Cinematography
- 1st Edition - August 16, 1999
- Latest edition
- Author: Peter Ettedgui
- Language: English
Cinematography is the first title in the Screencraft Series, a unique venture which aims to unravel for the first time the multi-layered language of film-making, by exploring the… Read more
Purchase options
Cinematography is the first title in the Screencraft Series, a unique venture which aims to unravel for the first time the multi-layered language of film-making, by exploring the fusion of crafts which combine to create the most important art form of the 20th century. Although the cinematographer or director of photography rarely receives the kind of attention reserved for directors and actors, there is little doubt that this is the key technical role in the process of revealing a story through images. The cinematographers featured in this book encompass three generations of filmmaking and represent a diversity of film cultures. What they have in common is the contribution they have made to a universal cinema heritage and the fact that their work has helped to expand -- if not revolutionize -- the language of film. This book, featuring the world's finest cinematographers, will inspire practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike. This beautifully designed and illustrated book speaks in the voices of these cinematographers and through the powerful images they have created for the screen.
The cinematographers featured in this book encompass three generations of filmmaking and represent a diversity of film cultures, from "African Queen" to "Delicatessen."
Highly illustrated -- over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos -- and written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews
This book, featuring the world's finest cinematographers, will inspire practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike.
The cinematographers featured in this book encompass three generations of filmmaking and represent a diversity of film cultures, from "African Queen" to "Delicatessen."
Highly illustrated -- over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos -- and written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews
This book, featuring the world's finest cinematographers, will inspire practicing professionals, students, and movie buffs alike.
Features three generations of cinematographers representing many diverse film cultures
Highly illustrated with over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos
Written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews
Highly illustrated with over 500 color pictures and 300 black and white photos
Written entirely based on each cinematographer's own words from interviews
filmmakers (directors, cinematographers, camera crew), students of film and film studies, serious film buffs
Jack Cardiff (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, War and Peace, African Queen); Douglas Slocombe (Freud, Julia, The Great Gatsby, Indiana Jones trilogy); Sven Nykvist (Through a Glass Darkly, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Pretty Baby, Crimes and Misdemeanors); Subrata Mitra (The Householder, Shakespeare Wallah, The Guru); Raoul Coutard (A Bout de Souffle, Jules et Jim, Tirez sur le Pianiste); Haskell Wexler (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, American Graffiti, Bound for Glory); Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Paper Moon, New York New York, Five Easy Pieces, My Best Friend's Wedding); Billy Williams (Gandhi, Women in Love, The Rainbow, On Golden Pond); Robby Muller (Paris Texas, To Live and Die in LA, Breaking the Waves, Mystery Train); Gordon Willis (The Godfather trilogy, Manhattan, Annie Hall, All the President's Men, Klute); Michael Chapman (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, The Fugitive, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid); John Seale (The English Patient, Witness, Rain Man, Dead Poet's Society, Gorillas in the Mist, The Mosquito Coast); Stuart Dryburgh (The Piano, Portrait of a Lady, The Perez Family, Lone Star); Roger Deakins (Dead Man Walking, Fargo, Barton Fink, The Shawshank Redemption, Kundun); Eduardo Serra (The Hairdresser's Husband, Map of the Human Heart, Jude, The Wings of the Dove, What Dreams May Come); Janusz Kaminski (Schindler's List, Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, Jerry Maguire, Jurassic Park); Darius Khondji (Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Seven, Evita, Stealing Beauty, Alien Resurrection)
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 16, 1999
- Language: English
PE
Peter Ettedgui
Peter entered the UK film industry in 1986, gaining experience in a number of screen crafts. Initially he worked in production, before moving into the camera department and cutting rooms on pop promos, feature films and television documentaries. He has subsequently worked as a Director's Assistant to Ken Russell, as script and music editor, and associate producer on a number of television projects before becoming a screenwriter. His feature film credits include Vigo (1998) and Onegin (1999).
Affiliations and expertise
British screenwriter and cinematographer