Conrad Hall
- Camera
- June 21, 1926 · Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
- January 4, 2003
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
Filmography
- Something's Gonna Live · Self
- A Cinematic Life: The Art and Influence of Conrad Hall · Self
- Who Needs Sleep? · Self
- Road to Perdition · Cinematography, In Memory Of
- American Beauty: Look Closer... · Self
- American Beauty · Cinematography
- A Civil Action · Cinematography
- Without Limits · Cinematography
- Faithful · Cinematography
- Love Affair · Cinematography
- Searching for Bobby Fischer · Cinematography
- Jennifer Eight · Cinematography
- Visions of Light · Self
- Class Action · Cinematography
- Tequila Sunrise · Cinematography
- Black Widow · Cinematography
- It Happened One Christmas · Cinematography
- Marathon Man · Cinematography
- Smile · Cinematography
- The Day of the Locust · Cinematography
- Catch My Soul · Cinematography
- Electra Glide in Blue · Cinematography
- Fat City · Cinematography
- The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' · Self
- The Happy Ending · Cinematography
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here · Cinematography
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Cinematography, Stunts
- Trilogy · Cinematography
- Hell in the Pacific · Cinematography
- In Cold Blood · Cinematography
- Cool Hand Luke · Cinematography
- Divorce American Style · Cinematography
- A Christmas Memory · Cinematography
- The Professionals · Cinematography
- Incubus · Cinematography
- Harper · Cinematography
- Morituri · Cinematography
- Wild Seed · Cinematography
- The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre · Cinematography
- Fanfare for a Death Scene · Cinematography
- The Unknown · Cinematography
- The Outer Limits · Cinematography
- Pressure Point · Camera Operator
- Islands of the Sea · Cinematography
- Private Property · Camera Operator
- Edge of Fury · Cinematography
- Running Target · Screenplay
- East of Eden · Camera Operator
- The Disneyland Story · Self
- Monsters of the Deep · Additional Photography