I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited -… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
A good [film] director is talented, imaginative, and does his homework. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I like the film camera better because the film is still one hundred times better than any digital image at the moment.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When we came to America, the movies here needed a "new wave." European films looked totally different than American movies, which were… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
You always like to be the collaborator. I don't want to take over the movie, because if I want to do that,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Sometimes the shots serve as homages to other movies and other directors, like Hitchcock. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm not really satisfied with the technology today. Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I was really fortunate from the time I arrived in Hollywood to work with some of the greatest directors from the beginning.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
With television, it's difficult to do some things. You have to shoot so many minutes a day, so you always have to be prepared… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all the arts… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
In a period piece, particularly a fantasy, the lighting is your own choice, the lenses are your own choice. It's really a great thing… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
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