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Gordon Willis

Gordon Willis is best known for Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television. Gordon Willis was born on May 28, 1931. Gordon Willis died on May 18, 2014 at the age of 82.

Born: May 28, 1931
Place of birth: Astoria, New York, USA
Died: May 18, 2014 (82 years old)

Biography

Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather series as well as Woody Allen's Annie Hall and Manhattan. Fellow cinematographer William Fraker called Willis's work a "milestone in visual storytelling", while one critic suggested that Willis "defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief".

When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten most influential cinematographers in history.