Top Ten Best Cinematographers

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The Top Ten

1Vittorio Storaro

He is the best cinematographer in the world, because he is the God of chiaroscuro!

2Roger Deakins

3Sven Nykvist

4Janusz Kaminski

5Conrad Hall

6Santhosh Sivan

Eye catching.. Stunning... Unbelievable work of... Santhosh sivan is a gifted person in the field of cinematography.. We can see it in his works. There is no doubt

Amazing... Tremendous.. Extra ordinary work of cinematography... He reveals the beauty of indian culture... And creates the vastness of art...

This indian cinematographer makes movie look much bigger than it's original budget, what a tremendous beauty and graceful style they are!

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7Vilmos Zsigmond

8Nestor Almendros

9John Toll

10Gordon Willis

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The Contenders

11Ed Lachman

12Christopher Doyle

13Robert Richardson

Robert richardson maintains his own style of cinemotography making the powerful impact on the visuals...

14Wally Pfister

15Carlo Di Palma

16Willy Hameister

The cinematographer for the 191 "Cabinet of Dr. Caligary." I think he did some Nazi olympics stuff too. Genious! but messed up.

17John Seale

18Nicolas Roeg

19John Alcott

20Jordan Cronenweth

21Tonino Delli Colli

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Once Upon a Time in The West
La Vita e Bella

Gaspar

22Owen Roizman

23Tak Fujimoto

24Guillermo del Toro

25Freddie Francis

26Haskell Wexler

27Laszlo Kovacs

28William Fraker

29Caleb Deschanel

30Adam Holender

31Michael Chapman

32Robert Surtees

33Bruce Surtees

34Robby Muller

35Dick Bush

36David Watkin

37Anthony Dod Mantle

38Eric Gautier

39Jack Cardiff

40Darius Khondji

41Freddie Young

42Geoffrey Unsworth

43Anthony Richmond

44Giuseppe Rotunno

45Jeff Cronenweth

46Lucien Ballard

47Andrzej Bartkowiak

48Matthew Libatique

49Bill Butler

50Emmanuel Lubezki

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Updated Friday, May 24, 2013

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