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Walter Lassally is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography Allemand born on 18 december 1926 at Berlin (German)
Walter Lassally (born 18 December 1926) is a German-born British cinematographer.
Lassally was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved to England in 1939. He was closely associated with the Free cinema movement in the 1950s, and the British New Wave in the early 1960s. He also worked with Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis between 1956 and 1967, and with James Ivory in the 1970s and 1980s. He now lives near Chania in Crete, where he shot Zorba the Greek in 1963.
His autobiography, Itinerant Cameraman, was published in 1987.
He made his debut as an actor in Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (2013), where he plays an older British writer settled in Greece.
En 1956, il est directeur de la photographie d'un film grec de Michael Cacoyannis, La Fille en noir. Par la suite, il mène une partie de sa carrière en Grèce, aux côtés de divers réalisateurs, dont Cacoyannis. Zorba le Grec, film américano-grec bien connu de ce dernier (1964, avec Anthony Quinn, Irène Papas et Alan Bates), permet à Walter Lassally de gagner l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie en 1965. Il vit retiré en Crète, où s'est déroulé le tournage de Zorba le Grec.
Associé au courant britannique dit 'Free cinema', autour de 1960, à travers des documentaires et des fictions, il est ainsi chef opérateur sur deux films emblématiques de ce courant, Un goût de miel (1961) et La Solitude du coureur de fond (1962, avec Tom Courtenay et Michael Redgrave), tous deux réalisés par Tony Richardson, qu'il retrouve par ailleurs. En outre, à partir de 1972, il entame une fructueuse collaboration avec le réalisateur américain James Ivory, qui s'achève en 1984 sur Les Bostoniennes (avec Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave et Jessica Tandy). Un autre film d'Ivory, Chaleur et Poussière (1983, avec Christopher Cazenove, Greta Scacchi et Julian Glover) lui vaut d'obtenir une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure photographie.
Walter Lassally officie également dans son pays natal à compter de 1972, sur quelques films et téléfilms, jusqu'en 1991. Au long de sa carrière, comme directeur de la photographie, il contribue en tout à quatre-vingt-un films (le dernier, turc, sorti en 2001) et, pour la télévision, à six séries et seize téléfilms (entre 1958 et 1995).
Enfin, il est l'auteur d'une autobiographie publiée en 1987 (ci-après référencée).
Ouvrage
1987 : Itinerant Cameraman, John Murray Publishers, Londres, 258 p., autobiographie.
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(1964)
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Nationality German
Birth 18 december 1926 at Berlin (German)
Death 23 october 2017 (at 90 years)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 18 december 1926 at Berlin (German)
Death 23 october 2017 (at 90 years)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Walter Lassally (born 18 December 1926) is a German-born British cinematographer.
Lassally was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved to England in 1939. He was closely associated with the Free cinema movement in the 1950s, and the British New Wave in the early 1960s. He also worked with Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis between 1956 and 1967, and with James Ivory in the 1970s and 1980s. He now lives near Chania in Crete, where he shot Zorba the Greek in 1963.
His autobiography, Itinerant Cameraman, was published in 1987.
He made his debut as an actor in Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (2013), where he plays an older British writer settled in Greece.
Biography
Fuyant l'Allemagne nazie, ses parents et lui se réfugient au Royaume-Uni en juin 1939. Aussi, Walter Lassally débute au cinéma comme premier assistant opérateur en 1947, sur trois films britanniques. À partir de 1951 et durant quelques années, il est chef opérateur de plusieurs courts métrages documentaires, réalisés notamment par Lindsay Anderson ; ses deux premiers longs métrages de fiction à ce poste, britanniques toujours, sortent en 1954.En 1956, il est directeur de la photographie d'un film grec de Michael Cacoyannis, La Fille en noir. Par la suite, il mène une partie de sa carrière en Grèce, aux côtés de divers réalisateurs, dont Cacoyannis. Zorba le Grec, film américano-grec bien connu de ce dernier (1964, avec Anthony Quinn, Irène Papas et Alan Bates), permet à Walter Lassally de gagner l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie en 1965. Il vit retiré en Crète, où s'est déroulé le tournage de Zorba le Grec.
