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designer, etc., with the director and cinematographer forming a specic bond to
settle on how the lm will ultimately be presented to audiences.
When digital photography rst began to come to prominence, there was suddenly a
boom of dierent and exciting kinds of cinematography going on. Some lmmakers
embraced the advantages of digital, while others decried it as a second tier format.
At the end of the day, the camera is simply one of many tools used to craft the
visual look of a lm, and Id argue that now, more than ever, is an exciting time for
the craft of cinematography.
There are a number of cinematographers churning out noteworthy work, but for the
purposes of this here article, Ive settled on an arbitrary cap of 20. The directors of
photography that make up this list represent some of the most exciting
cinematographers working today, made all the more fascinating by the fact that
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their approaches to the craft dier so wildly. But all are doing truly phenomenal
work in the realm of lmmaking, and this is a chance to turn the spotlight on their
respective talents.
So without further ado, in no particular order, here are the 20 most exciting
cinematographers working today.
RogerDeakin
Notable Works: Skyfall, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert
Ford, Fargo
Lets get the elephant out of the room rst: Roger Deakins is a magician. The guy
has been honing his craft for four decades, and he just keeps getting better.
Deakins refuses to make obvious choices, resulting in the slew of iconography that
permeates lms likeNo Country for Old Men or The Shawshank Redemption,
and hes just as comfortable shooting a romp like Burn After Reading as he is an
historical epic like Unbroken. His most frequentcollaborations, of course, arewith
the Coen Brothers, but comparing his craft on those lms to movies like The
Village or Sicario speak wonders to Deakins penchant for serving the specic
visions of his various directors. You know a Roger Deakins lm when you see it, but
the guy also has a chameleon-like ability to traverse a number of genres. From a
cinematography standpoint, Skyfall and The Assassination of Jesse James are
masterpieces, but they are also very dierent lms. Simply put, theres nothing he
cant do, and each new Roger Deakins lm is cause for celebration.
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Jody Lee Lipes is a relative newcomer on the scene, but he arrived in a big way
with the one-two punch of the darkly complex indie Martha Marcy May Marlene
and the rst season of HBOs Girls. With the latter, Lipes took the challenge of
capturing New York City in an entirely new way, and he soared. Each episode of
Girls looks like a handsomely crafted feature lm, and much of that is due to Lipes
early inuence on the show. Since then, he took the comedy main stage with Judd
Apatow and Amy Schumers Trainwreck, but its his upcoming collaboration with
Kenneth Lonergan on the masterful drama Manchester by the Sea that solidies
his place as one of the most exciting DPs working today. Those lucky enough to
catch Manchester at Sundance earlier this year are fully aware of some truly
staggering shots throughout that lm, and Lipes penchant for simultaneously
gorgeous and grounded visuals have an immense eect.
radfordYoung
Notable Works: Selma, A Most Violent Year, Aint Them Bodies Saints
If youre looking for up-and-comers in the cinematography world, Bradford Young
tops the list. We knew from his work on the neo-Western Aint Them Bodies Saints
that he was capable of capturing genre in an intimate way, and Pariah proved his
adeptnessat character-driven photography, but it was his work on 2014s Selma
that truly stood out as masterful. Young has an intense command of POV, and
working in concert with Ava DuVernay, he helped convey the loneliness and
staggering impact of Martin Luther King Jr., not to mention the terror of something
like the Edmund Pettus Bridge attack. With the 80s-set A Most Violent Year, Young
once again shined, and its no wonder he was enlisted to ll in for Roger Deakins
on Denis Villeneuves upcoming sci- drama Story of Your Life.
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Velvet Goldmine. Albertis work hit a high point with her 2008 Darren Aronofsky
collaboration The Wrestler, which showed o her knack for really putting the
audience inside the POV of the protagonist. So when Ryan Coogler was crafting a
highly anticipated Rocky sequel, he enlisted Alberti to shoot it, resulting in some
truly staggering work both inside and outside the ring. Indeed, there are two long
takes in Creedthat are not just great to look at, theyre purposeful. You feel the
anxiety of Michael B. Jordans titular character through this lack of cutting, and it
only heightens the emotional impact of the lm overall.
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Notable Works: Life of Pi, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TRON: Legacy
As CG photography has risen in popularity, so has the inuence of a lms
cinematographer on the nal product in CG-laden lms. Claudio Miranda has
become something of a staple of CG-driven movies, from the grounded and
realistic The Curious Case of Benjamin Button to the intense sci- of TRON:
Legacy. He knows his way around a digital frame, and nowhere is this more
apparent than in Ang Lees heavenly Life of Pi. The environment and supporting
characters were CG, with star Suraj Sharma standing as one of the only real
elements in the frame for much of the lms runtime, but even so Miranda found the
beauty in this story, resulting in an Academy Award win.
