who is the best DP

[Zac C]

Goodness, I am just 10 minutes to late to talk about how I could watch Astronaut Farmer all day just to see David Mullens constant sunset lighting... Man, to be totally serious, when I think of a beautifully lit film I think of that and Wally Pfister's, when it comes to bouncing light...


Oh hey David... didn't see you there ;-)

[Matt Ryan]

Robert Richardson
Conrad Hall
Roger Deakins
Greg Toland
Vilmos Zsigmond

Favorites but not in my all time top list is:
Janusz Kaminski
Rodrigo Prieto
Emmanuel Lubezki

[Ibrahim Abdulkarim]

[QUOTE=Nils J. Nesse;1038555]Emmanuel Lubezki.[/QUOTE

i thought someone would mention him mainly because of Tree Of Life

the first set ive ever worked on was the Ali movie i have a a lot of respect for him but im not quite sure he would make my top ten

[Paul Ellington]

There are too many brilliant DP's who have been is hours of wars, lost wives, lives, and time for this to be a fair and just question. Lots of great DP's out there young and old these days, or rather younger.

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

Children of Men really put Emmanuel Lubezki on my radar back in '06. Incredible camera work and style. It's one of those films you have to watch over and over again just to spot his nuances.

Truth be told I haven't seen Tree of Life so I didn't judge him on his new work, but from what I've heard is that he should've won the Oscar last year, although Hugo was fantastically imaged.

[Martin Stevens]

RIDLEY SCOTT

Double ;)

[chad vachter]

i like bill pope and mauro fiore
they are both really pleasant people who have a almost effortless way about and with a camera

[chad vachter]

and peter smokler
he shot a looooot of really funny projects , including spinal tap
and he made always sunny in philly look excellent , even though it was shot in sd on panasonic dvx 100 a , toy cameras

[Bob Gundu]

David Mullen.

[Chuck Z]

I've always loved Slocombe's effort in the Indiana Jones series.

DPs like Toll and Hall go without saying.

EDIT: Lubezki is also a big favorite of mine.