Our Top 15 Directors of Photography

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[@OkoloKino]

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[@adamdomjan8834]

Gregg Toland would have deserved at least an honorary mention though.. :/ (I'm Hungarian, was happy for Vilmos Zsigmond's "mention", but please! One is great, but the other made a blast in/to cinematography history, saved to the Library of Congress/ Natonal Film Reserve.)

[@samuelbarber6177]

I think my three favourite DoPs have to be Robert Richardson, Roger Deakins and Tonino Delli Colli (who shot The Good The Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon A Time In America among others). Colli shot some of the most beautiful shots in film in history in my opinion and he’s criminally underrated, by which I mean, no one seems to really talk about him despite shooting some of the most iconic shots ever.

[@AndrikFthS]

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[@gabrieljoseperez]

Great Job!!!

[@esock2001]

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[@OkoloKino]

Thank you, Isaac!

[@hahadad5160]

look man....I'm so sold on your work, your channel needs to grow.....and you have the best music playing in the background, you have me shazaming every 5mins.........I hope you do a video on film composers too!!!

[@OkoloKino]

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[@zhiyingdi3720]

Overall a great video👍🏻 but I can imagine that the frequent use of the word "operator" could be more than confusing to a lot of people, since, for anybody that knows a thing or two about cinematography, "DP/cinematographer" and "camera operator" have very different meanings and are less interchangeable than this video unintentionally suggests.

[@OkoloKino]

You are absolutely right!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

This was fantastic. An informative and engrossing documentary of the unsung heroes of cinema. The only surprise was the exclusion of the great cinematographer, John Toll. Nevertheless, you have a new subscriber.

[@qt2603]

Awesome. As always.

[@donnie8032]

If you play this at 1.25x speed, his voice sounds normal. :P

[@vicariously143]

I enjoy the meditative pace

[@davebaldwin9457]

Thanx for the video gentlemen. (And ladies, I'm sure.) I just discovered you recently and was very pleased to find at the conclusion of this particular one that your top three is also my personal top three. Especially Deakins!

[@DemboIgmos]

Не думал, что это шедевр выйдет на английском))))) круто И когда выйдет 3-ий выпуск? Когда про композиторов? Или звукорежиссеры, аниматоры и др.

[@KoloKino]

Про композиторов пока не будет, но сейчас готовим новые выпуски именно этой рубрики)

[@JoacoLopez27]

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[@sivaprasadvarmaek9053]

Great channel got suggested by a friend of mine. I should have added Christopher doyle I know there is a lot of talented cinematographers so it's very hard to make a list. I consider doyle as one of the greatest eyes behind a camera. His collaboration with wong kar wai is pure art. It feels like each shots have life and it tells a whole story itself. Anyway great video so many of my favorite filmmakers are already on the list

[@OkoloKino]

Happy to know you have such a wonderful friends! Thank you for your note about Christopher Doyle. Definitely he is one of the greatest.

[@n0kturna1]

Extensive research and material as usual

[@TangyZizzle666]

Amazing list of the best. Thanks alot!

[@2_Too_Many]

Tonino delli Colli (RIP) & Owen Roizman are also great !

[@cinesheikh]

*Cries in Wally Pfister* Geat video nonetheless.

[@AbdulbasitYT]

Amazing video , loved it , plz more of these

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[@VihangaDeshan]

@@OkoloKino do one on cinematographers too.

[@BlackWolf62633]

I like the music choices in this video

[@MrForestExplorer]

Great work. I will say there's a difference between Camera Operators and DP's/Cinematographers. Not all DP's operate. Cam Op is a crew position in and of itself.

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Please, talk about "There will be blood" for hours! I would love that! Thank You for your effort and work you put into this channel! Never seen such good documentaries on film as yours.

[@Ganezlos]

Greetings from Spain!! Keep doing this amazing videos for all movie lovers. All of them are amazing. Congratulations!!!! Some ideas: Cary Grant, Elia Kazan, David Lean and William Wyler.

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[@theboofin]

Well, it's hard to say how much is the DP. Most directors have a very good idea of exactly what shots they want.

