I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional..

Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were ….

I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my e….

You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve..

I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast somet….

I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light..

I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced version of reality, or an artistic view of ….

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book..

It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies u….

There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that..

When you are shooting a movie, you have to collaborate with many, many, many people. First of all, the director with all his own ideas and I can only….

I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I think mostly of t….

I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera..

I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made..

There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in film noir, where….

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without t….

I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of a….

I don't like to be in front of the camera - my place is behind the camera..

These days that wouldn't happen - waiting for the light to be exactly right. Because it takes time and time is money. And with these big productions ….

The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it..

I always try to tell the story the best possible way. I create the mood for each scene in a way that the audience feels that they are right there wit….