I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.
I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.
But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
Contrast is what makes photography interesting.