When someone who works in the industry dies, we usually focus on the actors, writers, and directors — after all, so does the Academy’s In Memoriam segment.
One role we generally don’t focus on so much are the cinematographers, and we just lost one of the greats.
Allen Daviau, the 5-time Academy Award nominee cinematographer perhaps best known for his work with Steven Spielberg in “E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Empire of the Sun,” and “The Color Purple,” passed away earlier this week at the age of 77 from complications with the coronavirus.Continue reading Steven Spielberg Pays Tribute To ‘E.T.’ Cinematographer Allen Daviau, Who Died Of Covid-19 at The Playlist.
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