[@blivinfree]

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[@bearlevi2482]

Sad about the prince of darkness but I greatly admire what this channel has done for the community.

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Hi Andre! We really wish to do it some day, but it will be impossible without sponsorship because everything related to the music with copyright is quickly banned by youtube. Now we use music we pay in epidemicsound and similars. So, we have to wait until our patreon grows up to get independent of youtube monetization.

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[@bearlevi2482]

A grand video. But ever heard of the prince of darkness? I guess he would have been 11.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

175. David Torres Castilla 174. Larry Fong 173. Ben Davis 172. Simon Duggan 171. Glen Macpherson 170. Antonio Calvache 169. Peter Lyons Collister 168. Mark Reshovsky 167. Malicious Hasaan Sayeed 166. Ben Smithard 165. Roman Osin 164. Mandy Walker 163. Tobias Schliessler 162. James Hawkinson 161. Hagen Bogdanski 160. Rob Hardy 159. Linus Sandgren 158. Ernest Dickerson 157. Benoit Delhomme 156. Benoit Debie 155. Hugh Johnson 154. Daniel Pearl 153. Robert Yeoman 152. Anna Foerster 151. Anthony Dod Mantle 150. Barry Ackroyd 149. Newton Thomas Sigel 148. Andrzej Bartkowiak 147. Lloyd Ahern II 146. Ben Seresin 145. Ericson Core 144. Ward Russell 143. Ueli Steiger 142. Jack N. Green 141. Michael Barrett 140. Seamus McGarvey 139. Jonathan Sela 138. Frank Tidy 137. Reynaldo Villalobos 136. James Crabe 135. Wally Pfister 134. Remi Adefarasin 133. David Tattersall 132. Douglas Slocombe 131. Guillermo Navaro 130. Ross Emery 129. John Lindey 128. Mark Irwin 127. Robert Primes 126. Gilbert Taylor 125. James Muro 124. Enrique Chediak 123. Frederick Elmes 122. Peter Menzies Jr 121. Florian Hoffmeister 120. Masanobu Takayanagi 119. Matthew Libatique 118. Dick Pope 117. Richard H. Kline 116. Karl Walter Lindenlaub 115. Peter Suschitzky 114. Jost Vocano 113. Phil Mehuex 112. Matthew F. Leonetti 111. Dan Lausten 110. Shane Hurlbut 109. Stephen F. Windon 108. Donald Peterman 107. Adam Greenberg 106. Tak Fujimoto 105. Russell Carpenter 104. Freddie Francis 103. Bruce Surtess 102. Tony Pierce-Roberts 101. Edward Lachman 100. David Eggby 099. David Watkin 098. Andrew Laszlo 097. Stephan Czapsky 096. Jean-Yves Escoffier 095. Sven Nykvist 094. Piotr Sobocinski 093. Mikeal Solomon 092. Miroslav Ondricek 091. Oliver Stapelton 090. Don Burgess 089. Fred Murphy 088. John A. Alonzo 087. Robert Fraisse 086. Philippe Rousselot 085. John Bailey 084. Oliver Wood 083. Paul Cameron 082. Juan Ruiz Anchia 081. Christopher Doyle 080. Hoyte Van Hoytema 079. Grieg Fraser 078. Jeff Cronenweth 077. Mihai Malamiamare Jr 076. Tetsuo Nagata 075. Rodrigo Prieto 074. Salvatore Totino 073. Peter Hyams 072. Gerry Fisher 071. Claudio Miranda 070. Stephen Goldblatt 069. Bojan Bazelli 068. Tonino Delli Colli 067. Douglas Milsome 066. Dion Beebe 065. Adam Arkapaw 064. Donald E. Thorin 063. John Schwartzman 062. Dan Mindel 061. Michael Chapman 060. Stephen H. Burum 059. George Barnes 058. Russell Metty 057. Michael Ballhaus 056. Andrew Lesnie 055. Russell Boyd 054. Alex Thompson 053. John Alcott 052 Freddie A. Young 051. Bruno Delbonnel 050. Bill Pope 049. Dean Cundey 048. Gyula Pados 047. Eduardo Serra 046. Roger Pratt 045. Mauro Fiore 044. Amir Mokri 043. Jan de Bont 042. Donald McAlpine 041. William A. Fraker 040. Bill Butler 039. Laslo Kovacs 038. Slawomir Idziak 037. Jeffrey L. Kimball 036. Peter Biziou 035. Chris Menges 034. Michael Seresin 033. Harris Savides 032. Adrian Biddle 031. Howard Atherton 030. Dean Semler 029. John Seale 028. John Mathieson 027. Haskell Wexler 026. Nestor Almendros 025. James Wong Howe 024. Robert Surtess 023. Lajos Koltai 022. Owen Roizman 021. Geoffrey Unsworth 020. John Toll 019. Roger Deakins 018. Allen Daviau 017. Jordan Cronenweth 016. Caleb Deschanel 015. Dante Spinotti 014. Robert Elswitt 013. Janusz Kaminski 012. Emmanuel Lubezski 011. Vilmos Zsigmond 010. Darius Khondji 009. Dariusz Wolski 008. Ron Fricke 007. Gordon Willis 006. Conrad Hall 005. Jack Cardiff 004. Gregg Toland 003. Robert Krasker 002. Vittorio Storaro 001. Robert Richardson

