Walter Lassally

Director Of Photography

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Birth Place

Berlin, DE

Born

December 18, 1926

Biography

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Award-winning cinematographer who found his stride with the emergence of the British Free Cinema movement. Like many of the directors with whom he worked--Lindsay Anderson (on the acclaimed documentary shorts "Wakefield Express" 1952 and "Thursday's Children" 1953, among others) Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson--Lassally contributed to "alternative" journals such as "Film" in the 1950s, prov...

Filmography

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Before Midnight (2013)

How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)

The Man Upstairs (1992)

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Diary of a Madman (1991)

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The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe (1991)

Director Of Photography

Fragments of Isabella (1989)

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Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I Should Teach Him Some New Songs

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) There's LIttle Hope

Biography

Award-winning cinematographer who found his stride with the emergence of the British Free Cinema movement. Like many of the directors with whom he worked--Lindsay Anderson (on the acclaimed documentary shorts "Wakefield Express" 1952 and "Thursday's Children" 1953, among others) Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson--Lassally contributed to "alternative" journals such as "Film" in the 1950s, proving an articulate champion of personal, low-budget filmmaking. He has been involved in a series of independent production companies, and worked with Greek director Michael Cacoyannis on half a dozen films including "A Girl in Black" (1956), "Electra" (1961) and "Zorba the Greek" (1964), the latter of which won him an Oscar. Lassally has done likewise on a number of Ismail Merchant/James Ivory features, including "Savages" (1972), "Heat and Dust" (1983) and "The Bostonians" (1984). He has continued bringing his beautifully clear and crisp style and his commitment to small-scale, independent international filmmaking, lensing such films in recent years as "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" (1991).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Before Midnight (2013)

How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran (1978)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Man Upstairs (1992)

Director Of Photography

Diary of a Madman (1991)

Director Of Photography

The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe (1991)

Director Of Photography

Fragments of Isabella (1989)

Director Of Photography

Kamilla og tyven II (1989)

Director Of Photography

The Deceivers (1988)

Director Of Photography

The Perfect Murder (1988)

Director Of Photography

Indian Summer (1987)

Director Of Photography

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)

Director Of Photography

Stone Pillow (1985)

Director Of Photography

The Bostonians (1984)

Director Of Photography

Children in the Crossfire (1984)

Director Of Photography (Ireland)

Heat and Dust (1983)

Director Of Photography

Private School (1983)

Director Of Photography

The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1983)

Director Of Photography

Tuxedo Warrior (1982)

Director Of Photography

Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)

Director Of Photography

Engel aus Eisen (1981)

Director Of Photography

Der Preis furs uberleben (1980)

Director Of Photography

The Blood of Hussain (1980)

Director Of Photography

Gauguin the Savage (1980)

Director Of Photography

Something Short of Paradise (1979)

Director Of Photography

Too Far to Go (1979)

Director Of Photography

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1979)

Director Of Photography

The Pilot (1979)

Director Of Photography

Die Frau Gegenuber (1978)

Director Of Photography

The Great Bank Hoax (1977)

Director Of Photography

Morgensterne (1977)

Director Of Photography

Pleasantville (1976)

Director Of Photography

Ernst Fuchs (1976)

Director Of Photography

Fluchtversuch (1976)

Director Of Photography

Ansichten Eines Clowns (1975)

Director Of Photography

Autobiography of a Princess (1975)

Director Of Photography

The Wild Party (1975)

Director Of Photography

Carved in Ivory (1974)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Apres le vent des sables (1974)

Director Of Photography

The Seaweed Children (1973)

Director Of Photography

Visions of Eight (1973)

Cinematographer

Bilocation (1973)

Director Of Photography

Happy Mother's Day... Love, George (1973)

Director Of Photography

To Kill a Clown (1972)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Can Horses Sing? (1971)

Cinematographer

Something for Everyone (1970)

Cinematographer

The Olympics in Mexico (1970)

Director of Photography

The Adding Machine (1969)

Director of Photography

3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Oedipus the King (1968)

Director of Photography

The Day the Fish Came Out (1967)

Director of Photography

Madalena (1965)

Director of Photography

Zorba the Greek (1964)

Director of Photography

Psyche 59 (1964)

Director of Photography

Tom Jones (1963)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

Director of Photography

A Taste of Honey (1962)

Director of Photography

Wild for Kicks (1961)