Associé au courant britannique dit 'Free cinema', autour de 1960, à travers des documentaires et des fictions, il est ainsi chef opérateur sur deux films emblématiques de ce courant, Un goût de miel (1961) et La Solitude du coureur de fond (1962, avec Tom Courtenay et Michael Redgrave), tous deux réalisés par Tony Richardson, qu'il retrouve par ailleurs. En outre, à partir de 1972, il entame une fructueuse collaboration avec le réalisateur américain James Ivory, qui s'achève en 1984 sur Les Bostoniennes (avec Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave et Jessica Tandy). Un autre film d'Ivory, Chaleur et Poussière (1983, avec Christopher Cazenove, Greta Scacchi et Julian Glover) lui vaut d'obtenir une nomination au British Academy Film Award de la meilleure photographie.
Walter Lassally officie également dans son pays natal à compter de 1972, sur quelques films et téléfilms, jusqu'en 1991. Au long de sa carrière, comme directeur de la photographie, il contribue en tout à quatre-vingt-un films (le dernier, turc, sorti en 2001) et, pour la télévision, à six séries et seize téléfilms (entre 1958 et 1995).
Enfin, il est l'auteur d'une autobiographie publiée en 1987 (ci-après référencée).
Ouvrage
1987 : Itinerant Cameraman, John Murray Publishers, Londres, 258 p., autobiographie.
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Before Midnight (2013)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Linklater
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Walter Lassally, Ariane Labed
Roles Patrick
Rating78%
Nine years have passed since Before Sunset. Jesse and Céline have become a couple and parents to twin girls. Jesse struggles to maintain his relationship with his teenage son, Hank, who lives in Chicago with Jesse's ex-wife. After Hank spends the summer with Jesse and Céline on the Greek Peloponnese peninsula, Jesse drops him off at the airport to fly home. Jesse is a successful novelist, while Céline is at a career crossroads, considering a job with the French government.
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The Man Upstairs (1992)
, 1h31Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Ryan O'Neal, Henry Beckman, Helena Carroll, Brenda Forbes, Florence Paterson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
The Man Upstairs (1992)
, 1h31Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Ryan O'Neal, Henry Beckman, Helena Carroll, Brenda Forbes, Tom McBeath
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
, 1h40Directed by Simon Callow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton, Earl Hindman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
The Deceivers (1988)
, 1h42Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Dalip Tahil, Shashi Kapoor, Shanmukha Srinivas, Keith Michell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
The film takes place in 1825 India. The country is being ravaged by Thuggees, a Kali-worshiping cult also known as "Deceivers," who commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by their activities, English Captain William Savage undertakes a dangerous mission in which he disguises himself, and infiltrates the Thugee cult. At constant risk of betrayal and vengeance, Captain Savage undergoes a disturbing psychological transformation, experiencing the cult's insatiable bloodlust for himself. The film was shot in various locations around the arid steppe region in northwestern India.
The Perfect Murder (1988)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Madhur Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Annu Kapoor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. His wife is generally disgruntled and wants a better life. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic expert, Axel Svennson. Axel is thrilled to get a closer look at the working of the Bombay Police, but realizes that Ghote may not be one of their best police officers. When their friendship develops, he gets invited to Ghote's house, and meets Pratima. Their investigation, though prima facie simple enough, takes them through turns and twists that both had not expected - including corridors of power and corruption - and finally to the conclusion and the unmasking of the culprit(s) behind this incident.
, 1h35Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Charles Frank
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Margaret Delafield, a rich elderly lady and widow of Spaulding 'Spud' Delafield (an unseen character),is rushed to hospital. She is not expected to survive, and her two sons and daughter gathering at her bedside are more concerned with their expected inheritance. Her doctor, Dr Marvin Elias, encourages her to fight. Margaret makes a full recovery and returns home to a welcome party for family and friends.
