My Top 10 Favorite Cinematographers of All-Time

        A cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the chief over the camera crews working on a film, television production or other live action piece and is responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image. With that being said I'm going to bring you my top 10 favorite cinematographers of all-time along with my 3 favorite films they have filmed. So without further ado...





10. Dion Beebe


1. Edge of Tomorrow
2. Memoirs of a Geisha
3. Chicago



9. Claudio Miranda 


1. Zodiac
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Life of Pi



8. Robert Elswit 


1. There Will Be Blood
2. The Town
3. Nightcrawler



7. John Toll 


1. Braveheart
2. The Thin Red Line
3. Gone Baby Gone



6. Hoyte Van Hoytema


1. Interstellar
2. The Fighter
3. Her



5. Michael Chapman


1. Raging Bull
2. The Fugitive
3. The Lost Boys



4. Jeff Cronenweth


1. The Social Network
2. Gone Girl
3. Fight Club



3. Wally Pfister


1. The Dark Knight
2. Inception
3. Insomnia



2. Roger Deakins


1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Skyfall



1. Emmanuel Lubezki


1. Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2. Children of Men
3. Ali

        So ladies and gentlemen who are some of your favorite cinematographers and what did you think of my list? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.

                                                                                                                           Jonah Sparks