Cinematographers
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cinematographers
- Here are entered works on the directors of photography who are in charge of all aspects of photography, including the lighting, for a film, television, or video production. Works on the members of a film, television, or video production crew who are responsible for the focus and movement of the camera and for composing the picture are entered under [Camera operators.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026013
- info:lc/authorities/sh85026013
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85026013#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Cameramen, Lighting
- Directors of photography (Cinematographers)
- Lighting cameramen
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Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Oxford companion to film, 1976 (Cameraman; in overall charge is the lighting cameraman or cinematographer, in the U.S. often called the director of photography)
- found: Bognar, D. Internat. dict. of broadcasting and film, 1995 (cinematographer: cameraman/woman, director of photography)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the directors of photography who are in charge of all aspects of photography, including the lighting, for a film, television, or video production. Works on the members of a film, television, or video production crew who are responsible for the focus and movement of the camera and for composing the picture are entered under [Camera operators.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Camera operators]
Change Notes
- 2002-10-30: new
- 2010-10-16: revised
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