[@OkoloKino]

Just... wow

[@BlackBarett]

below 2k views in this is nothing short of a crime! Imma share the shit outta this!

[@OkoloKino]

Hey! Thank you!)

[@Bashymade]

Good list. They did however, confuse director of photography/cinematography and operator as the same position.

[@hopeandjoy10]

I feel sorry that you did not mention Michael Ballhaus . Otherwise thumbs up.

[@guidograndi7285]

Great list, although I would've included "the prince of darkness" Gordon Willis, whose work in The Godfather trilogy, Manhattan and All the President's Men was astonishing and went completely unrecognized, and Svet Nykvist, Bergman's cinematographer

[@OkoloKino]

Great! Thank you for your feedback!

[@alexstoianlifestyle]

El mejor.

[@kieranscannell8654]

Just had to jump in …Listing great cinematographers is a daunting task. Ive seen a lot. You will always miss someone who deserves a mention. Some of the greats never get mentioned because very few have seen their work. More often non English speaking countries don’t get the kudos they deserve in terms of cinematographers. BTW Hoyte is Dutch not Swiss.

[@tanzidalnoman3860]

Can anyone give the list of all the music used in this video?

[@OkoloKino]

Staffan Carlen - Love Is No Game WEA - Oh Sinnerman Bothnia Feat. Steven Ellis - Pieces Of My Heart River Sam - The Whistle Song Radio Night - Undercover Departure Daniel Habif - Cuando Me Entierren Luella Gren - Midnight Tivoli Ritchie Everett - All Good Tnings Come In Threes Chester Malone - Good World Gone Bad Sight Of Wonders - Home On The Prairie The Eastern Plain - In And Out Of Love (Tigerblood Jewel Remix) Emil Axelsson - 2 Of Us Jo Wandrini - Our Kingdom Ramin Feat. Adilynn - The Fairies Fabien Tell - Break Free Radio Night - Sunshade Cops Martin Carlberg - Until The World Ends Dust Follows - Condor Rockin' For Decades - This Place I Know My My Snake Eyes Feat. Malena Stark - The Darkness Of The Light More Than Family - Heritage Of A Farmer Scott Jacobs - Pass the Days Away

[@make1tpls]

whats the movie called at 31:23

[@OkoloKino]

Children of men (2006)

[@hisfantor]

15 Hoyte van Hoytema 14 Seamus McGarvey 13 Larry Smith 12 Garrett Brown 11 John Mathieson 10 Bruno Delbonnel 09 Robert Burks 08 Janusz Kamiński 07 Vittorio Storaro 06 Luca Bigazzi 05 Freddie Young 04 Robert Elswit 03 Emmanuel Lubezki 02 Robert Richardson 01 Roger Deakins

[@OkoloKino]

Thank you! I'll fix your comment on top. Could you, please, add the timecodes?

