Walter Lassally

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Walter Lassally was a renowned German-born British cinematographer celebrated for his influential work in both British New Wave cinema and international art films.

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Label Occurrences
Walter Lassally canonical 7

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cinematographer
human
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Cinematography (Black-and-White)
awardReceivedFor Zorba the Greek
burialPlace Chania
surface form: Chania, Crete, Greece
citizenship Germany
United Kingdom
collaboratedWith Karel Reisz
Lindsay Anderson
Michael Cacoyannis
Tony Richardson
countryOfBirth Germany
countryOfDeath Greece
dateOfBirth 1926-12-18
dateOfDeath 2017-10-23
emigratedTo United Kingdom
familyName Lassally
fieldOfWork cinematography
genre art film
social realism
givenName Walter
influenced British New Wave
surface form: British New Wave cinema

European art cinema
knownFor location shooting
naturalistic lighting
language English
German
movement British New Wave
name Walter Lassally self-link
nationality British
German
notableWork A Taste of Honey
Heat and Dust
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The War Game
Tom Jones
Zorba the Greek
occupation cinematographer
director of photography
placeOfBirth Berlin
surface form: Berlin, Germany
placeOfDeath Chania
surface form: Chania, Crete, Greece
residence Chania
surface form: Chania, Crete, Greece

London, England
surface form: London, United Kingdom
spouse Nicolette Lassally
workedOn Free Cinema
surface form: Free Cinema documentaries

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Subject: Walter Lassally
Description of subject: Walter Lassally was a renowned German-born British cinematographer celebrated for his influential work in both British New Wave cinema and international art films.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tom Jones cinematographyBy Walter Lassally
subject surface form: Tom Jones (1963 film)
Ulysses (1967 film) producer Walter Lassally
Ulysses (1967 film) cinematographyBy Walter Lassally
Zorba the Greek cinematographyBy Walter Lassally
Zorba the Greek awardReceivedBy Walter Lassally
Walter Lassally name Walter Lassally self-link