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