Lucien Ballard

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Lucien Ballard was an American cinematographer renowned for his innovative lighting techniques and influential work on numerous Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1970s.

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Lucien Ballard canonical 21

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American cinematographer
cinematographer
human
activeIn Hollywood film industry
activePeriodEnd 1970s
activePeriodStart 1930s
basedIn Hollywood
collaboratedWith Merle Oberon
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
developed lighting techniques to minimize facial scarring on Merle Oberon
employer 20th Century Fox
Columbia Pictures
Paramount Pictures
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

New Hollywood
familyName Ballard
fieldOfWork cinematography
genreSpecialization Western films
crime films
givenName Lucien
industry film industry
influenced later generations of cinematographers
influencedBy developments in color cinematography
knownFor expressive location photography
naturalistic lighting
use of diffusion filters
language English
name Lucien Ballard self-link
nationality American
notableAchievement helped define the look of revisionist Westerns
notableFor innovative lighting techniques
occupation camera operator
cinematographer
spouse Merle Oberon
style location-based cinematography
realist visual style
usedTechnology anamorphic lenses
wide-screen formats
workedOn Junior Bonner
Ride the High Country
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Getaway
The Killing
The Wild Bunch
True Grit (1969 film)
surface form: True Grit
workedWith Sam Peckinpah
Stanley Kubrick

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The Killing cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
The Come On cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
The Killing (role as Johnny Clay) cinematography Lucien Ballard
subject surface form: The Killing (1956 film)
Valerie cinematographer Lucien Ballard
The Stripper cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
Ride the High Country cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
The Wild Bunch cinematographer Lucien Ballard
The Hawaiians cinematographer Lucien Ballard
The Big Boodle cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
Merle Oberon spouse Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard name Lucien Ballard self-link
High Time cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
The Party cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
The Left Hand of God cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard
True Grit (1969 film) cinematographyBy Lucien Ballard