Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, also formerly credited as William Zsigmond, was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, The River, and The Black Dahlia), winning once for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He also won two American Society of Cinematographers Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one British Academy Film Award.
This article includes all of Zsigmond's credits as a cinematographer both in film and television.
Short film Year Title Director Notes 1953 A FöldJózsef Zsuffa 1955 Hajnal elött 1967 1999 A.D. Lee Madden 1968 Prelude John Astin 1971 Threshold J. Maynard LovinsStan Wells 1975 Iron and Horse Karl Bardosh 1997 Fantasy for a New Age Richard Caesar 1999 The Argument Donald Cammell Filmed in 1971 2004 Medicine Chest Douglas Busby Video short 2012 Kickstart Theft Fred Goodich
Feature film Director The Long Shadow (1992)
Cinematographer Year Title Director Notes1963 The Sadist James Landis Living Between Two Worlds Bobby Johnson With Lee Strosnider1964 What's Up Front! Bob Wehling The Time Travelers Ib Melchior The Nasty RabbitJames Landis1965 Deadwood '76 With Lew Guinn Tales of a Salesman Don Russell Uncredited Summer Children James Bruner Rat Fink James Landis Psycho A-Go-Go Al Adamson1967 The Road to Nashville Will Zens With Leif Rise Blood of Ghastly Horror Al Adamson With Louis Horvath1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill! Gunnar Hellström Jennie: Wife/Child Robert Carl Cohen (Uncredited)James Landis (Uncredited)1969 Satan's Sadists Al Adamson Uncredited The Monitors Jack Shea Futz Tom O'Horgan Five Bloody Graves Al Adamson The Picasso Summer Serge BourguignonRobert Sallin (Uncredited) 1970 Horror of the Blood Monsters Al Adamson With William G. Troiano1971 Red Sky at Morning James Goldstone McCabe & Mrs. Miller Robert Altman The Hired Hand Peter Fonda The Ski Bum Bruce D. Clark 1972 Images Robert Altman Deliverance John Boorman Country Music Robert Hinkle With Gary Galbraith 1973 The Long Goodbye Robert Altman Scarecrow Jerry Schatzberg Cinderella Liberty Mark Rydell 1974 The Sugarland Express Steven Spielberg The Girl from Petrovka Robert Ellis Miller 1975 Funny Lady Herbert Ross Uncredited1976 Sweet Revenge Jerry Schatzberg Obsession Brian De Palma 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg 1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 1979 Winter Kills William Richert The Rose Mark Rydell 1980 Heaven's Gate Michael Cimino 1981 Blow Out Brian De Palma 1982 Jinxed! Don Siegel 1983 Table for Five Robert Lieberman1984 No Small Affair Jerry Schatzberg The River Mark Rydell 1985 Real Genius Martha Coolidge 1987 The Witches of Eastwick George Miller 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Roland Joffé 1990 Journey to Spirit Island László Pal The Two Jakes Jack Nicholson The Bonfire of the Vanities Brian De Palma 1993 Sliver Phillip Noyce1994 Intersection Mark Rydell Maverick Richard Donner Also made a cameo as Albert Bierstadt1995 The Crossing Guard Sean Penn Assassins Richard Donner 1996 The Ghost and the Darkness Stephen Hopkins1998 Playing by Heart Willard Carroll Illegal Music Zane Zidel2001 The Body Jonas McCord Life as a House Irwin Winkler 2002 Bánk bán Csaba Káel2004 Jersey Girl Kevin Smith Melinda and Melinda Woody Allen 2006 The Black Dahlia Brian De Palma 2007 Cassandra's DreamWoody Allen2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Louis Dan Pritzker Also made a cameo as "Hungarian Photographer" 2011 The Maiden Danced to Death Endre Hules With Zoltan Honti 2013 Compulsion Egidio Coccimiglio 2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Arthur Allan Seidelman
Television Year Title Director Notes 1969 The Bold Ones: The Protectors Robert Day Episode "A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time" 2001 The Mists of Avalon Uli Edel Miniseries 2012–14 The Mindy Project Charles McDougallMichael WeaverMichael Spiller Episodes "Pilot", "Girl Next Door" and "Danny and Mindy"
TV movies Year Title Director 1969 Baja Marimba Band Bill Edwards 1979 Flesh & Blood Jud Taylor 1992 Stalin Ivan Passer 2006 Surrender, Dorothy Charles McDougall
Documentary works Film Year Title Director Notes 1957 Ungarn in Flammen Stefan Erdélyi With László Kovács and Franz Vass (as Ferencz Vass) 1967 Mondo Mod Peter Perry Jr. With László Kovács (as Leslie Kovacks) 1969 Hot Rod Action Gene McCabe With Vilis Lapenieks and Mario Tosi 1976 Death Riders Jim Wilson With Jim Wison 2000 Ljuset håller mig sällskap Carl-Gustav Nykvist 2007 Torn from the Flag Endre HulesKlaudia Kovacs With Zoltan Honti, László Kovács and Justin Schein;Also credited as executive producer 2014 God the Father Simon Fellows
Short film Year Title Director 1963 Story of the Wholesale Produce Market Leonard Greenberg
TV movies Year Title Director Notes 1965 The Market Jack Shepard 1968 The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats Bud Wiser With John A. Alonzo, David Blewitt, Robert Grant,J. Barry Herron and Fred Kaplan 1980 Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie Alan Metter With László Kovács
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