Lucien Ballard

Lucien Ballard

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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…

Filmography

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My Kingdom For... ★ 7.0 My Kingdom For... 1985 Rabbit Test ★ 4.5 Rabbit Test 1978 From Noon Till Three ★ 5.9 From Noon Till Three 1976 Drum ★ 5.3 Drum 1976 St. Ives ★ 5.7 St. Ives 1976 Breakheart Pass ★ 6.6 Breakheart Pass 1975 Chat en poche ★ 7.0 Chat en poche 1975 Breakout ★ 6.3 Breakout 1975 The Three Stooges Follies ★ 9.0 The Three Stooges Follies 1974 Three the Hard Way ★ 6.3 Three the Hard Way 1974 Thomasine & Bushrod ★ 6.3 Thomasine & Bushrod 1974 Lady Ice ★ 5.0 Lady Ice 1973 The Getaway ★ 7.1 The Getaway 1972 Arruza ★ 6.8 Arruza 1972 Junior Bonner ★ 6.1 Junior Bonner 1972 What's the Matter with Helen? ★ 5.9 What's the Matter with Helen? 1971 Elvis: That's the Way It Is ★ 8.1 Elvis: That's the Way It Is 1970 The Hawaiians ★ 5.5 The Hawaiians 1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue ★ 7.0 The Ballad of Cable Hogue 1970 A Time for Dying ★ 6.4 A Time for Dying 1969 The Wild Bunch ★ 7.6 The Wild Bunch 1969 True Grit ★ 7.3 True Grit 1969 La Perruche et le Poulet ★ 7.1 La Perruche et le Poulet 1969 How Sweet It Is! ★ 7.2 How Sweet It Is! 1968 The Party ★ 7.3 The Party 1968 Will Penny ★ 6.7 Will Penny 1967 Hour of the Gun ★ 6.5 Hour of the Gun 1967 Noon Wine ★ 7.0 Noon Wine 1966 J'y suis, j'y reste ★ 10.0 J'y suis, j'y reste 1966 At Theatre Tonight ★ 7.0 At Theatre Tonight 1966 Nevada Smith ★ 6.7 Nevada Smith 1966 An Eye for an Eye ★ 7.4 An Eye for an Eye 1966 Boeing, Boeing ★ 6.3 Boeing, Boeing 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder ★ 7.1 The Sons of Katie Elder 1965 Dear Brigitte ★ 6.4 Dear Brigitte 1965 Roustabout ★ 6.0 Roustabout 1964 The New Interns ★ 4.8 The New Interns 1964 Take Her, She's Mine ★ 5.6 Take Her, She's Mine 1963 Wall of Noise ★ 4.1 Wall of Noise 1963 The Caretakers ★ 6.4 The Caretakers 1963 Ride the High Country ★ 7.1 Ride the High Country 1962 Susan Slade ★ 5.9 Susan Slade 1961 Ricochet Ricochet 1961 Marines, Let's Go ★ 7.0 Marines, Let's Go 1961 The Parent Trap ★ 7.0 The Parent Trap 1961 Desire in the Dust ★ 4.4 Desire in the Dust 1960 The Westerner ★ 7.0 The Westerner 1960 Pay or Die! ★ 7.5 Pay or Die! 1960 The Bramble Bush ★ 4.6 The Bramble Bush 1960 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond ★ 6.1 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond 1960 Law of the Plainsman ★ 7.3 Law of the Plainsman 1959 Al Capone ★ 6.6 Al Capone 1959 City of Fear ★ 6.3 City of Fear 1959 Black Saddle ★ 6.2 Black Saddle 1959 Murder by Contract ★ 6.8 Murder by Contract 1958 Anna Lucasta ★ 6.2 Anna Lucasta 1958 Buchanan Rides Alone ★ 6.6 Buchanan Rides Alone 1958 I Married a Woman ★ 6.4 I Married a Woman 1958 Band of Angels ★ 6.3 Band of Angels 1957 The Unholy Wife ★ 4.7 The Unholy Wife 1957 The King and Four Queens ★ 5.7 The King and Four Queens 1956 The Killing ★ 7.6 The Killing 1956 The Proud Ones ★ 6.5 The Proud Ones 1956 A Kiss Before Dying ★ 6.3 A Kiss Before Dying 1956 The Killer Is Loose ★ 6.7 The Killer Is Loose 1956 Seven Cities of Gold ★ 5.7 Seven Cities of Gold 1955 The Magnificent Matador ★ 6.0 The Magnificent Matador 1955 White Feather ★ 6.8 White Feather 1955 The Raid ★ 6.5 The Raid 1954 Prince Valiant ★ 6.1 Prince Valiant 1954 New Faces ★ 5.9 New Faces 1954 Inferno ★ 6.1 Inferno 1953 The Glory Brigade ★ 6.3 The Glory Brigade 1953 The Desert Rats ★ 6.3 The Desert Rats 1953 Night Without Sleep ★ 5.8 Night Without Sleep 1952 O. Henry's Full House ★ 6.8 O. Henry's Full House 1952 Don't Bother to Knock ★ 6.6 Don't Bother to Knock 1952 Diplomatic Courier ★ 6.2 Diplomatic Courier 1952 Return of the Texan ★ 6.7 Return of the Texan 1952 Fixed Bayonets! ★ 6.6 Fixed Bayonets! 1951