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Darius Khondji

The Creative Influence of the Cinematographer

Cinematographers and Auteurs

How can a cinematographer influence the style of a film when working with a stylistically distinctive director? These three examples of films by very different auteurs were all shot by the same cinematographer, Stanley Cortez.

Darius Khondji on Cortez (See Chapter 2)
The Creative Influence of the Cinematographer
The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
The Creative Influence of the Cinematographer
The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
The Creative Influence of the Cinematographer
The Naked Kiss (Samuel Fuller, 1964)
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