Visions of Light is a 1992 documentary film directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels. The film is also known as Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography. The film covers the art of cinematography since the conception of cinema at the turn of the 20th century. Many filmmakers and cinematographers present their views and discuss why the art of cinematography is important within the craft of filmmaking. Synopsis The film includes interviews with many modern-day directors of photography and cinematographers, who illustrate via examples their best work and the scenes from films that influenced them to pursue their art. These subjects include Néstor Almendros, John Bailey, Conrad Hall, Michael Chapman, László Kovács. Among the pioneers to whom they pay homage are Gregg Toland, Billy Bitzer, James Wong Howe and John Alton. The practitioners also explain the origins behind many of their most indelible images in cinema history. Cinematographer interviews Sandi Sissel Ernest Dickerson Michael Chapman Allen Daviau Caleb Deschanel Conrad Hall William A. Fraker John Bailey Néstor Almendros Vilmos Zsigmond Stephen H. Burum Charles Lang Sven Nykvist László Kovács James Wong Howe Haskell Wexler Vittorio Storaro John A. Alonzo Victor J. Kemper Owen Roizman Gordon Willis Bill Butler Michael Ballhaus Frederick Elmes Filmography The filmmakers discuss the following films: The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) Repas de bébé (1895) L'Arrivée d'un train à la Ciotat (1895) The Kiss (1896) Le Spectre rouge (1907) The Birth of a Nation (1915) Intolerance (1916) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Way Down East (1920) Der Letzte Mann (1924) Ben-Hur (1925) Napoléon (1927) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) The Crowd (1928) The Cameraman (1928) The Cocoanuts (1929) Applause (1929) The Locked Door (1929) Possessed (1931) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Shanghai Express (1932) As You Desire Me (1932) What Price Hollywood? (1932) Red Dust (1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Queen Christina (1933) Becky Sharp (1935) Peter Ibbetson (1935) Desire (1936) Camille (1936) Jezebel (1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Midnight (1939) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Gone with the Wind (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Rebecca (1940) The Sea Hawk (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Mildred Pierce (1945) The Killers (1946)