Edward Lachman, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer and director. Lachman is mostly associated with the American independent film movement, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes, Wim Wenders, Steven Soderbergh, Sofia Coppola and Paul Schrader
Known For
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Director of Photography
The Virgin Suicides
(1999)
Director of Photography
Dark Waters
(2019)
Director of Photography
Ken Park
(2002)
Director of Photography
Erin Brockovich
(2000)
Director of Photography
Carol
(2015)
Director of Photography
The Limey
(1999)
Director of Photography
El Conde
(2023)
Director of Photography
Hounddog
(2007)
Director of Photography
Wonderstruck
(2017)
Director of Photography
Selena
(1997)
Director of Photography
S1m0ne
(2002)
Director of Photography
Sweet November
(2001)
Director of Photography
Catchfire
(1990)
Director of Photography
Paradise: Love
(2012)
Director of Photography
My Family
(1995)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
America First
(1972)
Assistant Camera
The Lords of Flatbush
(1974)
Director of Photography
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
(1976)
Camera Operator and Assistant Camera
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
(1977)
Camera Operator and Director of Photography
Scalpel
(1977)
Director of Photography
The American Friend
(1977)
Assistant Camera
Stroszek
(1977)
Second Unit Director of Photography
Union City
(1980)
Director of Photography
Lightning Over Water
(1980)
Director of Photography
They All Laughed
(1981)
Camera Operator
The Little Wars
(1982)
Director of Photography
Split Cherry Tree
(1982)
Director of Photography
Huie's Sermon
(1983)
Camera Operator
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
(1984)
Director of Photography
Tokyo-Ga
(1985)
Director of Photography
Desperately Seeking Susan
(1985)
Director of Photography
Insignificance
(1985)
Additional Camera
R.A.B.L.
(1985)
Director of Photography
Stripper
(1985)
Director of Photography
Mother Teresa
(1986)
Director of Photography
True Stories
(1986)
Director of Photography
The Tender Age
(1986)
Director of Photography
Ornette: Made in America
(1986)
Director of Photography
The Day You Love Me
(1986)
Director of Photography
A Gathering of Old Men
(1987)
Director of Photography
Making Mr. Right
(1987)
Director of Photography
Less Than Zero
(1987)
Director of Photography
Catchfire
(1990)
Director of Photography
Songs for Drella
(1990)
Director of Photography
The Local Stigmatic
(1990)
Director of Photography
Protect me from what I want
(1990)
Director of Photography
London Kills Me
(1991)
Director of Photography
Mississippi Masala
(1991)
Director of Photography
Light Sleeper
(1992)
Director of Photography
Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint
(1992)
Director of Photography
My New Gun
(1992)
Director of Photography
My Family
(1995)
Director of Photography
Selena
(1997)
Director of Photography
Touch
(1997)
Director of Photography
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
(1998)
Director of Photography
The Virgin Suicides
(1999)
Director of Photography
The Limey
(1999)
Director of Photography
Erin Brockovich
(2000)
Director of Photography
Sweet November
(2001)
Director of Photography
Far from Heaven
(2002)
Director of Photography
Ken Park
(2002)
Director of Photography
S1m0ne
(2002)
Director of Photography
A Prairie Home Companion
(2006)
Director of Photography
The Music of Regret
(2006)
Director of Photography
I'm Not There
(2007)
Director of Photography
Import/Export
(2007)
Director of Photography
Hounddog
(2007)
Director of Photography
Collapse
(2009)
Director of Photography
Life During Wartime
(2010)
Director of Photography
Howl
(2010)
Director of Photography
About Jenny Holzer
(2011)
Director of Photography
Paradise: Love
(2012)
Director of Photography
Paradise: Faith
(2012)
Director of Photography
Dark Blood
(2012)
Director of Photography
Paradise: Hope
(2013)
Director of Photography
Six by Sondheim
(2013)
Director of Photography
Cathedrals of Culture
(2014)
Director of Photography
Carol
(2015)
Director of Photography
Wiener-Dog
(2016)
Director of Photography
Wonderstruck
(2017)
Director of Photography
Don't Blink: Robert Frank
(2017)
Director of Photography
Dark Waters
(2019)
Director of Photography
The Velvet Underground
(2021)
Director of Photography
El Conde
(2023)
Director of Photography
Acting
La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
(1977)
Self
Life in Boxes
(2017)
Self
Revisiting The Virgin Suicides
(2018)
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
(2020)
Self
Directing
The Last Trip to Harrisburg
(1984)
Director
Report from Hollywood
(1985)
Director
Imagining America
(1989)
Director
Songs for Drella
(1990)
Director
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
(1990)
Director
Protect me from what I want
(1990)
Director
Ken Park
(2002)
Director
Life for a Child
(2008)
Director