Why this filmmaker matters
Lucien Ballard has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1930–1975
- Known for
- Cinematographer
The essay
Reading Lucien Ballard
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Ballard set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Best known for
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Complete credits
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Sam Peckinpah
Director
6 shared titles · The Wild Bunch
Henry Hathaway
Director
5 shared titles · The Sons of Katie Elder
Steve McQueen
Actor
4 shared titles · Nevada Smith
Josef von Sternberg
Director
4 shared titles · Morocco
Blake Edwards
Director
4 shared titles · The Party
Ben Johnson
Actor
3 shared titles · The Wild Bunch
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Allan Weiss
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Roustabout
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
3 shared titles · Roustabout
R.G. Armstrong
Actor
2 shared titles · Ride the High Country
Slim Pickens
Actor
2 shared titles · The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Strother Martin
Actor
2 shared titles · The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
2 shared titles · Morocco
Genre profile
- Western7
- Drama7
- Thriller6
- Romance5
- Action5
- Comedy4
- Mystery3
- Crime3
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1930–1975
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.7
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0