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Also Known As motion-picture photography

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scene from Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italian director
Dodsworth
Rudolph Maté
Polish-born filmmaker
Paul Strand
American photographer
The War of the Worlds
Byron Haskin
American director, cinematographer, and special-effects artist
Frank, Robert
Robert Frank
American photographer
Roeg, Nicolas
Nicolas Roeg
English filmmaker
Bitzer, Billy
Billy Bitzer
American cinematographer
Kaufman and Nykvist filming The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Sven Nykvist
Swedish cinematographer
James Wong Howe
James Wong Howe
American cinematographer
Nestor Almendros
Spanish cinematographer
Gregg Toland
American cinematographer
Friese-Greene
William Friese-Greene
British motion-picture pioneer

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