Conrad Hall
Born	Conrad Lafcadio Hall June 21, 1926(1926-06-21) Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Died	January 4, 2003 (aged 76) Santa Monica, California
Other names	Connie
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1958–2003
Title	ASC
Spouse(s)	Katharine Ross (1969–1975) [1] Virginia Schwartz Susan Kowarsh-Hall (c. 2003)
Children	Conrad W. Hall
Awards	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 American Beauty 1999 Road to Perdition 2002

Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films, such as Morituri, The Professionals, In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Day of the Locust, Tequila Sunrise, Searching for Bobby Fischer, A Civil Action, American Beauty and Road to Perdition, which garned him several awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. Sam Mendes, the director of Road to Perdition, dedicated the film to Hall.

Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Filmography 4.1 Cinematographer 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Early life and career

Born in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Hall was the son of writer James Norman Hall^[2] and Sarah (Lala) Winchester Hall, who was part-Polynesian. Hall attended the University of Southern California, intending to study journalism, but drifted instead to the university's cinema school, from which he graduated in 1949. He worked on documentaries, in television (The Outer Limits) and minor films (including cult classic Incubus), and as a studio camera operator before moving up to cinematographer in major studio films in the mid-1960s.

Hall received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002) (the last two directed by friend Sam Mendes). The thirty-year gap between his first two Oscars is a record for this award.

Additionally, Hall was nominated for Morituri (1965), The Professionals (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), The Day of the Locust (1975), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and A Civil Action (1998). Other credits include Divorce American Style (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Day of the Locust (1975), Marathon Man (1975) and Love Affair (1994).

[edit] Personal life

Hall married three times, to Katharine Ross from 1969–1975, Virginia Schwartz, whom he had three children with, and Susan Kowarsh-Hall until his death. He has four children, Conrad W. Hall, Nancy Hall Rutgers, an actress, Kate Hall-Feist, also an actress and screenwriter, and Naia Hall-West.^[3]

[edit] Death

Hall died in 2003 owing to complications from bladder cancer at the Santa Monica Hospital.^[4] His Oscar for Road to Perdition (2002), which is dedicated to Hall, was posthumous and was accepted by his son Conrad W. Hall, also a cinematographer.

Hall was and still is affectionately referred to as "Connie" by his peers and associates.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Cinematographer

• Road to Perdition (2002)
• American Beauty (1999)
• A Civil Action (1998)
• Without Limits (1998)
• Love Affair (1994)
• Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
• Jennifer Eight (1992)
• Class Action (1991)
• Tequila Sunrise (1988)
• Black Widow (1987)
• It Happened One Christmas (1977) (TV)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Smile (1975)
• The Day of the Locust (1975)
• Catch My Soul (1974)
• Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
• Fat City (1972)
• The Happy Ending (1969)
• Trilogy (1969)
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Hell in the Pacific (1968)
• In Cold Blood (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• Divorce American Style (1967)
• The Professionals (1966)
• Harper (1966)
• Morituri (1965)
• Incubus (1965)

[edit] Television

• ABC Stage 67 (1966)
• The Outer Limits (1963)
• Stoney Burke (1963)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Conrad L. Hall at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Conrad Hall
• American Society of Cinematographers (ASC)

Persondata
NAME	Hall, Conrad, A.S.C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hall, Conrad L.
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cinematographer
DATE OF BIRTH	1926-6-21
PLACE OF BIRTH	Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
DATE OF DEATH	2003-1-4
PLACE OF DEATH	Santa Monica, California