Cinematographers pick their Top 11
Surveyed to name the 10 most influential cinematographers in film history, members of the International Cinematographers Guild came up with 11 (thanks to a tie).
Their choices: Billy Bitzer (“Birth of a Nation”), James Wong Howe (“The Rose Tattoo”), Gregg Toland (“Wuthering Heights”), Freddie Young (“Lawrence of Arabia”), Jordan Cronenweth (“Blade Runner”), Conrad L. Hall (“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”), Sven Nykvist (“Cries and Whispers”), Vittorio Storaro (“Apocalypse Now”), Haskell Wexler (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”), Gordon Willis (“The Godfather”) and Vilmos Zsigmond (“The Deer Hunter”).
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