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| Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85 | Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar-winning cinematographer, dies aged 85 |
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| The cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who was best known for his work on The Deer Hunter and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died. He was 85. | The cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, who was best known for his work on The Deer Hunter and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died. He was 85. |
| His business partner Yuri Neyman confirmed that Zsigmond died on Friday in Big Sur, California. | His business partner Yuri Neyman confirmed that Zsigmond died on Friday in Big Sur, California. |
| The Hungarian-born Zsigmond helped define cinema’s American New Wave in the 1970s, through celebrated collaborations and a preference for natural light. | |
| He first gained renown for his collaboration with Robert Altman on the classics McCabe & Mrs Miller and The Long Goodbye. In addition to his work on Michael Cimino’s examination of the effects of the Vietnam War, The Deer Hunter, for which he earned an Oscar nomination, Zsigmond also worked with Brian De Palma on a number of films including Blow Out. | |
| Zsigmond’s sole Oscar win, however, was for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. | Zsigmond’s sole Oscar win, however, was for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. |