ESSENTIAL CINEMATOGRAPHY

20 GREATS FIRST, REST IN REVERSE YEAR ORDER

For years this was a list of Great Cinematographers with films ordered by each in turn, but now i’m loosening it up for films rather than grouped by cinematographer, while keeping a list of notable films by various cinematographers in this section.

GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHERS (alphabetically)
John Alcott, Henri Alekan, Nestor Almendros, John Alton, Ricardo Aronovich, Giorgos Arvanitis, Michael Ballhaus, Henning Bendtsen, G.W.“Billy” Bitzer, Robert Burks, Jack Cardiff, Ghislain Cloquet, Stanley Cortez, Raoul Coutard, Luis Cuadrado, Roger Deakins, Acácio de Almeida,...