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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-06-21 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Conrad L. Hall

Biography:

Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematographer earning numerous accolades including three Academy Awards (with ten nominations), three BAFTA Awards and five American Society of Cinematographers Awards.

Hall won three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002). He was also Oscar-nominated for Morituri (1965), The Professionals (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), The Day of the Locust (1975), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and A Civil Action (1998). He is also known for Cool Hand Luke (1967), Fat City (1972), and Marathon Man (1976).

In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

From Wikipedia article 'Conrad Hall'

Known For

Camera

2002

Road to Perdition as Director of Photography

1999

American Beauty as Director of Photography

1998

A Civil Action as Director of Photography
Without Limits as Director of Photography

1996

Faithful as Director of Photography

1994

Love Affair as Director of Photography

1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer as Director of Photography

1992

Jennifer Eight as Director of Photography

1991

Class Action as Director of Photography

1988

Tequila Sunrise as Director of Photography

1987

Black Widow as Director of Photography

1977

It Happened One Christmas as Director of Photography

1976

Marathon Man as Director of Photography

1975

The Day of the Locust as Director of Photography
Smile as Director of Photography

1974

Catch My Soul as Director of Photography

1973

Electra Glide in Blue as Director of Photography

1972

Fat City as Director of Photography

1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Director of Photography
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Director of Photography
Trilogy as Director of Photography
The Happy Ending as Director of Photography

1968

Hell in the Pacific as Director of Photography

1967

Cool Hand Luke as Director of Photography
In Cold Blood as Director of Photography
Divorce American Style as Director of Photography

1966

The Professionals as Director of Photography
Incubus as Director of Photography
A Christmas Memory as Director of Photography
Harper as Director of Photography

1965

Wild Seed as Director of Photography
Morituri as Director of Photography

1964

The Unknown as Director of Photography
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre as Director of Photography
Fanfare for a Death Scene as Director of Photography

1963

The Outer Limits as Director of Photography

1962

Pressure Point as Camera Operator

1960

Islands of the Sea as Director of Photography
Private Property as Camera Operator

1958

Edge of Fury as Director of Photography

1955

East of Eden as Camera Operator

Writing

1956

Running Target as Screenplay

Crew

2002

Road to Perdition as In Memory Of