Gordon Willis

Gordon Willis was born on May 28, 1931 in USA. Gordon Willis's big-screen debut came with End of the Road directed by Aram Avakian in 1970. Gordon Willis is known for The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino stars as Don Michael Corleone and Robert Duvall as Tom Hagen. Gordon Willis has got 7 awards and 13 nominations so far. The most recent award Gordon Willis achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Gordon Willis plays is The Devil's Own which will be released on Mar 26, 1997.

Gordon Willis was an American cinematographer. He's best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, as well asWoody Allen's Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979).His work on the first two Godfather films turned out to be groundbreaking in its use of low-light photography and underexposed film, as well as in his control of lighting and exposure to create the sepia tones that denoted period scenes in Le Parrain, 2ᵉ partie (1974).In the seven-year period up to 1977, Willis was the director of photography on six films that received among them 39 Academy Award nominations, winning 19 times, including three awards for Best Picture. During this time he did not receive a single nomination for Best Cinematography.He directed one film of his own, Fenêtres sur New York (1980). His last film as a cinematographer was Ennemis rapprochés (1997), directed by Alan J. Pakula.Willis died of cancer on May 18, 2014, ten days before his 83rd birthday, at the age of 82.