Cast & creator
Vilmos Zsigmond
Best known for The Oscars, The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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.
Also known as: William Zsigmond, William Zsigmund
117
film credits
3
television credits
26
1953–2019 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (120)
Showing 120 of 120 credits
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Deer Hunter
Director of Photography
1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director of Photography
1977
Assassins
Director of Photography
1995
Blow Out
Director of Photography
1981
The Witches of Eastwick
Director of Photography
1987
Heaven's Gate
Director of Photography
1980
Sliver
Director of Photography
1993
Timeline
Second Unit Director of Photography
2003
Maverick
Albert Bierstadt
1994Maverick
Director of Photography
1994
The Mists of Avalon
Director of Photography
2001
The Ghost and the Darkness
Director of Photography
1996
Deliverance
Director of Photography
1972
The Black Dahlia
Director of Photography
2006
Real Genius
Director of Photography
1985
Jersey Girl
Director of Photography
2004
The Long Goodbye
Director of Photography
1973
Life as a House
Director of Photography
2001
Playing by Heart
Director of Photography
1998
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Director of Photography
2010
Cassandra's Dream
Director of Photography
2007
The Crossing Guard
Director of Photography
1995
Melinda and Melinda
Director of Photography
2004
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Director of Photography
1990
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Director of Photography
1971
Fat Man and Little Boy
Director of Photography
1989
The Sugarland Express
Director of Photography
1974
The Two Jakes
Director of Photography
1990
Flesh & Blood
Director of Photography
1979
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Obsession
Director of Photography
1976
Funny Lady
Additional Photography
1975
The Last Waltz
Additional Director of Photography
1978
Intersection
Director of Photography
1994
Side by Side
Self
2012
Flesh & Blood
Director of Photography
1979
The Body
Director of Photography
2001
Spielberg
Self
2017
Scarecrow
Director of Photography
1973
Images
Director of Photography
1972
The Border
Additional Photography
1982
Winter Kills
Director of Photography
1979
The River
Director of Photography
1984
Surrender, Dorothy
Director of Photography
2006
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
2009
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Self
2004
The Rose
Director of Photography
1979
No Small Affair
Director of Photography
1984
The Girl from Petrovka
Director of Photography
1974
Compulsion
Director of Photography
2013
Stalin
Director of Photography
1992
The Time Travelers
Director of Photography
1964
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
2000
Horror of the Blood Monsters
Director of Photography
1970
Red Sky at Morning
Director of Photography
1971
Table for Five
Director of Photography
1983
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000Light Keeps Me Company
Director of Photography
2000
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
2003
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
1997
Blood of Ghastly Horror
Director of Photography
1967
Torn from the Flag
Executive Producer
2007Torn from the Flag
Director of Photography
2007
Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
Self
2004
Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson
2019
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Director of Photography
2014
The Name of the Game Is Kill
Director of Photography
1968
The Hired Hand
Director of Photography
1971
Who Killed 'Winter Kills'?
Self
2003
Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
Self
2016
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
2001
Sweet Revenge
Director of Photography
1976
Summer Children
Director of Photography
1965
Mahogany
Additional Photography
1975
Cinderella Liberty
Director of Photography
1973
The Maiden Danced to Death
Director of Photography
2011
Road to Nashville
Director of Photography
1966
A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall
Self
2010
Ban Bánk
Director of Photography
2003Prelude
Director of Photography
1968
Character Building: Inside 'Life As a House'
Self
2002
Visions of Light
Self
1992
Rat Fink
Cinematography
1965Rat Fink
Director of Photography
1965
The Picasso Summer
Director of Photography
1969Threshold
Director of Photography
1971
The Fiend with the Electronic Brain
Cinematography
1967Living Between Two Worlds
Director of Photography
1963
A Long Way from Nowhere
Cinematography
1970
The Ski Bum
Director of Photography
1971
Five Bloody Graves
Director of Photography
1969
Jinxed!
Director of Photography
1982
Who Needs Sleep?
Self
2006
Journey to Spirit Island
Director of Photography
1988
The Monitors
Director of Photography
1969
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?
Camera Operator
1964
Psycho a Go Go
Director of Photography
1965
Jennie: Wife/Child
Director of Photography
1967
I Hear the Carpenter Singing
Cinematography
1963
Iron and Horse
Director of Photography
1975
The Sadist
Director of Photography
1963
'Obsession' Revisited
Self
2001
The Long Shadow
Director
1992
Tales of a Salesman
Director of Photography
1965
Louis
Hungarian Photographer
2010Louis
Director of Photography
2010
God the Father
Director of Photography
2014What's Up Front!
Director of Photography
1964
1999 A.D.
Director of Photography
1967
Return of the "Hired Hand"
Himself
2003
The Nasty Rabbit
Director of Photography
1964
Futz
Director of Photography
1969
Vilmos Zsigmond Flashes 'The Long Goodbye'
Self
2002Black and White in Color: Vilmos Zsigmond on 'Blow Out'
Self
2012
Mondo Mod
Director of Photography
1967
Deadwood '76
Director of Photography
1965
Death Riders
Director of Photography
1976
The Argument
Director of Photography
1999Imagining Images
Self
2003