Vilmos Zsigmond filmography

Vilmos Zsigmond, 2004

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.

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

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1953 A Föld József Zsuffa
1955 Hajnal elött
1967 1999 A.D. Lee Madden
1968 Prelude John Astin
1971 Threshold J. Maynard Lovins
Stan Wells
1975 Iron and Horse Karl Bardosh
1997 Fantasy for a New Age Richard Caesar
1999 The Argument Donald Cammell Filmed in 1971
2004 Medicine Chest Douglas Busby Video short
2012 Kickstart Theft Fred Goodich

Feature film

Director

  • The Long Shadow (1992)

Cinematographer

Year Title Director Notes
1963 The Sadist James Landis
Living Between Two Worlds Bobby Johnson With Lee Strosnider
1964 What's Up Front! Bob Wehling
The Time Travelers Ib Melchior
The Nasty Rabbit James Landis
1965 Deadwood '76 With Lew Guinn
Tales of a Salesman Don Russell Uncredited
Summer Children James Bruner
Rat Fink James Landis
Psycho A-Go-Go Al Adamson
1967 The Road to Nashville Will Zens With Leif Rise
Blood of Ghastly Horror Al Adamson With Louis Horvath
1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill! Gunnar Hellström
Jennie: Wife/Child Robert Carl Cohen (Uncredited)
James Landis (Uncredited)
1969 Satan's Sadists Al Adamson Uncredited
The Monitors Jack Shea
Futz Tom O'Horgan
Five Bloody Graves Al Adamson
The Picasso Summer Serge Bourguignon
Robert Sallin (Uncredited)
1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Al Adamson With William G. Troiano
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 With Gary Galbraith
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
1975 Funny Lady Herbert Ross Uncredited
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
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Roland Joffé
1990 Journey to Spirit Island László Pal
The Two Jakes Jack Nicholson
The Bonfire of the Vanities Brian De Palma
1993 Sliver Phillip Noyce
1994 Intersection Mark Rydell
Maverick Richard Donner Also made a cameo as Albert Bierstadt
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 The Body Jonas McCord
Life as a House Irwin Winkler
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 Also made a cameo as "Hungarian Photographer"
2011 The Maiden Danced to Death Endre Hules With Zoltan Honti
2013 Compulsion Egidio Coccimiglio
2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Arthur Allan Seidelman

Television

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 Miniseries
2012–14 The Mindy Project Charles McDougall
Michael Weaver
Michael Spiller
Episodes "Pilot", "Girl Next Door" and "Danny and Mindy"

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

Documentary works

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1957 Ungarn in Flammen Stefan Erdélyi With László Kovács and Franz Vass (as Ferencz Vass)
1967 Mondo Mod Peter Perry Jr. With László Kovács (as Leslie Kovacks)
1969 Hot Rod Action Gene McCabe With Vilis Lapenieks and Mario Tosi
1976 Death Riders Jim Wilson With Jim Wison
2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap Carl-Gustav Nykvist
2007 Torn from the Flag Endre Hules
Klaudia Kovacs
With Zoltan Honti, László Kovács and Justin Schein;
Also credited as executive producer
2014 God the Father Simon Fellows

Short film

Year Title Director
1963 Story of the Wholesale Produce Market Leonard Greenberg

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1965 The Market Jack Shepard
1968 The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats Bud Wiser With John A. Alonzo, David Blewitt, Robert Grant,
J. Barry Herron and Fred Kaplan
1980 Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie Alan Metter With László Kovács

References

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