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Lionel Lindon is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 2 september 1905 at San Francisco (USA)
Lionel Lindon, A.S.C., né le 2 septembre 1905 à San Francisco (Californie, États-Unis) et mort le 20 septembre 1971 à Los Angeles — Quartier de Van Nuys (Californie, États-Unis), est un directeur de la photographie américain.
Il obtient deux nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, dont un gagné (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompense" ci-dessous).
Durant sa carrière, Lionel Lindon est également très actif à la télévision, où il officie comme directeur de la photographie entre 1953 et 1971 (année de sa mort), sur trente-neuf séries (ex. : Alfred Hitchcock présente, L'Homme de fer, Laramie) et huit téléfilms, dont un documentaire — voir la filmographie sélective qui suit —.
(1956)
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(1966)
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(1944)
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(1958)
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(1950)
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Lionel Lindon
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 september 1905 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 20 september 1971 (at 66 years) at Van Nuys (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 2 september 1905 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 20 september 1971 (at 66 years) at Van Nuys (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Biography
Lionel Lindon débute comme chef opérateur en 1943 et contribue à ce titre à soixante-dix films américains (dont des westerns), les trois derniers sortis en 1969. Parmi les réalisateurs avec lesquels il collabore, citons John Frankenheimer (ex. : Un crime dans la tête en 1962, avec Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey), Edward Ludwig (ex. : Le Trésor des Caraïbes en 1952, avec Arlene Dahl, John Payne), George Marshall (ex. : Le Dahlia bleu en 1946, avec Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake) et Irving Pichel (ex. : A Medal for Benny en 1945, avec Dorothy Lamour et Arturo de Córdova), entre autres.Il obtient deux nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, dont un gagné (voir la rubrique "Nominations et récompense" ci-dessous).
Durant sa carrière, Lionel Lindon est également très actif à la télévision, où il officie comme directeur de la photographie entre 1953 et 1971 (année de sa mort), sur trente-neuf séries (ex. : Alfred Hitchcock présente, L'Homme de fer, Laramie) et huit téléfilms, dont un documentaire — voir la filmographie sélective qui suit —.
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Ritual of Evil (1970)
Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Louis Jourdan, Anne Baxter, Diana Hyland, John McMartin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Belinda Montgomery
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Sorrell (Jourdan) treats a young heiress (Belinda Montgomery) whose parents have died under mysterious circumstances. His investigation uncovers a cult, led by a powerful witch (Diana Hyland). Things grow complicated as Sorrell and the witch fall in love.
Pendulum (1969)
, 1h42Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Peppard, Jean Seberg, Richard Kiley, Charles McGraw, Madeleine Sherwood, Frank Marth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
À Washington DC, le capitaine de police Frank Matthews a arrêté le meurtrier et violeur Paul Sanderson. Lors de son procès, son avocat W. W. King plaide le vice de forme, alléguant que son client n'a pas été informé de ses droits constitutionnels et la Cour suprême relaxe Sanderson au grand dam de Frank. Parallèlement, ce dernier soupçonne sa femme Adèle d'avoir une liaison avec un homme marié. Pendant qu'il s'est absenté pour se rendre à un colloque à Baltimore, sa femme en profite pour retrouver son amant Brooks Elliot, un ex-petit ami devenu sénateur. Le couple est abattu alors qu'il se trouvait au lit. Frank est le premier suspecté et, malgré son recours à un avocat, le même avocat qui avait défendu Sanderson, il est appréhendé. Pour lui, la culpabilité de Sanderson ne fait aucun doute. Il réussit à s'échapper et va retrouver Sanderson dans sa résidence en Pennsylvanie. Lors de leur affrontement, il réussit à obtenir ses aveux et au moment où Sanderson s'apprête à le tuer, Madame Sanderson mère l'en empêche. Innocenté et de retour à Washington, Frank doute de ses lendemains dans la police.
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
, 1h20Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres War, Fantastic, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Juano Hernández, Mickey Rooney, Jack Carter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating34%
A ghostly British naval officer(Niven) persuades four members of the American navy to launch an attack on Japanese positions, hoping to redeem the family honor and his own tattered record from the First World War. He had been condemned to sail the seas forever after falling down drunk before his first battle in the Great War. With his typical luck he actually succeeds in sinking a Japanese naval vessel -- *after* it had officially surrendered to the US Navy. As a result, he is seen again consigned to sailing his ship forever, this time in a children's amusement park lake, to await another chance at redemption.
Grand Prix (1966)
, 2h59Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Jessica Walter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
The story follows the fate of four Formula One drivers through a fictionalised version of the 1966 Formula One season:
, 1h39Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Elke Sommer, Phyllis Diller, Marjorie Lord, Cesare Danova, Barry Kelley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
A gorgeous French actress named Didi (Elke Sommer) has become more famous for commercials involving bubble baths than for acting. Fed up with the situation, she winds up running away for a while to Oregon, where she encounters a middle-aged married realtor (Bob Hope) who quickly becomes extremely anxious to explore their acquaintance further.
