Vilmos Zsigmond
As a pupil of György Illés, he received his diploma in cinematography in 1955 from the Academy of Dramatic and Cinematic Arts in Budapest. Together with several of his college peers, he recorded the events of the 1956 Revolution. In November of 1956, together with cinematographer László Kovács, he left Hungary. He currently works and resides in San Francisco.
1971 Nominated for the BAFTA Award – Best cinematography (McCabe & Mrs. Miller)
1972 Nominated for the BAFTA Award – Best cinematography (Deliverance, Images)
1973 Recipient of the National Film Critics Award – Best cinematography (The Long Good Bye)
1977 Oscar – Best cinematography (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
1977 Nominated for the BAFTA Award – Best cinematography (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
1978 Oscar nomination – Best cinematography (The Deer Hunter)
1978 Recipient of the BAFTA Award – Best cinematography (The Deer Hunter)
1985 Oscar nomination – Best cinematography (The River)
1993 Award for Best Cinematography from the American Society of Cinematographers, Emmy Award for Stalin
1997 Cameraimage film festival (Poland), Lifetime Achievement Award /p>
1999 Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society of Cinematographers
2002 Golden Frog Award for Best opera adaptation for Bánk Bán (together with Csaba Káel, at the 10th Camerimage, Łódź, the world’s largest festival dedicated to cinematography]
2006 Oscar nomination – Best cinematography (Black Dahlia)
2007 Nominated for the Award for Best Cinematography by the American Society of Cinematographers (Black Dahlia)
2010 Lifetime Achievement Award, Cannes Film Festival
2014 Életmű-díj (Lifetime Achievement Award), Cannes Film Festival
2007 Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Cinematographers Branch)
2007 Member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
