Gordon Willis's biography
Gordon Willis is 83 years old cinematographer born at Astoria. Gordon was born on Thursday 28th of May 1931. He is often nicknamed as The Prince of DarknessGordy. According to year of birth 1931 Gordon belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 28th of May means Gordon is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.
Gordon is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Gordon´s primary profession is to be cinematographer. Gordon is recently known as film director.
Gordon Willis's career
His main focus is to be cinematographer. Gordon is famous thanks to The Godfather series.
Is Gordon Willis gay ?
Gordon is known to be straight.
How did Gordon Willis die
Gordon died on on Sunday 18th of May 2014 when he was 83 years old at North Falmouth. Gordon Williss death was caused by cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Gordon Willis's Awards
- Received an honorary Academy Award in 2009. Other honorees were Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman and Thalberg Award recipient John Calley.
Gordon Willis's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- Gordon was nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- Gordon was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director for work Windows in 1981
Gordon Willis's quotes
- [on "ruining" footage to create the look of time-ravaged 1920s newsreels] "The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly."
- [commenting on digital filming] The organics aren't the same. The interpretive levels suffer. Digital is another form of recording an image, but it won't replace thinking.
- I wouldn't say my style is naturalistic. I would say it's reconstructed reality that embellishes what is already there.
- About Manhattan (1979): Woody and I both see New York as a black and white town, and I love shooting wide-screen anamorphic. Put the two together and look in the right direction, and you get the romantic reality of Manhattan.
- You can make the same thing ugly or beautiful, just by choosing what you shoot.
- [on his retirement] "I got tired of trying to get actors out of trailers, and standing in the rain."
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Gordon Willis's body shape, hair color
Lets describe how Gordon Willis looks. We will focus on his body shape, hair color. Body build is average. Gordon´s hair is shade of grey.