![]() ![]() Tibrina Hobson // Getty Images Maryse Albertiįrench cinematographer Maryse Alberti got her start as a still photographer on the set of porn films in New York and ventured into the film industry by convincing the cinematographer on the small-budget film “Vortex” to let her assist him on set. ![]() Read on to learn more about how these cinematic visionaries have created some of the most legendary movies ever made. Guided by sources like the American Society of Cinematographers’ list of 100 milestone films in cinematography, the list leans heavily toward the 20th century, but it includes some more recent greats as well. Giggster researched cinematography history and put together a list of 25 of the best cinematographers of all time. Many cinematographers have specialties-be it their use of light manipulation or dynamic camera movements-and much can be learned about their unique styles from examining their bodies of work. They’re equally as essential to making the experience of watching a movie tangible in such a way that audiences feel at one with the film, as with Sayombhu Mukdeeprom’s transportive work on the Italian summer-set drama “Call Me by Your Name.” Greig Fraser and his team, in contrast, created depth in the shadows, employed dark undertones, and even used older camera lenses to create the gritty, hollow atmosphere of Bruce Wayne’s Gotham City in 2022’s “The Batman.” Just as the task of a cinematographer-or director of photography, as they’re otherwise called-can be to render and capture beauty, it can also be to convey a sense of unease in a film. Cinematography dictates not only what viewers see on screen, but how they see it. It’s through their intervention that audiences experience the director’s vision of what the film is. Through a combination of lighting expertise, a thoughtful composition of shots, decisions about what film stock to use or when to shoot digitally, and choosing how saturated or muted colors will look on screen, cinematographers create the texture and set the mood of the film. The cinematographer’s role is more than merely operating the camera.
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