# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilmos-zsigmond
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:01:32.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilmos-zsigmond"
name: "Vilmos Zsigmond"
slug: "vilmos-zsigmond"
description: "Vilmos Zsigmond was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wave movement. In 2003, he was voted as one of the ten most influential cinematographers in history by the members of the International Cinematographers Guild."
tagline: "Hungarian-American cinematographer"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-06-16"
deathDate: "2016-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump