Audience Quote by Gordon Willis

A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist, moving an audience... making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark.

— Gordon Willis

Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war…

— Caleb Deschanel

The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery.

— Rachel Morrison

There are, of course, many, many, many good cinematographers and unfortunately they don't work as much as many of those people who do those…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots,…

— Eric Bana

Cinematography is a writing with images in mouvement and with sounds.

— Robert Bresson

I think people just see cinematography as being about photography and innovative shots and beautiful lighting. We all want our movies to look great…

— Seamus McGarvey

I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense…

— Roger Deakins

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

— Conrad Hall

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film,…

— Vilmos Zsigmond

I'm confident that the wrong cinematographer on a project can very much derail the mood and the feeling on set when you're trying to…

— Greig Fraser

The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much the heart…

— Howard Shore