Visions of Light (1992)

Directors

Arnold Glassman, Stuart Samuels, Todd McCarthy

Cast

Allen Daviau, Bill Butler, Caleb Deschanel, Charles Lang, Charles Rosher Jr., Ernest Dickerson, Frederick Elmes, Gordon Willis, Haskell Wexler, John A. Alonzo, John Bailey, Lisa Rinzler, László Kovács, Michael Ballhaus, Néstor Almendros, Owen Roizman, Robert Wise, Sandi Sissel, Stephen H. Burum, Sven Nykvist, Victor J. Kemper, Vilmos Zsigmond, William A. Fraker

The story

The film includes interviews with many modern-day directors of photography and cinematographers, who illustrate via examples their best work and the scenes from films that influenced them to pursue their art. These subjects include Néstor Almendros, John Bailey, Conrad Hall, Michael Chapman, and László Kovács. Among the pioneers they pay homage are Gregg Toland, Billy Bitzer, James Wong Howe and John Alton.

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