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The favorite cinematographer of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock began working at Warner Bros. when he was 19 years old. He climbed his way up from camera operator to assistant camera man and eventually took over the Special Photographic Effects unit at Warners on Stage 5 in 1944. He became an expert in forced perspective techniques which were widely in use at the time as cost-saving measures, or on B-pictures. Burks did special effects work on major productions like Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), The Unsuspected (1947) and Key Largo (1948).
In 1949, Burks graduated to becoming a fully-fledged director of photography. His striking black & white work on The Fountainhead (1949) was particularly evocative in showcasing the stark, austere architectural lines of the film's chief protagonist, Howard Roark (Gary Cooper). On the strength of this, and his next film, The Glass Menagerie (1950), Hitchcock hired him to shoot his thriller Strangers on a Train (1951). From this developed one of Hollywood's most inspired collaborations, as well as a close personal friendship.
When his contract at Warner Brothers expired in 1953, Burks followed Hitchcock to Paramount and went on to play an integral part in creating the brooding, tension-laden atmosphere of the director's best work between 1954 and 1964. His range varied from the neo-realist, almost semi-documentary black & white look of The Wrong Man (1956) to the intensely warm and beautiful deep focus VistaVision colour photography of Vertigo (1958). His muted tones matching the claustrophobic setting of Rear Window (1954) stood in sharp contrast to the vibrant, full-hued colours used in the expansive outdoor footage of To Catch a Thief (1955) and North by Northwest (1959).
The experience Burks had gained in forced perspective miniatures in his early days at Warner Brothers, also stood him in good stead on 'Vertigo' (the mission tower), 'North by Northwest' (the Mount Rushmore scenes) and, later, 'The Birds'. Because of his expertise, Burks was often able to contribute ideas to shooting scenes more effectively. He was also an innovator in the application of both telephoto and wide angle lenses as a means to creating a specific mood. The Hitchcock-Burks partnership ended after Marnie (1964), and, under less-inspired directors (except for A Patch of Blue (1965)), his later work inevitably declined in quality. Robert Burks and his wife, Elysabeth, were tragically killed in a fire at their house in May 1968.
Robert Burks won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Colour Photography for 'To Catch a Thief'. He was also nominated for 'Strangers on a Train', 'Rear Window' and 'A Patch of Blue'.- Cinematographer
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Rashida Abdel Salam is known for Destiny (1997), The Beloved Diva (1967) and Silence... We're Rolling (2001).- Cinematographer
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Nancy Abdel-Fattah is known for One-Zero (2009), The Devils: The Comeback (2007) and Zay El Shams (2019).- Cinematographer
Ahmed Gabr has over 20 years of experience shooting films, tv series, music videos, and documentaries around the region. He has contributed to a variety of projects, often collaborating in foreign languages and cultures, with both large and small crews. He has won best cinematography for the movie "Clash" (2016) in Carthage Film Festival and Spain's Valladolid Film Festival. The movie also premiered in Canne Film Festival "Un Certain Regard" section and got special acclaim. His latest film "Amira" will premiere in Venice Film Festival 2021.- Cinematographer
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In 2020 was named as 'Rising Star of Cinematography' by the American Cinematographer magazine.
https://ascmag.com/articles/rising-stars-2020
Abdelsalam Moussa is an award winning cinematographer born in Cairo, Egypt 1984 .
Moussa is born to a family of filmmakers. His father is one of the most renowned colorist in Egyptian film industry. He helped in a big project to restore the whole library of Egyptian films that were made starting 1890 to 1950. Moussa's grandfather was a producer and the dean of the Egyptian High cinema institute. He worked on several international productions including several films with Cecil B. DeMille, The Ten commandments .
Moussa graduated from the High Cinema Institute in 2007. His student films won him several awards . He later joined the Berlinale Talent campus in the same year which helped him open bridges to the International industries.
Soon after working as a camera assistant with renowned Egyptian cinematographer Tarek El-Telmisany, Moussa started his career as a cinematographer at a relatively young age. He shot his first film at age of 24.
Moussa, being a film addict loves experimenting with different developing processes. He like to describe the lab as his playground .- Cinematographer
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Henri Alekan was born on 10 February 1909 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Roman Holiday (1953) and Beauty and the Beast (1946). He was married to Nadia Starcevic. He died on 15 June 2001 in Auxerre, Yonne, France.- Cinematographer
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Russell Carpenter was born on 9 December 1950 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Titanic (1997) and Ant-Man (2015).- Cinematographer
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Gunnar Fischer was born on 18 November 1910 in Ljungby, Sweden. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), The Seventh Seal (1957) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). He was married to Gull Söderblom. He died on 11 June 2011 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Cinematographer
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Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.
He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.
Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (1990). He began his collaboration with the Coen brothers in 1991 on the film Barton Fink. He received his first major award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his outstanding achievement in cinematography for the internationally praised major motion picture The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
He is also known for his work in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
Deakins also worked as one of the visual consultants for Pixar's animated feature WALL-E.
In 2018 he won an Oscar for best cinematographer for his work in Blade Runner 2049.