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Top 5 Directors of Photography in Hollywood

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Clark Jones
Top 5 Directors of Photography in Hollywood

The success of a film can’t be accredited only to the producer or director. It requires endless efforts of every individual to make a film that can break the records and can be nominated for the most prestigious award. The team includes a number of people who contribute with their efforts such as director of photography, cameramen, scriptwriters, and designers and so on. This article is about the top five most amazing and creative directors of photography in Hollywood who have contributed and made some films rank as the best sellers of Hollywood.

Jeff Cronenweth

A graduate from the USC School of Cinematic Arts Jeff Cronenweth is the son of Jordan Cronenweth who is known to be one of the leading cinematographers in the motion picture history. Jeff is an American native, based in the city of Los Angeles, California. He has been interested in films from the very beginning and also began his career by assisting his father at work. One of the most prominent films that he has worked for as a cinematographer or a DOP was the Blade Runner, in which he worked as a camera loader and second camera assistant when he was still performing academics.

Gabriel Medina

As being a fan of the Hollywood film industry, Gabriel started off his career in it as a production assistant. Gradually after getting familiar with the working format and equipment of the production, he started working as a director of photography. Gabriel’s interest was inclined towards the technical side of the production and therefore he pursued it as a proper education after enrolling at the Langara College. Gabriel worked as the director of photography for a lot of films including The Woman on the Run and The Mistletoe Promise. As the CEO of the Red Eye Motion Pictures, Gabriel is now one of the big names in the film and television industry in Vancouver.

Mihai Mălaimare Jr.

Mihai comes from the maternal background of politics and current affairs but his interests led him towards the Hollywood film industry as a director of photography. His father was a Romanian actor and mother a politician. Mihai started off in 2004 with the film Lotus under the director Loan Carmazan. His interests began to grow more towards cinematography along with his increasing engagements in the work of production led him to work and improve more as the Director of Photography. Mihai has been a director of photography in many films since 2004 till now which also includes Little Red Wagon and The Time Being.

Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins is a creative and one of the top-ranking directors of photography from England. Roger was hired first as a cameraman after completing his academics. He has offered his remarkable services in Hollywood as a cameraman for seven years. Roger is mostly known for his contributions as a creative cinematographer or director of photography in the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. He is also entitled with a number of awards for his work as a DOP. Roger’s overall experience in the UK film industry led him to become an honorary fellow of the National Film School in the Buckinghamshire. He also received a CBE at the Buckingham Palace.

John Alcott

An English cinematographer who has been in the film industry since 1968, John Alcott is best known for his work as a director of photography in collaboration with a famous director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey. He was given the charge of all cameramen in this film and also was assigned the work of being a director of photography. John Alcott also contributed to the making of Barry London, a hit movie of 1975. His work in that era was marvellous which also led him towards the most prestigious award in the film industry.

 

The Hollywood film industry is full of people who made their name after countless struggles and hard work. Some of them are experts in handling the camera position, whereas some are working as the most innovative and fashionable costume designers. Similarly, there is a makeup artist who is giving life to our favourite movie characters since day one and so on. Hence every person in the film industry regardless of what they are doing, which designation they are placed on, which class they belong or what religion they follow and most importantly how big or small their part is in the making. Every person is vital in the film making process. However, the only problem is that we only give fame and credit to people who come in light or appear in front of the camera. We never realize that not even a single film has been completed in the history of  Hollywood without a team of creative working unitedly by doing different nature of work.

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