Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, also formerly credited as William Zsigmond, was nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, The River, and The Black Dahlia), winning once for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[1] He also won two American Society of Cinematographers Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one British Academy Film Award.
This article includes all of Zsigmond's credits as a cinematographer both in film and television.
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | A Föld | József Zsuffa | |
| 1955 | Hajnal elött | ||
| 1967 | 1999 A.D. | Lee Madden | |
| 1968 | Prelude | John Astin | |
| 1971 | Threshold | J. Maynard Lovins Stan Wells | |
| 1975 | Iron and Horse | Karl Bardosh | |
| 1997 | Fantasy for a New Age | Richard Caesar | |
| 1999 | The Argument | Donald Cammell | Filmed in 1971 |
| 2004 | Medicine Chest | Douglas Busby | Video short |
| 2012 | Kickstart Theft | Fred Goodich | |
Director
Cinematographer
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Robert Day | Episode "A Case of Good Whiskey at Christmas Time" | ||
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Uli Edel | Miniseries | |
| 2012–14 | The Mindy Project | Charles McDougall Michael Weaver Michael Spiller | Episodes "Pilot", "Girl Next Door" and "Danny and Mindy" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Baja Marimba Band | Bill Edwards |
| 1979 | Flesh & Blood | Jud Taylor |
| 1992 | Stalin | Ivan Passer |
| 2006 | Surrender, Dorothy | Charles McDougall |
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ungarn in Flammen | Stefan Erdélyi | With László Kovács and Franz Vass (as Ferencz Vass) |
| 1967 | Mondo Mod | Peter Perry Jr. | With László Kovács (as Leslie Kovacks) |
| 1969 | Hot Rod Action | Gene McCabe | With Vilis Lapenieks and Mario Tosi |
| 1976 | Death Riders | Jim Wilson | With Jim Wison |
| 2000 | Ljuset håller mig sällskap | Carl-Gustav Nykvist | |
| 2007 | Torn from the Flag | Endre Hules Klaudia Kovacs | With Zoltan Honti, László Kovács and Justin Schein; Also credited as executive producer |
| 2014 | God the Father | Simon Fellows | |
Short film
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Market | Jack Shepard | ||
| 1968 | The World of Animals: Big Cats, Little Cats | Bud Wiser | With John A. Alonzo, David Blewitt, Robert Grant, J. Barry Herron and Fred Kaplan | |
| 1980 | Making Xanadu: The Musical Fantasy Movie | Alan Metter | With László Kovács |