cinematographer

noun cin·e·ma·tog·ra·pher \ ˌsi-nə-mə-ˈtä-grə-fər \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of cinematographer

: a specialist in cinematography

Recent Examples of cinematographer from the Web

Annie is an artist who creates miniatures (the opening segment, in which her art and real life merge, is a blast delivered by cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski).

— bill goodykoontz, azcentral, "'Hereditary:' 127 minutes of pure horror," 7 June 2018
The characters are computer renderings of the bodies of actual migrants; the landscapes are photographed by Mr. Iñárritu’s brilliant longtime cinematographer, Emmanuel Lubezki.

— New York Times, "23 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend," 7 June 2018
Everybody Knows is a classy-looking thing: It was shot by master Spanish cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, and sections of it take place in a church bell-tower whose key feature is a luminous clock face.

— stephanie zacharek, Time, "Cannes 2018 Opens with a Middling Movie But a Killer Jury," 9 May 2018
Agnes Godard, Denis’s longtime cinematographer, told me.

— alice gregory, The New Yorker, "The Fearless Cinema of Claire Denis," 19 May 2018
Carvalho also was the cinematographer for the 2010 documentary Mining for Change: A Story of South African Mining.

— katie kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, "Filmmaker Carlos Carvalho Dies After On-Set Giraffe Accident," 5 May 2018
Most of the killing happens off the screen or at a distance, while cinematographer Thomas Townend turns its splattered aftermath into visual poetry in hues of green, red and black.

— colin covert, Detroit Free Press, "Review: Joaquin Phoenix stunning in ‘Never Really Here’," 19 Apr. 2018
He and [cinematographer] Janusz Kaminiski had so much fun re-creating the sets.

— tom russo, BostonGlobe.com, "Author Ernest Cline talks about ‘Ready Player One’ the book, the movie, and other ’80s time machines," 22 Mar. 2018
First, legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins, who's been nominated 14 times but never won, finally took home an Oscar for Best Cinematography.

— eliza thompson, Cosmopolitan, "Roger Deakins Is Hot, Don't @ Me," 5 Mar. 2018

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