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Lucien Ballard

Career: Active from 1930 to 1978, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: The Wild Bunch
87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
1964 · Nominated · 36th Academy Awards
The Caretakers
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 77 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lucien Ballard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Tech & Humanity
0.7, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 9
Moral Ambiguity 9
Classic Western 9
Character-Driven 8
Social Commentary 7
Classic Hollywood 6
Nostalgic 6
Coming-of-Age 5
Melodrama 5
Old West 4
Western 4
Classic Film 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

123

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

1 title

My Kingdom For...

Cinematography

1970s

18 titles · average score 56

From Noon Till Three

52

Director of Photography

Drum

33

Director of Photography

St. Ives

45

Director of Photography

Breakheart Pass

66

Director of Photography

Breakout

49

Director of Photography

Three the Hard Way

50

Director of Photography

The Getaway

64

Director of Photography

Junior Bonner

77

Director of Photography

What's the Matter with Helen?

54

Director of Photography

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

84

Director of Photography

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

87

Director of Photography

The Hawaiians

57

Director of Photography

1960s

29 titles · average score 64

True Grit

80

Director of Photography

The Wild Bunch

87

Director of Photography

The Party

75

Director of Photography

Hour of the Gun

63

Director of Photography

Will Penny

81

Director of Photography

Nevada Smith

58

Director of Photography

The Sons of Katie Elder

78

Director of Photography

Boeing, Boeing

66

Director of Photography

Roustabout

48

Director of Photography

Take Her, She's Mine

62

Director of Photography

Ride the High Country

84

Director of Photography

The Parent Trap

76

Director of Photography

1950s

30 titles · average score 65

Al Capone

63

Director of Photography

Murder by Contract

86

Director of Photography

The Killing

86

Director of Photography

A Kiss Before Dying

81

Director of Photography

The King and Four Queens

54

Director of Photography

The Killer Is Loose

66

Director of Photography

White Feather

64

Director of Photography

The Desert Rats

83

Director of Photography

Don't Bother to Knock

72

Director of Photography

O. Henry's Full House

69

Director of Photography

Let's Make It Legal

53

Director of Photography

The House on Telegraph Hill

65

Director of Photography

1940s

15 titles · average score 63

Berlin Express

71

Director of Photography

Night Song

63

Director of Photography

Temptation

58

Director of Photography

This Love of Ours

Director of Photography

The Lodger

67

Director of Photography

Holy Matrimony

69

Director of Photography

Tonight We Raid Calais

60

Director of Photography

Bomber's Moon

Director of Photography

Orchestra Wives

66

Director of Photography

The Undying Monster

54

Director of Photography

Wild Geese Calling

Director of Photography

The Villain Still Pursued Her

53

Director of Photography

1930s

29 titles · average score 69

Let Us Live

61

Director of Photography

Blind Alley

51

Director of Photography

Outside These Walls

Director of Photography

Violent Is the Word for Curly

74

Director of Photography

Penitentiary

Director of Photography

Life Begins with Love

Director of Photography

The Shadow

Director of Photography

Craig's Wife

83

Director of Photography

The King Steps Out

67

Director of Photography

The Devil Is a Woman

63

Director of Photography

Crime and Punishment

69

Director of Photography

Morocco

75

Assistant Camera, Director of Photography

1920s

1 title · average score 61

Dangerous Curves

61

Production Assistant