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Conrad Hall

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
7

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 21, 1926 (100 years old)

Place of Birth
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Conrad 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.

Known For

Camera

2002Road to Perdition...Director of Photography
1999American Beauty...Director of Photography
1998A Civil Action...Director of Photography
1998Without Limits...Director of Photography
1996Faithful...Director of Photography
1994Love Affair...Director of Photography
1993Searching for Bobby Fischer...Director of Photography
1992Jennifer Eight...Director of Photography
1991Class Action...Director of Photography
1988Tequila Sunrise...Director of Photography
1987Black Widow...Director of Photography
1977It Happened One Christmas...Director of Photography
1976Marathon Man...Director of Photography
1975Smile...Director of Photography
1975The Day of the Locust...Director of Photography
1974Catch My Soul...Director of Photography
1973Electra Glide in Blue...Director of Photography
1972Fat City...Director of Photography
1969The Happy Ending...Director of Photography
1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here...Director of Photography
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...Director of Photography
1969Trilogy...Director of Photography
1968Hell in the Pacific...Director of Photography
1967In Cold Blood...Director of Photography
1967Cool Hand Luke...Director of Photography
1967Divorce American Style...Director of Photography
1966A Christmas Memory...Director of Photography
1966The Professionals...Director of Photography
1966Incubus...Director of Photography
1966Harper...Director of Photography
1965Morituri...Director of Photography
1965Wild Seed...Director of Photography
1964The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre...Director of Photography
1964Fanfare for a Death Scene...Director of Photography
1964The Unknown...Director of Photography
1963The Outer Limits...Director of Photography
1962Pressure Point...Camera Operator
1960Islands of the Sea...Director of Photography
1960Private Property...Camera Operator
1958Edge of Fury...Director of Photography
1955East of Eden...Camera Operator
Monsters of the Deep...Additional Photography

Crew

2002Road to Perdition...In Memory Of
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid...Stunts

Writing

1956Running Target...Screenplay

Acting

2010Something's Gonna Liveas Self (archive footage)
2010A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hallas Self (archive footage)
2006Who Needs Sleep?as Self
2000American Beauty: Look Closer...as Self
1992Visions of Lightas Self
1970The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'as Self
1954The Disneyland Storyas Self