Vilmos Zsigmond filmography

Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, also formerly credited as William Zsigmond, was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, The River, and The Black Dahlia), winning once for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[1] He also won two American Society of Cinematographers Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one British Academy Film Award.

Vilmos Zsigmond, 2004

This article includes all of Zsigmond's credits as a cinematographer both in film and television.

Short films edit

Year Title Director Notes
1953 A Föld József Zsuffa
1955 Hajnal elött
1968 Prelude John Astin
1967 1999 A.D. Lee Madden
1971 Threshold J. Maynard Lovins
Stan Wells
1975 Iron and Horse Karl Bardosh
1999 The Argument Donald Cammell Filmed in 1971
2004 Medicine Chest Douglas Busby
2012 Kickstart Theft Fred Goodich

Feature films edit

Year Film Director Notes
1963 The Sadist James Landis
Living Between Two Worlds Bobby Johnson
1964 What's Up Front! Bob Wehling
The Time Travelers Ib Melchior
The Nasty Rabbit James Landis
1965 Deadwood '76
Tales of a Salesman Don Russell
Summer Children James Bruner
Rat Fink James Landis
Psycho A-Go-Go Al Adamson
1967 The Road to Nashville Will Zens Shared credit with Leif Rise
1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill! Gunnar Hellström
Jennie: Wife/Child Robert Carl Cohen
James Landis
1969 The Picasso Summer Serge Bourguignon
Robert Sallin
The Monitors Jack Shea
Five Bloody Graves Al Adamson
Futz Tom O'Horgan
1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Al Adamson
1971 Red Sky at Morning James Goldstone
McCabe & Mrs. Miller Robert Altman
The Hired Hand Peter Fonda
The Ski Bum Bruce D. Clark
1972 Images Robert Altman
Deliverance John Boorman
Country Music Robert Hinkle
1973 The Long Goodbye Robert Altman
Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg
Cinderella Liberty Mark Rydell
1974 The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg
The Girl from Petrovka Robert Ellis Miller
1976 Sweet Revenge Jerry Schatzberg
Obsession Brian De Palma
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg
1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino
1979 Winter Kills William Richert
The Rose Mark Rydell
1980 Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino
1981 Blow Out Brian De Palma
1982 Jinxed! Don Siegel
1983 Table for Five Robert Lieberman
1984 No Small Affair Jerry Schatzberg
The River Mark Rydell
1985 Real Genius Martha Coolidge
1987 The Witches of Eastwick George Miller
1988 Journey to Spirit Island László Pal
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Roland Joffé
1990 The Two Jakes Jack Nicholson
The Bonfire of the Vanities Brian De Palma
1993 Sliver Phillip Noyce
1994 Intersection Mark Rydell
Maverick Richard Donner
1995 The Crossing Guard Sean Penn
Assassins Richard Donner
1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Stephen Hopkins
1998 Playing by Heart Willard Carroll
Illegal Music Zane Zidel
2001 Life as a House Irwin Winkler
The Body Jonas McCord
2002 Bánk bán Csaba Káel
2004 Jersey Girl Kevin Smith
Melinda and Melinda Woody Allen
2006 The Black Dahlia Brian De Palma
2007 Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Louis Dan Pritzker
2011 The Maiden Danced to Death Endre Hules Shared credit with Zoltan Honti
2013 Compulsion Egidio Coccimiglio
2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Arthur Allan Seidelman

Documentary edit

Year Film Director Notes
1963 Story of the Wholesale Produce Market Leonard Greenberg Documentary short
1967 Mondo Mod Peter Perry Jr.
1969 Hot Rod Action Gene McCabe
1976 Death Riders Jim Wilson
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap Carl-Gustav Nykvist
2007 Torn from the Flag Endre Hules
Klaudia Kovacs
2014 God the Father Simon Fellows
2016 Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond Pierre Filmon

Television edit

TV series

Year Title Director Notes
1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors Robert Day Episode "A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time"
2001 The Mists of Avalon Uli Edel 2 episodes
2012–14 The Mindy Project Charles McDougall
Michael Weaver
Michael Spiller
3 episodes

TV documentary films

Year Title Director
1965 The Market Jack Shepard
1968 The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats Bud Wiser
1980 Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie Alan Metter

TV movies

Year Title Director
1969 Baja Marimba Band Bill Edwards
1979 Flesh & Blood Jud Taylor
1992 Stalin Ivan Passer
2006 Surrender, Dorothy Charles McDougall

References edit

  1. ^ Dagan, Carmel (January 3, 2016). "Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-Winning Cinematographer, Dies at 85". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved November 14, 2016.