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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-05-28 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Astoria, New York, USA

Gordon Willis

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series as well as Woody Allen's Annie Hall and Manhattan. Fellow cinematographer William Fraker called Willis's work a "milestone in visual storytelling", while one critic suggested that Willis "defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief".

When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten most influential cinematographers in history.

Known For

Acting

2012

2011

2008

2007

2006

2003

1992

1980

1971

Camera

1997

The Devil's Own as Director of Photography

1993

Malice as Director of Photography

1990

The Godfather Part III as Director of Photography
Presumed Innocent as Director of Photography

1988

Bright Lights, Big City as Director of Photography

1987

The Pick-up Artist as Director of Photography

1986

The Money Pit as Director of Photography

1985

The Purple Rose of Cairo as Director of Photography
Perfect as Director of Photography

1984

Broadway Danny Rose as Director of Photography
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck as Director of Photography

1983

Zelig as Director of Photography

1982

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy as Director of Photography

1981

Pennies from Heaven as Director of Photography

1980

Stardust Memories as Director of Photography
Windows as Director of Photography

1979

Manhattan as Director of Photography

1978

Interiors as Director of Photography
Comes a Horseman as Director of Photography

1977

Annie Hall as Director of Photography
September 30, 1955 as Director of Photography
The Beatles at Shea Stadium as Camera Operator

1976

All the President's Men as Director of Photography

1975

The Drowning Pool as Director of Photography

1974

The Godfather Part II as Director of Photography
The Parallax View as Director of Photography

1973

The Paper Chase as Director of Photography

1972

Bad Company as Director of Photography
The Godfather as Director of Photography
Up the Sandbox as Director of Photography

1971

Klute as Director of Photography
Little Murders as Director of Photography

1970

The People Next Door as Director of Photography
The Landlord as Director of Photography
Loving as Director of Photography
End of the Road as Director of Photography

Directing

1980

Windows as Director

Crew