Joseph LaShelle

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name = Joseph LaShelle, A.S.C.


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birthdate = July 9, 1900
birthplace = Los Angeles, California, USA
deathdate = August 20, 1989
deathplace = La Jolla, California, USA
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academyawards = Best Black and White Cinematography 1945 "Laura"
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Joseph LaShelle, A.S.C. (July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film cinematographer. [imdb name| id=0005766.]

He won an Academy Award for "Laura" (1944), and was nominated eight additional times.

Career

LaShelle's first job in the film industry was as an assistant in the Paramount West Coast Studio lab in 1920. Instead of going to college as planned he remained in the film industry after a promotion to supervisor of the printing department.

In 1925 Charles G. Clarke convinced him he should be a cameraman. He went to work with Clarke and after 3 months he was promoted to 2nd cameraman and he worked for various cinematographers at the Hollywood Metropolitan Studios. LaShalle was transferred from Metropolitan to Pathé where he began a 14 years association with Arthur C. Miller. He later went with Miller to Fox Films. [ [http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/lashelle.htm Steeman, Albert] . "Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers," "Joseph LaShelle page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.]

After working as a camera operator on such Fox productions as "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) and "The Song of Bernadette" (1943) he was promoted and became a cinematographer in 1943. He was a member of the A.S.C. [ [http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho2/lashelle_j.htm "Katz's Film Encyclopedia"] at TheOscarSite.com. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.]

Some of his well known work include the film noirs: "Laura" (1944), for which he won an Oscar, "Fallen Angel" (1945), and "Road House" (1948)

Filmography

* "Whispering Smith" (1926) [Goble, Alan. "The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885." 2008. [http://www.citwf.com/indexx.asp Index home page] .]
* "Rocking Moon" (1926)
* "The Bermuda Mystery" (1944)
* "Happy Land" (1943)
* "The Eve of St. Mark" (1944)
* "Take It or Leave It" (1944)
* "Laura" (1944)
* "Thunderhead - Son of Flicka" (1945)
* "Doll Face" (1945)
* "Fallen Angel" (1945)
* "A Bell for Adano" (1945)
* "Hangover Square" (1945)
* "Claudia and David" (1946)
* "If I'm Lucky" (1946)
* "Cluny Brown" (1946)
* "The Late George Apley" (1947)
* "The Foxes of Harrow" (1947)
* "Captain from Castile" (1947)
* "Road House" (1948)
* "The Luck of the Irish" (1948)
* "Deep Waters" (1948)
* "The Fan" (1949)
* "Everybody Does It" (1949)
* "Come to the Stable" (1949)
* "Mother Didn't Tell Me" (1950)
* "The Jackpot" (1950)
* "Mister 880" (1950)
* "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1950)
* "Under My Skin" (1950)
* "Elopement" (1951)
* "The Guy Who Came Back" (1951)
* "The 13th Letter" (1951)
* "Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell" (1951)
* "My Cousin Rachel" (1952)
* "Les Misérables" (1952)
* "Something for the Birds" (1952)
* "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1952)
* "Dangerous Crossing" (1953)
* "Mr. Scoutmaster" (1953)
* "River of No Return" (1954)
* "Marty" (1955)
* "The Abductors" (1956)
* "Storm Fear" (1956)
* "Run for the Sun" (1956)
* "The Conqueror" (1956)
* "Our Miss Brooks" (1956)
* "No Down Payment" (1957)
* "The Bachelor Party" (1957)
* "Crime of Passion" (1957)
* "The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown" (1957)
* "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957)
* "Fury at Showdown" (1957)
* "The Naked and the Dead" (1958)
* "The Long, Hot Summer" (1958)
* "Career" (1959)
* "The Apartment" (1960)
* "The Outsider" (1961)
* "The Honeymoon Machine" (1961)
* "All in a Night's Work" (1961)
* "How the West Was Won" (1962)
* "Irma la Douce" (1963)
* "A Child Is Waiting" (1963)
* "Kiss Me, Stupid" (1964)
* "Wild and Wonderful" (1964)
* "The Fortune Cookie" (1966)
* "The Chase" (1966)
* "7 Women" (1966)
* "Barefoot in the Park" (1967)
* "Kona Coast" (1968)
* "80 Steps to Jonah" (1969)

Television

LaShelle also worked in television, such as the first episode of "The Twilight Zone" in 1959 ("Where Is Everybody?").

Awards

Wins
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "Laura"; 1945.

Nominations
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "Come to the Stable"; 1949.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "My Cousin Rachel", 1952.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "Marty"; 1956.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "Career"; 1960.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for "The Apartment"; 1961.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, ; 1964.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for "How the West Was Won"; 1964. Shared with: William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, and Charles Lang.
* Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; for "The Fortune Cookie"; 1967.

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