[@zazagr96]

🤩👍🏻

[@dogbone3388]

Yo loved the video, great channel but where tf is Bill Pope

[@최세일-f9r]

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[@mikeroma9344]

Gordon Willis?

[@Nat.Dialogue]

Top banana channel. industry detail with a bit of love

[@phoenix-azarizona4854]

Many thanks for the video. Lord Hoyte Van Hoytema at nr 15??? and ZERO WOMAN? C'mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Search further.. Van Hoytema work is getting even better: Tenet, Nope, Oppenheimer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The gift that keeps on giving. Your video needs to be updated ASAP.

[@OkoloKino]

Absolutely. It even maybe needs to be extended to at least 30 names, because we forgot about many incredible DoPs.

[@mrLabear]

No Robbie Muller 😢

[@ghostmanstudioinc.5593]

Allen Daviau is the best

[@jothishprabu8]

Hoyte van Hoytema and Wally Pfister are also great

[@supernoob17]

ima keep it real chief, your accent would be infinitely less distracting and more endearing than paying a narrator.

[@OkoloKino]

We, actually, paying a narrator)

[@supernoob17]

@@OkoloKino i know i think it would be better in your actual voice

[@thumper8684]

If you are going to praise a cinematographer why pick Hateful Eight? It was filmed almost entirely on set in a single setting.

[@chrisaydin3303]

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[@someonewithsomename]

wtf Hoyte van Hoytema on the 15th place? Dude he's like top 5, cmon

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

Just strange because he's number 80 on my list - and that's being generous.

[@calverozara8540]

There is an underlying problem with the presses made for this video. A very deep problem. If it is true that the work of directors of photography is damned eclipsed by the great names of directors and actors, and therefore it is right to remember the importance of their work and their immense work, it is also true that you are confusing things, and that is, one thing is taken for granted, which is summed up in this principle formula: if professionals are unfairly undervalued or poorly remembered, it does not mean that their value in itself, is superior or even just on par with those who put them or put them in the shade. Here the error is gross, and not a little. And this too can be summed up in an explanatory formula which clarifies why, however, directors of photography will never, ever be able to claim to outclass authors and actors in the final results, or even just be equal, since success is descended from authors and actors, and the formula is this: - The best director of photography can never make it to a final product of the highest level without a director and extraordinary or brilliant actors; while, conversely, even with mediocre cinematographer, persono poor, still you can get monstrously fabulous and successful end results. This video is absolutely wrong. If the Director has the actors up to scratch and he is a high-level professional, he can still achieve great results;conversely, he can not do. End of story. The rest is bullshit. There is nothing wrong, it is simply the nature of things. Van Gogh could have the worst colors in his hands, but any of his paintings would still be brilliant. Not vice versa. And it doesn't end there. To show that what I say is objective, it is enough to know that in any case the photograph, the angle of shooting, the light, the backcground, all kinds of lighting, the choice of film, the dominants and who can have more, if it is true that it is a deputed thing to do to the director of photography, it is equally true that everything depends on the result that the director wants to obtain and not the director of photography, whose magnificence, god forbid, is in his ability to be a magnificent performer, but always the performer remains. Not only that, another icing on the cake: if someone objects, as is known, that many directors of photography (especially at Hollood In any case, even the best atmsofere or the best results of lighting and composition and continuity, are still results to which the director of photography must reach according to the tastes, preferences and final artistic sensibilities of the director, period. No use making up bullshit. If in the world of cinema it is the directors and actors who remain the most in the spotlight, there is a reason. It is directors and actors who hold the real reason for the final result. This does not mean that all professionals should not be appreciated, on the contrary!, from costume designers, electricians, stunt-men, set designers, executive producers, publishing secretaries, dialogists, screenwriters, of course, but they are the arms and legs. The director is the mind and becomes the transcendent mind of the work and the actors are the soul of the director, and it is right and natural that they are the most remembered.