Director of Photography

A Matter of Dignity (1960)

Director Of Photography

We Are the Lambeth Boys (1958)

Cinematographer

A Girl in Black (1956)

Director Of Photography

Momma Don't Allow (1955)

Director Of Photography

The Passing Stranger (1954)

Cinematographer

Thursday's Children (1953)

Director Of Photography

The Pleasure Garden (1953)

Director Of Photography

This Was a Woman (1948)

Camera Assistant

Things Happen at Night (1948)

Camera Assistant

Editing (Feature Film)

House of Blackmail (1953)

Assistant Editor

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Requiem For a Village (1977)

Additional Photography

Foot and Mouth (1955)

Wakefield Express (1952)

Three Installations (1952)

Cinematography (Special)

My Africa (1988)

Director Of Photography

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)

Director Of Photography

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1984)

Director Of Photography

The Mysterious Stranger (1982)

Director Of Photography

Life on the Mississippi (1980)

Director Of Photography

Misc. Crew (Special)

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1984)

Cinematography (Short)

Every Day Except Christmas (1957)

Director Of Photography

Film Production - Main (Short)

The Children Upstairs (1955)

A Hundred Thousand Children (1955)

Green and Pleasant Land (1955)

Life Events

1939

Settled in England

Videos

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) I Should Teach Him Some New Songs First scene with Sophie (Susannah York), returned from two years in London, for whom Albert Finney (title character) has captured a thrush, only to see it released by his prissy rival Blifil (David Warner) in Tony Richardson's Tom Jones, 1963.

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) There's LIttle Hope Quickening events as Tom (Albert Finney) learns from Blifil (David Warner) of the accident, and both attend the deathbed of Squire Allworthy (George Devine), who fails to die in Tony Richardson's Tom Jones, 1963.

Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) You've Got To Run Opening with Smith (Tom Courtenay) beginning his voice-over, credits, then en route to the borstal, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962, from Alan Sillitoe's story and screenplay.

Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Do Your Worst The "Guv'nor" (Michael Redgrave) with staff, receiving new inmates including Bosworth (John Thaw, later TV's Inspector Morse) and Smith (Tom Courtenay), then briefing new house master Brown (Alec McCowen), in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Stacey's Gone Away Borstal boys overseen by Craig (Ray Austin) and Fenton (Anthony Sagar) stage a mess hall brawl, later reviewed by the Governor (Michael Redgrave) and staff, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) And Did Those Feet... Reformatory governor (Michael Redgrave) scolding his charges before a concert, Smith (Tom Courtenay) et al finishing with "Blake's Jerusalem," as a colleague is apprehended, in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) I'm The Gaffer Now First the Governor (Michael Redgrave) giving a tour, then inmate Smith (Tom Courtenay) in a flashback, featuring his mother (Avis Bunnage) and her boyfriend (Raymond Dyer), in Tony Richardson's The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner, 1962.

Taste Of Honey, A (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Perhaps The Self-Same Song Teacher (Eunice Black) reading Keats' Ode To A Nightingale, then attacking pupil Jo (Rita Tushingham), who escapes and meets again sailor Jimmy (Paul Danquah), along the Manchester ship canal, in Tony Richardson's A Taste Of Honey, 1962.

Taste Of Honey, A (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Another Flit Joining the opening sequence, mom Helen (Dora Bryan) and young Jo (Rita Tushingham), scarpering from their flat in Salford, outside Manchester, from Tony Richardson's A Taste Of Honey, 1962.

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Our Hero The wacky opening to Tony Richardson's Tom Jones 1963, in which Squire Allworthy (George Devine) arrives home and subtitles begin the scandalous story.

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Whatever High Ideals Tom (Albert Finney) and "Mrs. Waters" (Joyce Redman), who may be his forgotten adoptive mother, in the famous lascivious dinner scene from Tony Richardson's Best Picture-winning adaptation of the Henry Fielding novel, Tom Jones, 1963.

Tom Jones (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Let Dogs Delight Michael MacLiammoirr's narration introduces a scene at church which devolves into mayhen with Tom (Albert Finney) rescuing Molly (Diane Cilento) in Tony Richardson's Tom Jones, 1963.

Psyche 59 - (Original Trailer) A wife (Patricia Neal) with psychosomatic blindness suspects her husband is involved with her younger sister in Psyche 59 (1964).

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