Stone Pillow (1985)
Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lucille Ball, Daphne Zuniga, William Converse-Roberts, Stephen Lang, Rebecca Schull, Anna Maria Horsford
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Carrie Lange (Daphne Zuniga) has just begun her career in social work. She wants to make a difference but must first learn what life is really like for New York City's homeless. She meets an elderly woman named Florabelle (Ball), who makes it known she does not want company or help. Equipped with the precious cart that contains all of her belongings, Flora takes care of herself on the streets of Manhattan. Carrie wins Flora's trust after saving her cart. Flora takes her for a runaway, and Carrie plays along as Flora finds her the best food and warmest places the street have to offer. Flora even divulges painful memories about her past life. They go to Grand Central Station for the night, but are separated after the police throw everyone out. Flora looks for Carrie at a shelter and is stunned to find her working there. She feels she has been betrayed. Against her will, Flora is shuttled off to a woman's shelter in Brooklyn, where she is treated poorly, and then must find her way back to Manhattan. Finding compassion difficult to come by even in those within her profession, Carrie decides she can make a difference one person at a time. Finally realizing she cannot go on living the way she does, Flora accepts Carrie's helping hand. Through Carrie's intervention, for the first time in years, Flora has a place to call home.
The Bostonians (1984)
, 2h2Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
À Boston, à la fin du XIX siècle, Olive, femme mûre et fortunée, austère et timide, célibataire, militante féministe, tente de s'approprier Verena, jeune femme ravissante et vive, possédant de remarquables dons d'oratrice, dons exploités par son père lors de soirées mondaines vouées à la cause des femmes. Olive accueille Verena chez elle, l'éduque, lui permet de vivre dans un cadre luxueux tout en l'y maintenant prisonnière. Olive est clairement et secrètement amoureuse de Verena. Mais celle-ci n'est pas insensible au charme d'un cousin d'Olive, journaliste ambitieux, épris d'elle au premier regard mais peu favorable aux idées d'émancipation des femmes. Verena va longtemps hésiter entre son penchant pour son soupirant tenace et sa reconnaissance envers Olive. Mais l'amour des deux jeunes gens l'emporte et Olive reprend avec un succès inattendu le flambeau de la cause des femmes.
Heat and Dust (1983)
, 2h13Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Christopher Cazenove, Susan Fleetwood, Zakir Hussain
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In 1982, Anne, an English woman, intrigued by the fate of her great-aunt Olivia, whose letters and diary she has inherited, interviews the elderly Harry Hamilton-Paul, who in his youth was Olivia's close friend when they were both living in India.
Private School (1983)
, 1h28Directed by Noel Black
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Sylvia Kristel, Fran Ryan, Michael Zorek
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
Christine "Chris" Ramsey (Phoebe Cates) lies in bed narrating a trashy romance novel to Betsy (Kathleen Wilhoite), her roommate at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls. Meanwhile, three students of the nearby Freemount Academy for Men, including Jim Green (Matthew Modine) and his overweight, slobbish friend Bubba (Michael Zorek), sneak into Cherryvale to peek on the girls. Jordan Leigh-Jenson (Betsy Russell), showering at the time, sees that the boys are peering at her and enlists Chris and Betsy's help to drive them away; the three boys fall off the side of the building. In response to being disturbed, the roommates light a bag of feces on fire and put it in front of Jordan's door.
The Price of Survival (1981)
, 1h43Directed by Hans Noever
Genres Drama
Actors Michel Piccoli
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Angels of Iron (1981)
, 1h45Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hilmar Thate, Katharina Thalbach, Karin Baal, Ilse Pagé, Klaus Pohl, Hanns Zischler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)
, 1h55Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Julie Christie, Christopher Guard, Nigel Hawthorne, John Franklyn-Robbins, Rowena Cooper, Barbara Hicks
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
The Blood of Hussain (1980)
, 1h52Origin Pakistan
Genres Drama
Actors Khayyam Sarhadi, Kika Markham, Samina Peerzada, Samina Peerzada
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
The film is about the life and death of Hussain, the youngest son of a Pakistani family. He meets a holy soothsayer who foretells his destiny, which is to liberate the poor and oppressed against a tyrannical government. The struggle parallels that of Imam Hussain of the 7th century who was martyred by Yazid I, the Umayyad Caliph.