About

Known credits:
119
Birthday:
1908-05-06
Place of birth:
Miami, Oklahoma, USA
Website:
N/A

Lucien Ballard

Overview

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.

Known for

Camera
1978 Rabbit Test Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 From Noon Till Three Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 Drum Camera Director of Photography 58
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1976 St. Ives Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 Breakheart Pass Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1975 Chat en poche Camera Director of Photography 58
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1975 Breakout Camera Director of Photography 59
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1974 Three the Hard Way Camera Director of Photography 59
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1974 Thomasine & Bushrod Camera Director of Photography 58
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1973 Lady Ice Camera Director of Photography 58
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1972 The Getaway Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1972 Arruza Camera Director of Photography 58
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1972 Junior Bonner Camera Director of Photography 59
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1971 What's the Matter with Helen? Camera Director of Photography 58
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1970 Elvis: That's the Way It Is Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1970 The Hawaiians Camera Director of Photography 58
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1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue Camera Director of Photography 62
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1969 A Time for Dying Camera Director of Photography 59
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1969 The Wild Bunch Camera Director of Photography 70
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1969 True Grit Camera Director of Photography 68
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1969 La Perruche et le Poulet Camera Camera Operator 58
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1968 How Sweet It Is! Camera Director of Photography 59
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1968 The Party Camera Director of Photography 67
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1967 Will Penny Camera Director of Photography 59
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1967 Hour of the Gun Camera Director of Photography 59
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1966 Noon Wine Camera Director of Photography 59
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1966 Nevada Smith Camera Director of Photography 61
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1966 An Eye for an Eye Camera Director of Photography 59
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1965 Boeing, Boeing Camera Director of Photography 59
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1965 The Sons of Katie Elder Camera Director of Photography 62
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1965 Dear Brigitte Camera Director of Photography 59
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1964 Roustabout Camera Director of Photography 58
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1964 The New Interns Camera Director of Photography 59
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1963 Take Her, She's Mine Camera Director of Photography 58
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1963 Wall of Noise Camera Director of Photography 58
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1963 The Caretakers Camera Director of Photography 58
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1962 Ride the High Country Camera Director of Photography 62
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1961 Susan Slade Camera Director of Photography 59
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1961 Ricochet Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1961 Marines, Let's Go Camera Director of Photography 58
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1961 The Parent Trap Camera Director of Photography 63
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1960 Desire in the Dust Camera Director of Photography 58
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1960 Pay or Die! Camera Director of Photography 59
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1960 The Bramble Bush Camera Director of Photography 59
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1960 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond Camera Director of Photography 59
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1959 Al Capone Camera Director of Photography 59
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1959 City of Fear Camera Director of Photography 59
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1958 Murder by Contract Camera Director of Photography 60
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1958 Anna Lucasta Camera Director of Photography 58
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1958 Buchanan Rides Alone Camera Director of Photography 59
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1958 I Married a Woman Camera Director of Photography 58
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1957 Band of Angels Camera Director of Photography 59
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1957 The Unholy Wife Camera Director of Photography 58
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1956 The King and Four Queens Camera Director of Photography 58
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1956 The Killing Camera Director of Photography 72
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1956 The Proud Ones Camera Director of Photography 59
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1956 A Kiss Before Dying Camera Director of Photography 59
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1956 The Killer Is Loose Camera Director of Photography 59
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1955 Seven Cities of Gold Camera Director of Photography 59
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1955 The Magnificent Matador Camera Director of Photography 59
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1955 White Feather Camera Director of Photography 59
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1954 The Raid Camera Director of Photography 59
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1954 Prince Valiant Camera Director of Photography 58
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1954 New Faces Camera Director of Photography 59
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1953 Inferno Camera Director of Photography 59
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1953 The Glory Brigade Camera Director of Photography 59
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1953 The Desert Rats Camera Director of Photography 59
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1952 Night Without Sleep Camera Director of Photography 59
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1952 Don't Bother to Knock Camera Director of Photography 60
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1952 Diplomatic Courier Camera Director of Photography 58
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1952 Return of the Texan Camera Director of Photography 59
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1951 Fixed Bayonets! Camera Director of Photography 59
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1951 Let's Make It Legal Camera Director of Photography 59
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1951 The House on Telegraph Hill Camera Director of Photography 59
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1948 Berlin Express Camera Director of Photography 59
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1948 Night Song Camera Director of Photography 58
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1946 Temptation Camera Director of Photography 58
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1945 This Love of Ours Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 The Lodger Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Holy Matrimony Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Bomber's Moon Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Tonight We Raid Calais Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 The Outlaw Camera Additional Photography 58
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1942 The Undying Monster Camera Director of Photography 58
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1942 Orchestra Wives Camera Director of Photography 58
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1941 Wild Geese Calling Camera Director of Photography 58
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1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her Camera Director of Photography 58
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1939 Blind Alley Camera Director of Photography 58
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1939 Outside These Walls Camera Director of Photography 58
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1939 Let Us Live Camera Director of Photography 59
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1938 Violent Is the Word for Curly Camera Director of Photography 59
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1938 Penitentiary Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1937 Man Bites Lovebug Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 The Shadow Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 Life Begins with Love Camera Director of Photography 58
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1936 Craig's Wife Camera Director of Photography 59
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1936 The Final Hour Camera Director of Photography 59
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1936 The King Steps Out Camera Director of Photography 59
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1935 Crime and Punishment Camera Director of Photography 59
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1935 The Devil Is a Woman Camera Director of Photography 59
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1932 Blonde Venus Camera Assistant Camera 60
Fair
1932 Love Me Tonight Camera First Assistant Camera 59
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1932 This Is the Night Camera Assistant Camera 58
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1932 One Hour with You Camera Camera Operator 59
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1931 The Beloved Bachelor Camera Camera Technician N/A
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1930 Morocco Camera Director of Photography 59
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1930 Morocco Camera Assistant Camera 59
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Crew
1970 Frédéric Crew Cinematography 58
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1966 J'y suis, j'y reste Crew Cinematography 58
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1940 No Census, No Feeling Crew Cinematography 59
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1939 Yes, We Have No Bonanza Crew Cinematography 59
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1939 A Ducking They Did Go Crew Cinematography 59
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1939 Three Little Sew and Sews Crew Cinematography 59
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1938 Flat Foot Stooges Crew Cinematography 59
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1938 Halfway to Hollywood Crew Cinematography N/A
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1938 Highway Patrol Crew Cinematography N/A
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1937 Cash and Carry Crew Cinematography 59
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1937 From Bad to Worse Crew Cinematography N/A
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1937 Devil's Playground Crew Cinematography 58
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