Who Needs Sleep?

2006•movie

as Self

4.7

Tales of a Salesman

1965•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.5

Futz

1969•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.5

The Monitors

1969•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.1

Red Sky at Morning

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

2016•movie

as Self

6.8

The Picasso Summer

1969•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.6

Journey to Spirit Island

1988•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

Ban Bánk

2003•movie

Role: Director of Photography

2.8

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

2014•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

1999 A.D.

1967•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.2

'Obsession' Revisited

2001•movie

as Self

4.0

Mondo Mod

1967•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.2

The Long Shadow

1992•movie

Role: Director

3.0

Louis

2010•movie

as Hungarian Photographer

6.5

God the Father

2014•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

Road to Nashville

1966•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997•movie

as Self

5.5

A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall

2010•movie

as Self

9.0

Altman on His Own Terms

2000•movie

as Self

8.0

Death Riders

1976•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

Summer Children

1965•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?

2003•movie

as Self

7.0

Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'

2002•movie

as Self

7.0

A Long Way from Nowhere

1970•movie

Role: Cinematography

10.0

Torn from the Flag

2007•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.0

The Maiden Danced to Death

2011•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Flesh & Blood

1979•series

Role: Director of Photography

Return of the "Hired Hand"

2003•movie

as Himself

Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'

2002•movie

as Self

6.0

The Fiend with the Electronic Brain

1967•movie

Role: Cinematography

I Hear the Carpenter Singing

1963•movie

Role: Cinematography

Iron and Horse

1975•movie

Role: Director of Photography