Oscars Face-Off: Cinematographers - Lubezki vs. Shamroy vs. Hoch vs. Toll
In 2016 at the 88th Academy Awards, Emmanuel Lubezki gained sole possession of the record for most consecutive Best Cinematography Oscars with his win for The Revenant (2015).
Which cinematographer with consecutive Best Cinematography Oscar wins is your favorite: Lubezki or Shamroy or Hoch or Toll?
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Which cinematographer with consecutive Best Cinematography Oscar wins is your favorite: Lubezki or Shamroy or Hoch or Toll?
Cast your vote here or Discuss the topic here.
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Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The two have been friends since they were teenagers and attended the same film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Together they have worked on six motion pictures: Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991), A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998), And Your Mother Too (2001), Children of Men (2006), and Gravity (2013). His work with Cuarón on Children of Men (2006), has received universal acclaim. The film utilized a number of new technologies and distinctive techniques. The "roadside ambush" scene was shot in one extended take utilizing a special camera rig invented by Doggicam systems, developed from the company's Power Slide system. For the scene, a vehicle was modified to enable seats to tilt and lower actors out of the way of the camera. The windshield of the car was designed to tilt out of the way to allow camera movement in and out through the front windscreen. A crew of four, including Lubezki, rode on the roof. Children of Men (2006) also features a seven-and-a-half-minute battle sequence composed of roughly five seamless edits.
Lubezki has been nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, winning three, for Gravity (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015). He is the first cinematographer in history to win three consecutive Academy Awards.Best Cinematography Oscar Wins (3)
2014 Oscar: Gravity (2013), 2015 Oscar: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and 2016 Oscar: The Revenant (2015) * back to back Oscars in red
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Leon Shamroy, born Leon Shamroyevsky, was an American film cinematographer. He is best known for The Black Swan (1942),Wilson (1944), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), David and Bathsheba (1951), The Robe (1953), Cleopatra (1963), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) and Planet of the Apes (1968).
He and Charles Lang share the record for most number of Academy Award nominations for Cinematography. During his five-decade career, he gained eighteen nominations with four wins, sharing the record with Joseph Ruttenberg.
Shamroy died in 1974 at the age of 72.Best Cinematography Oscar Wins (4)
1943 Oscar: The Black Swan (1942), 1945 Oscar: Wilson (1944), 1946 Oscar: Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and 1964 Oscar: Cleopatra (1963) * back to back Oscars in red
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Winton C. Hoch was born on 31 July 1905 in Storm Lake, Iowa, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Quiet Man (1952), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) and The Searchers (1956). He died on 20 March 1979 in Santa Monica, California, USA.Best Cinematography Oscar Wins (3+*)
1940 Oscar: Technical Achievement, 1949 Oscar: Joan of Arc (1948), 1950 Oscar: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and 1953 Oscar: The Quiet Man (1952) * back to back Oscars in red and noteworthy Oscar for important contributions in Cinematography
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John Toll is an American cinematographer. His filmography spans a wide variety of genres, including epic period drama, comedy, science fiction, and contemporary drama. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in both 1994 and 1995 for Legends of the Fall and Braveheart respectively.
He has collaborated with several noteworthy directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Edward Zwick, Terrence Malick, Mel Gibson, John Madden, The Wachowskis, and Ang Lee. Outside of film, he has shot several commercials, the pilot episode of Golden Globe-winning drama series Breaking Bad, and has served as chief cinematographer on the Netflix original series Sense8.
Toll was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Thin Red Line (1998).Best Cinematography Oscar Wins (2)
1995 Oscar: Legends of the Fall (1994) and 1996 Oscar: Braveheart (1995) * back to back Oscars in red
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