My first favorite cinematographer is Roger Deakins. My favorite films of his are:
- 1984 (1984)
- Sid and Nancy (1986)
- Barton Fink (1991)
- Homicide (1991)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Fargo (1996)
- Kundun (1997)
- The Big Lewbowski (1998)
- O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
- The Village (2004)
- Jarhead (2005)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
- In the Valley of Elah (2007)
- The Assassination of Jesses James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
- Doubt (2008)
- Revolutionary Road (2008)
- A Serious Man (2009)
- True Grit (2010)
- The Company Men (2010)
- Skyfall (2012)
- Prisoners (2013) [On set pic above]
- Unbroken (2014)
- Sicario (2015)
- Hail, Caesar! (2016)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- The Goldfinch (2019)
- 1917 (2019)
My second favorite cinematographer is Darius Khondji. My favorite films of his are:
- The City of Lost Children (1995)
- Se7en (1995)
- Alien: Resurrection (1997)
- The Beach (2000)
- Panic Room (2002)
- Anything Else (2003)
- My Blueberry Nights (2007)
- Funny Games (2008)
- Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Amour (2012)
- The Immigrant (2013) [On set pic above. Khondji is on the right]
- Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
- Irrational Man (2015)
- The Lost City of Z (2017)
- Okja (2017)
- Too Old to Die Young (Miniseries) [2019]
- Anima (Short) [2019]
- Uncut Gems (2019)
My third favorite cinematographer is Gordon Willis. My favorite films of his are:
- Klute (1971)
- The Godfather (1972)
- Bad Company (1972)
- The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- All the President’s Men (1976)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Interiors (1978)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Stardust Memories (1980)
- Zelig (1983)
- Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990)
My fourth favorite cinematographer is Emmanuel Lubezki. My favorite films of his are:
- A Little Princess (1995)
- The Bird Cage (1996)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
- Ali (2001)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
- The New World (2005)
- Children of Men (2006)
- Burn After Reading (2008)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
- To the Wonder (2012)
- Gravity (2013)
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
- Knight of Cups (2015)
- The Revenant (2015) [On set pic above]
- Song to Song (2017)
My fifth favorite cinematographer is Hoyte van Hoytema. My favorites films of his are:
- Let the Right One In (2008)
- The Fighter (2010)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Her (2013)
- Interstellar (2014)
- Spectre (2015)
- Dunkirk (2017) [On set pic above]
- Ad Astra (2019)
- Tenet (2020)
My sixth favorite cinematographer is Robby Müller. My favorite films of his are:
- Alice in the Cities (1974)
- The Wrong Move (1975)
- Kings of the Road (1976)
- The American Friend (1977)
- Repo Man (1984)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Down by Law (1986) [On set pic above]
- Barfly (1987)
- Mystery Train (1989)
- Until the End of the World (1991)
- Dead Man (1995)
- Breaking the Waves (1996)
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- Coffee and Cigarettes (Segment – “Twins”) [2004]
My seventh favorite cinematographer is Christopher Doyle. My favorite films of his are:
- Days of Being Wild (1990)
- Chungking Express (1994)
- Ashes of Time (1994)
- Fallen Angels (1995)
- Happy Together (1997)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Hero (2002)
- 2046 (2004)
- Lady in the Water (2006)
- Paranoid Park (2007)
My eighth favorite cinematographer is Robert Richardson. My favorite films of his are:
- Salvador (1986)
Platoon (1986) - Eight Men Out (1988)
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- The Doors (1991)
- JFK (1991)
- Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Casino (1995)
- Nixon (1995)
- U Turn (1997)
- Wag the Dog (1997)
- Brining Out the Dead (1999)
- Kill Bill (2003-2004)
- The Aviator (2004)
- The Good Shepherd (2006)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) [On set pic above]
- Shutter Island (2010)
- Hugo (2011)
- Django Unchained (2012)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- Live by Night (2016)
- Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood (2019)
My ninth favorite cinematographer is Vilmos Zsigmond. My favorite films of his are:
- The Hired Hand (1971)
- McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Deliverance (1972)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- The Sugarland Express (1974)
- Obsession (1976)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Heaven’s Gate (1980)
- Blow Out (1981) [On set pic above. Zsigmond is on the right.]
- The Black Dahlia (2006)
My tenth favorite cinematographer is Harris Savides. My favorite films of his are:
- The Game (1997)
- Gerry (2002)
- Elephant (2003)
- Birth (2004)
- Last Days (2005)
- Zodiac (2007)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Milk (2008)
- Greenberg (2010) [On set pic above. Savides is on the right]
My eleventh favorite cinematographer is Edward Lachman. My favorite films of his are:
- Light Sleeper (1992)
- The Limey (1999)
- The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- Far from Heaven (2002)
- I’m Not There (2007)
- Life During Wartime (2010)
- Carol (2015) [On set pic above]
- Wonderstruck (2017)
- Dark Waters (2019)
My twelfth favorite cinematographer is Greig Fraser. My favorite films of his are:
- Let Me In (2010)
- Killing Them Softly (2012)
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
- Foxcatcher (2014)
- The Gambler (2014)
- Lion (2016)
- Rouge One: A Star Wars Story (2016) [On set pic above]
- Vice (2018)
- Mary Magdalene (2019)
My thirteenth favorite cinematographer is Robbie Ryan. My favorite films of his are:
- Red Road (2006)
- Fish Tank (2009)
- Wuthering Heights (2011)
- The Angels’ Share (2012)
- Slow West (2015)
- I, Daniel Blake (2016)
- American Honey (2016)
- The Favourite (2018) [On set pic above. Ryan is on the left]
- Marriage Story (2019)
My fourteenth favorite cinematographer is Yorick Le Saux. My favorite films of his are:
- Julia (2008)
- I Am Love (2009)
- Carlos (2010)
- Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
- Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
- A Bigger Splash (2015)
- Personal Shopper (2017)
- High Life (2019)
- Non-Fiction (2019)
- Little Women (2019)
My fifteenth favorite cinematographer is Rodrigo Prieto. My favorite films of his are:
- Amores Perros (2000)
- Frida (2002)
- 25th Hour (2002)
- 21 Grams (2003)
- Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- Babel (2006)
- State of Play (2009)
- Biutiful (2010)
- Argo (2012)
- The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- The Homesman (2014)
- Silence (2016) [On set pic above]
- The Irishman (2019)