Iconic cinematographer Gordon Willis has died at age 82. Most famous for his distinctive cinematography work on Francis Ford Coppola‘s Godfatherseries, Willis’s also worked with Woody Allen on some of his great New York-based movies, including Manhattan, Annie Hall, Zelig, Stardust Memories, Broadway Danny Rose, and The Purple Rose Of Cairo. He was a fixture with New York-based directors, also working with the late Alan J. Pakula on the classic All The President’s Men, Klute, and The Parallax View, and worked with Herbert Ross’s Pennies From Heaven; and Malice, The Devil’s Own. Official cause of death has not been disclosed, but expect Monday morning to be Gordon Willis appreciation day around the cinephile set. Phone calls and social media posts about Willis’s passing began trickling in Sunday evening. “This is a momentous loss,” confirmed ASC President Richard Crudo late Sunday night. “He was one of the giants who absolutely changed the way movies looked. Up until the time ofThe Godfather 1 and 2, nothing previously shot looked that way. He changed the way films looked and the way people looked at films”, Deadline informs.