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results.
JeffCronenweth
Notable Works: Fight Club, One Hour Photo, Down with Love
Its been said many times over that David Fincher is a director who knows
everyones job better than they do, but theres a reason hes worked with Fight
Clubcinematographer Je Cronenweth on his last three lms in a row. The
diversity of palette between something like The Social Network and The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo is striking, but Cronenweths control of the frame is no less
impactful. The often sterile nature of the imagery reects the coldness of many of
the characters therein, but with lms like Gone Girl and evenHitchcock,
Cronenweth has proven he can continue that condence of frame even in
environments that are farmore muddled.
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imagery that transcends the grime to become something altogether beautiful. His
work in television with True Detective and Top of the Lake was striking, but hes
also wonderfully adept in the realm of features, with his most recent eort being the
stunningly shot Macbeth. Hes working with director Justin Kurzel once again on
Assassins Creed, and by all accounts the trailer for the video game adaptation
shows that Arkapaw has once again gone above and beyond.
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Emmanuel Lubezki and Carmen Miranda has to be the best on the list! Their
cinematography is beautiful and riveting.
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And you have to include Roger Deakins as well. Why he hasn't won an
oscar yet is a mystery to me.
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Really? No Fargo?
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Cinematographers never get enough attention for the amount of impact they
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There's Lubezki and then there's everyone else. There's a reason he won the
Oscar three years in a row. Elswit is a genius, too. Of course Deakins as well.
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I hope David Klein starts getting hired by good directors soon, he'll be on lists
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He retired.
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Never say never. A lot of them try their hand at directing and then
return (Andrzej Bartowkiak is a good example of that).
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I considered including Wally, but since this was "working today" and he's
become a director now, I decided not to. Impressive work to be sure.
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Although Pster left behind some big shoes to ll, van Hoytema
denitely came through with INTERSTELLAR.
Incredibly impressive work. Really looking forward to DUNKIRK.
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It Follows was amazing with it's cinematography. That and the music are the
best parts of why that lm is so memorable.
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Love Super 8. The acting (some of the very best by an ensemble of kids I
can remember), the feel, the tone, Giacchino's score... It's like it was
placed in a time capsule and released 25 years later. It absolutely nailed
that Amblin vibe it was going for.
Watchmen is a marvellously shot lm, I agree.
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Roger Deakins.
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With all this great talent, I'm not really sure how Steve Yedlin gets hired for Ep. 8.
Cronyism, I guess.
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I know that with this list being limited to 20 you can't have everyone but I think a
couple of these choices over someone like Matthew Libatique are a massive
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Lubezki, Yeoman and Deakins are all superb, and all for very dierent reasons
and because of dierent styles.
What Yeoman does with Wes Anderson is as important an ingredient to their
success as anything. It may be Anderson's style, but it's Yeoman's signature.
Cronenweth, too, greatly enhances Fincher's work. That cold, sterile, brilliantly
isolated feel he gives those lms is wonderful.
Lubezki is just phenomenal. The Revenant is genuinely one of the great triumphs
of the art. Every shot belongs in a gallery.
Delbonnel's work on Half-Blood Prince is a thing of subtle beauty. Watching that
lm in anything less than Blu-Ray does it a great disservice. The best
comparison I can make is listening to music through a premium set of
headphones against the apple ones. You get absolutely everything the artist
intended you to.
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And in other news, Hellen Mirren has signed onto the Fast and Furious
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20 people getting too much credit for what the camera operator, AC, gaer, and
dolly grip do for their ego.
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Lubezki did the cinematography for Burn After Reading, not Deakins.
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Deakins, Lubezki, Richardson, Hoytema, Cronenweth, and Alberti are the big
standouts for me. I also love that Bill Pope's included here as well. His work on
Sam Raimi's lms really stand out, especially with Spider-Man 2 and even with
Spider-Man 3.
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This is an amazing list! I would add Luca Bigazzi, he shot Youth last year and
that lm was atrociously gorgeous.
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Deakins is tops for me (his work in cinematography to this point is basically what
John Williams has been for lm music) but this is a great list. I'm not as high on
Lubezki as most everyone else seems to be (The Revenant is stunning but I
found his work on Gravity and Birdman to be overrated; going back a bit, I love
what he did for A Little Princess and Sleepy Hollow and his work on Last Days in
the Desert looks lovely even if I haven't seen the lm yet) but as far as up-andcoming cinematographers go, I love what I'm seeing from Bradford Young and
Hoyte von Hoytema especially.
Nice to see Cronenweth mentioned on this list. I particularly love his work on the
underrated K-19: The Widowmaker and One Hour Photo.
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Deakins didn't shoot Burn After Reading for the Coens, Lubezki did.
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