Biography
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Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series as well as Woody Allen's Annie Hall and Manhattan. Fellow cinematographer William Fraker called Willis's work a "milestone in visual storytelling", while one critic suggested that Willis "defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief".
When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten most influential cinematographers in history.
Filmography
Cast Credits
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Emulsional Rescue: Revealing 'The Godfather'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Fog City Mavericks
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2007
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men"
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2006
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2003
Visions of Light
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1992
To Woody Allen from Europe with Love
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1980
'Klute' in New York
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1971
Crew
Crew Credits
The Devil's Own
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1997
Malice
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1993
The Godfather Part III
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1990
Presumed Innocent
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1990
Bright Lights, Big City
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1988
The Pick-up Artist
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1987
The Money Pit
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1986
Perfect
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1985
Broadway Danny Rose
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1984
The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1984
Zelig
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1983
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1982
Pennies from Heaven
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1981
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1981
Stardust Memories
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1980
Windows
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1980
Windows
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1980
Manhattan
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1979
Comes a Horseman
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1978