Gordon Willis
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Gordon Willis

Born 28 May 1931 · Astoria, New York, USA · Died 18 May 2014

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

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part III
Annie Hall
Manhattan
All the President's Men
The Devil's Own
The Money Pit
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Zelig
Presumed Innocent
Klute
The Devil's Own
Malice
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
The Godfather Part III
Presumed Innocent
Bright Lights, Big City
The Pick-up Artist
The Money Pit
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Perfect
Broadway Danny Rose
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Zelig
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Pennies from Heaven
Stardust Memories
Windows
Manhattan
Interiors
Comes a Horseman
Annie Hall
September 30, 1955
All the President's Men
The Drowning Pool
The Godfather Part II
The Parallax View
The Paper Chase
The Godfather
Bad Company
Up the Sandbox
Klute
Little Murders
The People Next Door
The Landlord
End of the Road
Loving
Gordon Willis · Midrow