Conrad L. Hall | |
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![]() Hall at the 72nd Academy Awards | |
10 Nominations / 3 Wins | |
Role | Cinematographer |
Born | June 21, 1926 |
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia | |
Died | January 6, 2003 |
Conrad L. Hall was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He was best known for photographing films such as In Cold Blood, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Beauty, and Road to Perdition. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. Hall died in 2003 owing to complications from bladder cancer. 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.
Wins[]
- 42nd Academy Awards, 1969
- Best Cinematography — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The following was posthumous:
Nominations[]
- 38th Academy Awards, 1965
- Best Cinematography — Morituri
- 39th Academy Awards, 1966
- Best Cinematography — The Professionals
- 40th Academy Awards, 1967
- Best Cinematography — In Cold Blood
- 42nd Academy Awards, 1969
- Best Cinematography — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- 48th Academy Awards, 1975
- Best Cinematography — The Day of the Locust
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Cinematography — Tequila Sunrise
- 66th Academy Awards, 1993
- Best Cinematography — Seaching for Bobby Fischer
The following is posthumous: