Top Cinematographers / Directors of Photography on my Top 1000 Movies list
50 items • Updated 8/26/2019
List order: most works per cinematographer / director of photography. Secondary order: alphabetical. Qualification requirements: at least 5 film titles.
In similar fashion as with my Top Directors on my Top 1000 Movies list and my Top Film Editors on my Top 1000 Movies list, this ranking only grants that these cinematographers are good and employed often (with some old partner. Compare this list with my Top Directors list). I'm not saying anything about "who's the best", who's second and so on. This only gives some general idea / an overview.
In similar fashion as with my Top Directors on my Top 1000 Movies list and my Top Film Editors on my Top 1000 Movies list, this ranking only grants that these cinematographers are good and employed often (with some old partner. Compare this list with my Top Directors list). I'm not saying anything about "who's the best", who's second and so on. This only gives some general idea / an overview.
| 1 |  | Roger Deakins Cinematographer | |
| 2 |  | Robert Richardson Cinematographer | |
| 3 |  | Janusz Kaminski Cinematographer | |
| 4 |  | Don Burgess Cinematographer | |
| 5 |  | Tom Stern Camera and Electrical Department | |
| 6 |  | Robert Elswit Cinematographer | |
| 7 |  | John Toll Cinematographer | |
| 8 |  | Robert D. Yeoman Cinematographer | |
| 9 |  | Michael Ballhaus Cinematographer | |
| 10 |  | Emmanuel Lubezki Cinematographer | |
| 11 |  | Anthony Dod Mantle Cinematographer | |
| 12 |  | Wally Pfister Cinematographer | |
| 13 |  | Rodrigo Prieto Cinematographer | |
| 14 |  | Chris Menges Cinematographer | |
| 15 |  | Philippe Rousselot Cinematographer | |
| 16 |  | Dean Cundey Cinematographer | |
| 17 |  | Andrew Lesnie Cinematographer | |
| 18 |  | Matthew Libatique Cinematographer | |
| 19 |  | John Mathieson Cinematographer | |
| 20 |  | Seamus McGarvey Cinematographer | |
| 21 |  | Dion Beebe Cinematographer | |
| 22 |  | Peter Deming Cinematographer | |
| 23 |  | Frederick Elmes Cinematographer | |
| 24 | 👤 | Robert Fraisse Cinematographer | |
| 25 |  | Conrad L. Hall Cinematographer | |
| 26 |  | Phedon Papamichael Cinematographer | |
| 27 | 👤 | Dick Pope Cinematographer | |
| 28 |  | Harris Savides Cinematographer | |
| 29 |  | John Seale Camera and Electrical Department | |
| 30 |  | Newton Thomas Sigel Cinematographer | |
| 31 |  | Dante Spinotti Cinematographer | |
| 32 |  | Oliver Wood Cinematographer | |
| 33 |  | Barry Ackroyd Cinematographer | |
| 34 |  | John Bailey Cinematographer | |
| 35 |  | Tonino Delli Colli Cinematographer | |
| 36 | 👤 | Ben Davis Cinematographer | |
| 37 | 👤 | Jim Denault Cinematographer | |
| 38 |  | Christopher Doyle Cinematographer | |
| 39 |  | Stuart Dryburgh Cinematographer | |
| 40 |  | Simon Duggan Cinematographer | |
| 41 |  | Tak Fujimoto Cinematographer | |
| 42 |  | Hoyte van Hoytema Cinematographer | |
| 43 |  | Alar Kivilo Cinematographer | |
| 44 |  | Dan Mindel Cinematographer | |
| 45 |  | Dean Semler Cinematographer | |
| 46 |  | Steven Soderbergh Producer | |
| 47 |  | Peter Suschitzky Cinematographer | |
| 48 | 👤 | Masanobu Takayanagi Cinematographer | |
| 49 |  | Gordon Willis Cinematographer | |
| 50 |  | Dariusz Wolski Cinematographer |