Lucien Ballard

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-05-06 (80 years old)

Deathday

1988-10-01

Place of Birth

Miami, Oklahoma, USA

Lucien Ballard

Biography

Lucien Ballard, the cinematographer best known for his collaboration with directors Sam Peckinpah and Josef von Sternberg, was born in Miami, Oklahoma. Ballard became a wanderer after dropping out of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma, journeying to China in search of opportunity. When he returned to the United States after not finding any, Ballard gained employment in the lumber business, working in a mill sawing trees and surveying land. Lucien Ballard died near his Rancho Mirage, California, home in a car accident on October 1, 1988. He was 80 years old.

Production

1956

The Killing

as Director of Photography

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Director of Photography

1967

Will Penny

as Director of Photography

1968

The Party

as Director of Photography

1964

Roustabout

as Director of Photography

1952

Night Without Sleep

as Director of Photography

1952

Diplomatic Courier

as Director of Photography

1938

Penitentiary

as Director of Photography

1964

The New Interns

as Director of Photography

1972

The Getaway

as Director of Photography

1966

Nevada Smith

as Director of Photography

1976

From Noon Till Three

as Director of Photography

1970

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

as Director of Photography

1951

Let's Make It Legal

as Director of Photography

1943

Tonight We Raid Calais

as Director of Photography

1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

as Director of Photography

1932

Blonde Venus

as Assistant Camera

1962

Ride the High Country

as Director of Photography

1930

Morocco

as Director of Photography

1930

Morocco

as Assistant Camera

1935

The Devil Is a Woman

as Director of Photography

1944

The Lodger

as Director of Photography

1948

Berlin Express

as Director of Photography

1960

Pay or Die!

as Director of Photography

1959

Al Capone

as Director of Photography

1953

Inferno

as Director of Photography

1957

Band of Angels

as Director of Photography

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Director of Photography

1946

Temptation

as Director of Photography

1959

City of Fear

as Director of Photography

1954

Prince Valiant

as Director of Photography

1969

True Grit

as Director of Photography

1939

Let Us Live

as Director of Photography

1961

Susan Slade

as Director of Photography

1976

Drum

as Director of Photography

1939

A Ducking They Did Go

as Cinematography

1953

The Glory Brigade

as Director of Photography

1939

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

as Cinematography

1937

Devil's Playground

as Cinematography

1972

Arruza

as Director of Photography

1940

No Census, No Feeling

as Cinematography

1938

Halfway to Hollywood

as Cinematography

1937

From Bad to Worse

as Cinematography

1937

The Shadow

as Director of Photography

1937

Cash and Carry

as Cinematography

1945

This Love of Ours

as Director of Photography

1975

Breakheart Pass

as Director of Photography

1975

Breakout

as Director of Photography

1972

Junior Bonner

as Director of Photography

1967

Hour of the Gun

as Director of Photography

1965

Boeing, Boeing

as Director of Photography

1955

Seven Cities of Gold

as Director of Photography

1976

St. Ives

as Director of Photography

1956

The King and Four Queens

as Director of Photography

1955

The Magnificent Matador

as Director of Photography

1958

Murder by Contract

as Director of Photography

1968

How Sweet It Is!

as Director of Photography

1963

Wall of Noise

as Director of Photography

1942

The Undying Monster

as Director of Photography

1958

Buchanan Rides Alone

as Director of Photography

1958

I Married a Woman

as Director of Photography

1978

Rabbit Test

as Director of Photography

1957

The Unholy Wife

as Director of Photography

1952

Return of the Texan

as Director of Photography

1941

Wild Geese Calling

as Director of Photography

1958

Anna Lucasta

as Director of Photography

1971

What's the Matter with Helen?

as Director of Photography

1953

The Desert Rats

as Director of Photography

1970

The Hawaiians

as Director of Photography

1948

Night Song

as Director of Photography

1939

Outside These Walls

as Director of Photography

1943

The Outlaw

as Additional Photography

1932

This Is the Night

as Assistant Camera

1970

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

as Director of Photography

1960

The Bramble Bush

as Director of Photography

1963

The Caretakers

as Director of Photography

1954

The Raid

as Director of Photography

1931

The Beloved Bachelor

as Camera Technician

1960

Desire in the Dust

as Director of Photography

1961

Marines, Let's Go

as Director of Photography

1942

Orchestra Wives

as Director of Photography

1956

The Proud Ones

as Director of Photography

1955

White Feather

as Director of Photography

1936

The King Steps Out

as Director of Photography

1961

Ricochet

as Director of Photography

1963

Take Her, She's Mine

as Director of Photography

1938

Violent Is the Word for Curly

as Director of Photography

1938

Highway Patrol

as Cinematography

1932

One Hour with You

as Camera Operator

1935

Crime and Punishment

as Director of Photography

1951

Fixed Bayonets!

as Director of Photography

1956

The Killer Is Loose

as Director of Photography

1974

Three the Hard Way

as Director of Photography

1956

A Kiss Before Dying

as Director of Photography

1969

A Time for Dying

as Director of Photography

1936

Craig's Wife

as Director of Photography

1965

Dear Brigitte

as Director of Photography

1960

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

as Director of Photography

1974

Thomasine & Bushrod

as Director of Photography

1952

Don't Bother to Knock

as Director of Photography

1943

Holy Matrimony

as Director of Photography

1966

An Eye for an Eye

as Director of Photography

1973

Lady Ice

as Director of Photography

1961

The Parent Trap

as Director of Photography

1932

Love Me Tonight

as First Assistant Camera

1970

Frédéric

as Cinematography

1966

Noon Wine

as Director of Photography

1966

J'y suis, j'y reste

as Cinematography

1975

Chat en poche

as Director of Photography

1969

La Perruche et le Poulet

as Camera Operator

1938

Flat Foot Stooges

as Cinematography

1939

Three Little Sew and Sews

as Cinematography

1936

The Final Hour

as Director of Photography

1939

Blind Alley

as Director of Photography

1940

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Director of Photography

1954

New Faces

as Director of Photography

1943

Bomber's Moon

as Director of Photography

1937

Man Bites Lovebug

as Director of Photography

1937

Life Begins with Love

as Director of Photography

1974

The Three Stooges Follies

as Director of Photography

1942

Moontide

as Additional Director of Photography

1985

My Kingdom For...

as Cinematography

1930

Monte Carlo

as Camera Operator

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