, 1h44Directed by Bernard Girard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Robert Webber
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Con man Eli Kotch (James Coburn) charms his way into a parole by playing on the emotions of a pretty psychologist (Marian McCargo), but drops her at the first opportunity to move around the country, romancing women and then stealing their possessions, or those of their employers. He's made a down payment on the blueprints to a bank at Los Angeles International Airport, but needs to raise $85,000 to complete the purchase.
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
, 1h52Directed by Ida Lupino
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about religion
Actors Hayley Mills, Rosalind Russell, June Harding, Binnie Barnes, Marge Redmond, Camilla Sparv
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
The movie is set at St. Francis Academy (also the name of the school in Sister Act 2), a fictional all-girls Catholic boarding school in Pennsylvania, operated by an order of nuns. Rosalind Russell plays the Mother Superior, who spends the movie at odds with Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills), a rebellious teenager, and her misery-loves-company friend Rachel Devry (June Harding). The episodic storyline follows the young women through their sophomore, junior and senior high-school years. After spending much of the film resenting the authority of the Mother Superior, Mary receives the "call" senior year and, after graduation, remains at the school in the novitiate of the order.
See How They Run (1964)
, 1h40Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors John Forsythe, Senta Berger, Jane Wyatt, Pamela Franklin, Franchot Tone, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating80%
Three orphans head for the US, unknowingly carrying important evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which has just murdered their father. The cartel is desperate to retrieve the evidence.
All Fall Down (1962)
, 1h51Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon deWilde, Constance Ford
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Berry-Berry Willart (Beatty) is a young, handsome hedonistic drifter who hates life and who has no trouble living off the women of all ages he seduces. When the women become too attached to him, his charm turns sadistic and frequently lands him in jail for battery. Berry-Berry is always on the road far from home, is rarely seen by his drunken father Ralph (Karl Malden), his controlling, manipulative mother, Annabel (Angela Lansbury), and his sixteen-year-old brother Clinton (Brandon deWilde). The story follows Clinton, who idolizes Berry-Berry but soon finds out his brother's darker side during the many times he has to bail Berry-Berry out of jail. Clinton is in love with a family friend, Echo O'Brien (Saint), and is forced to realize the type of person his brother is when Berry-Berry tragically sets his sights on Echo.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
, 2h3Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Themes Films about altered memories, Assassinat, Spy films, Films about families, Politique, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory
Roles Director of Photography
Rating78%
During the Korean War, the Soviets capture a U.S. platoon and take them to Manchuria in Communist China. Some days later, all but two of the soldiers return to U.S. lines and Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw is credited with saving their lives in combat. Upon the recommendation of the platoon's commander, Captain Bennett Marco, Raymond is awarded the Medal of Honor for his reported heroism. When asked to describe him, Marco and the other soldiers automatically respond, "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life." Deep down, however, they know that Shaw is a cold, sad, unsympathetic loner.
Too Late Blues (1961)
, 1h43Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards, Seymour Cassel, Nick Dennis, John Cassavetes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
"Ghost" Wakefield is the leader of a struggling jazz band. At a party he meets the attractive singer Jess, who is in a relationship with the Ghost's agent, Benny. At Ghost's insistence she becomes a member of the band, and he begins a relationship with her, antagonizing Benny.
The Young Savages (1961)
, 1h43Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas, Vivian Nathan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Danny Di Pace (Stanley Kristien), Arthur Reardon (John Davis Chandler) and Anthony "Batman" Aposto (Neil Nephew) are members of a street gang named the Thunderbirds in New York City in East Harlem. They have an ongoing turf war with a Puerto Rican gang called the Horsemen. The three Thunderbirds unleash a knife attack on Roberto Escalante (José Pérez), a blind member of the Horsemen and stab him to death. They are caught and arrested, and during questioning by the police, assistant district attorney Hank Bell (Burt Lancaster) discovers one of the boys is the son of Mary diPace (Shelley Winters), an ex-girlfriend.
Alias Jesse James (1959)
, 1h32Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about families, Jesse James, Gangster films
Actors Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Will Wright, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Mary Young
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
Milford Farnsworth (Hope) is a bumbling insurance agent who unknowingly sells a life insurance policy to the outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Farnsworth is sent out West to protect the insurance company's investment by "protecting" James.
I Want to Live! (1958)
, 2hDirected by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Theodore Bikel, Virginia Vincent, Wesley Lau, Philip Coolidge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Hayward) a prostitute and convicted perjurer. Graham is the product of a broken home, and works luring men into fixed card games.
The Big Caper (1957)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory, Corey Allen, Paul Picerni, Robert H. Harris
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
His portion of the loot from a recent heist squandered, minor-league criminal Frank Harper talks his boss, Flood, into a more lucrative project: on the weekend before a Monday payday, break into a San Felipe, California bank, which will be holding a million-dollar payroll for the Marine Base at Camp Pendleton. Flood plans the operation, sending his moll Kay with Frank to become established in the community at San Felipe and to lay the groundwork for the heist.