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Artists > Photographers > Cinematographers

Preferred term

Cinematographers  

Definition

  • Persons who oversee all the aspects of photography in a television, video, or filmmaking project, especially the lighting; they are particularly charged with achieving the photographic images and effects desired by the director. [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cameramen, lighting
  • Directors of photography, cinematographers
  • Filmmakers, cinematographers
  • Lighting cameramen
  • Motion picture photographers
  • Photographers, motion picture

Notation

  • 113461

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NC0C8X9X-C

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