Elgin Lessley
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-01-10 (61 years old)
Deathday
1944-02-08
Place of Birth
Higbee, Missouri, USA
Also known As
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Elgin Lessley
Biography
Elgin Lessley (also credited as Lesly, Lessly, and Leslie) (June 10, 1883 - January 10, 1944) was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era—a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming. Though Lessley worked earlier with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and later with Harry Langdon, he is best known for the groundbreaking effects he produced with Buster Keaton, who dubbed him "the human metronome" for his ability to crank consistently at any requested speed. Lessley's most striking effects were in The Playhouse (1921) and Sherlock Jr. (1924). In The Playhouse, throug...
Acting
1926
as Union General Who Gives Command to Cross Bridge (uncredited)
Production
1924
as Director of Photography
1923
as Director of Photography
1922
as Cinematography
1922
as Cinematography
1923
as Cinematography
1922
as Cinematography
1926
as Cinematography
1922
as Cinematography
1922
as Cinematography
1923
as Cinematography
1919
as Director of Photography
1927
as Cinematography
1928
as Cinematography
1922
as Director of Photography
1919
as Cinematography
1920
as Cinematography
1917
as Cinematography
1924
as Director of Photography
1925
as Director of Photography
1925
as Director of Photography
1921
as Director of Photography
1920
as Director of Photography
1921
as Director of Photography
1923
as Director of Photography
1920
as Director of Photography
1926
as Director of Photography
1927
as Director of Photography
1918
as Director of Photography
1928
as Director of Photography
1920
as Director of Photography
1921
as Director of Photography
1920
as Director of Photography
1921
as Director of Photography
1917
as Cinematography
1918
as Cinematography
1917
as Director of Photography
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