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The 1980s

Cinematography in the 1980s: format share, aspect-ratio shifts, signature DPs, and the curated dossiers that anchor the decade.

893
Films indexed

64
Curated dossiers

1
With primary format

32
With DP credit

All 893 films in 1980s

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Format share

Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)
1

Aspect ratio

2.39:1
1

Signature DPsmost-credited cinematographers

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Dean Cundey
2 credits in the 1980s
Jordan Cronenweth
2 credits in the 1980s
Adrian Biddle
1 credit in the 1980s
Alan Hume
1 credit in the 1980s
Alec Mills
1 credit in the 1980s
Alexey Rodionov
1 credit in the 1980s
Asakazu Nakai
1 credit in the 1980s
Blasco Giurato
1 credit in the 1980s
Dominique Chapuis
1 credit in the 1980s
Douglas Milsome
1 credit in the 1980s
Douglas Slocombe
1 credit in the 1980s
Freddie Francis
1 credit in the 1980s

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Blade Runner

1982

featureCURATED

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

2.39:1·Kodak 35mm 4-perf anamorphic (Panavision)