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Cinematographer Born: May 28, 1931 in Queens, New York City, NY Biography:Getting his start as a summer stock actor, American cinematographer "Gordon Willis" turned to photography after experience as an Air Force cameraman. In 1970, the 39-year-old Willis lensed his first feature film, "The Landlord". Following his debut behind the camera, Willis worked steadily throughout the 1970s, on films such as "The Paper Chase" (1973), "The Parallax View" (1974), and "All the President's Men" (1976). It was for his work on "Francis Ford Coppola"'s "The Godfather" (1972) that Willis first won acclaim; he would go on to act as cinematographer for the next two "Godfather" installments, garnering an Academy Award nomination in 1991, for his work on "The Godfather Part III".
It was also during the 1970s that Willis began his long collaboration with director "Woody Allen", first working with him on "Annie Hall" in 1977. Willis and "Allen" would collaborate on six more films during the... Full Biography
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