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Conrad Hall Born Conrad Lafcadio Hall
June 21, 1926
Papeete, Tahiti, French PolynesiaDied January 4, 2003 (aged 76)
Santa Monica, CaliforniaOther names Connie Occupation Cinematographer Years active 1958–2003 Title ASC Spouse Katharine Ross (1969–1975) [1]
Susan Kowarsh-Hall (c. 2003)
Virginia SchwartzChildren Conrad W. Hall Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
American Beauty 1999
Road to Perdition 2002Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films such as In Cold Blood, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Beauty, and Road to Perdition. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards.
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.[2]
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Early life and career
Born in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Hall was the son of writer James Norman Hall[3] and Sarah (Lala) Winchester Hall, who was part-Polynesian. Hall attended the University of Southern California, intending to study journalism, but drifted instead to the university's cinema school, from which he graduated in 1949. He worked on documentaries, in television (The Outer Limits) and minor films (including cult classic Incubus), and as a studio camera operator before moving up to cinematographer in major studio films in the mid-1960s.
Hall received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002) (the last two directed by friend Sam Mendes, who dedicated Road to Perdition to Hall). The thirty-year gap between his first two Oscars is a record for this award.
Additionally, Hall was 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). Other credits include Divorce American Style (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Marathon Man (1976) and Love Affair (1994).
Personal life
Hall married three times, to Virginia Schwartz, with whom he had three children, to Katharine Ross from 1969–1975, and Susan Kowarsh-Hall until his death. He has three children, Conrad W. Hall, Kate Hall-Feist, and Naia Hall-West.[4]
Death
Hall died in 2003 owing to complications from bladder cancer at the Santa Monica Hospital.[5] His Oscar for Road to Perdition (2002), which is dedicated to Hall, was posthumous and was accepted by his son Conrad W. Hall, also a cinematographer.
Hall was and still is affectionately referred to as "Connie" by his peers and associates.
Filmography
Cinematographer
- Road to Perdition (2002)
- American Beauty (1999)
- A Civil Action (1998)
- Without Limits (1998)
- Love Affair (1994)
- Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
- Jennifer Eight (1992)
- Class Action (1991)
- Tequila Sunrise (1988)
- Black Widow (1987)
- It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV)
- Marathon Man (1976)
- Smile (1975)
- The Day of the Locust (1975)
- Catch My Soul (1974)
- Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
- Fat City (1972)
- The Happy Ending (1969)
- Trilogy (1969)
- Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Hell in the Pacific (1968)
- In Cold Blood (1967)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Divorce American Style (1967)
- The Professionals (1966)
- Harper (1966)
- Morituri (1965)
- Incubus (1965)
Television
- ABC Stage 67 (1966)
- The Outer Limits (1963)
- Stoney Burke (1963)
References
- ^ "CONRAD L. HALL". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers. http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/hall.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Top 10 Most Influential Cinematographers Voted on by Camera Guild," October 16, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "Conrad L. Hall Biography (1926–2003)". Filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Conrad-L-Hall.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "Biography for Conrad Hall". TCM. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=79446&apid=33871. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ Susman, Gary (2003-01-06). "Goodbye". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,404351,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
External links
- Conrad Hall at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview with Conrad Hall
- American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1961–1980) Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961) · Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962) · James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963) · Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964) · Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965) · Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966) · Burnett Guffey (1967) · Pasqualino De Santis (1968) · Conrad L. Hall (1969) · Freddie Young (1970) · Oswald Morris (1971) · Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) · Sven Nykvist (1973) · Fred Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974) · John Alcott (1975) · Haskell Wexler (1976) · Vilmos Zsigmond (1977) · Néstor Almendros (1978) · Vittorio Storaro (1979) · Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980)
Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020) Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1981–2000) Vittorio Storaro (1981) · Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982) · Sven Nykvist (1983) · Chris Menges (1984) · David Watkin (1985) · Chris Menges (1986) · Vittorio Storaro (1987) · Peter Biziou (1988) · Freddie Francis (1989) · Dean Semler (1990) · Robert Richardson (1991) · Philippe Rousselot (1992) · Janusz Kamiński (1993) · John Toll (1994) · John Toll (1995) · John Seale (1996) · Russell Carpenter (1997) · Janusz Kamiński (1998) · Conrad Hall (1999) · Peter Pau (2000)
Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020) Academy Award for Best Cinematography (2001–2020) Andrew Lesnie (2001) · Conrad Hall (2002) · Russell Boyd (2003) · Robert Richardson (2004) · Dion Beebe (2005) · Guillermo Navarro (2006) · Robert Elswit (2007) · Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) · Mauro Fiore (2009) · Wally Pfister (2010)
Complete list · (1928–1940) · (1941–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020) BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (1963–1984) 1963-1967
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black & whiteTed Moore (c) / Douglas Slocombe (b&w) (1963) · Geoffrey Unsworth (c) / Oswald Morris (b&w) (1964) · Otto Heller (c) / Oswald Morris (b&w) (1965) · Christopher Challis (c) / Oswald Morris (b&w) (1966) · Ted Moore (c) / Gerry Turpin (b&w) (1967) ·
1968-1984 Geoffrey Unsworth (1968) · Gerry Turpin (1969) · Conrad Hall (1970) · Pasqualino De Santis (1971) · Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) · Anthony B. Richmond (1973) · Douglas Slocombe (1974) · John Alcott (1975) · Russell Boyd (1976) · Geoffrey Unsworth (1977) · Douglas Slocombe (1978) · Vilmos Zsigmond (1979) · Giuseppe Rotunno (1980) · Geoffrey Unsworth, Ghislain Cloquet (1981) · Jordan Cronenweth (1982) · Sven Nykvist (1983) · Chris Menges (1984)
Complete list · (1963–1984) · (1985–2009) · (2010–2034) BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (1985–2009) Miroslav Ondříček (1985) · David Watkin (1986) · Bruno Nuytten (1987) · Allen Daviau (1988) · Peter Biziou (1989) · Vittorio Storaro (1990) · Pierre Lhomme (1991) · Dante Spinotti (1992) · Janusz Kamiński (1993) · Philippe Rousselot (1994) · John Toll (1995) · John Seale (1996) · Eduardo Serra (1997) · Remi Adefarasin (1998) · Conrad Hall (1999) · John Mathieson (2000) · Roger Deakins (2001) · Conrad Hall (2002) · Andrew Lesnie (2003) · Dion Beebe (2004) · Dion Beebe (2005) · Emmanuel Lubezki (2006) · Roger Deakins (2007) · Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) · Barry Ackroyd (2009)
Complete list · (1963–1984) · (1985–2009) · (2010–2034) Categories:- American screenwriters
- American cinematographers
- BAFTA winners (people)
- Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners
- People from Tahiti
- University of Southern California alumni
- 1926 births
- 2003 deaths
- Deaths from bladder cancer
- Cancer deaths in California
- American people of French Polynesian descent
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