Walter Lassally Biography (1926-)

Born December 18, 1926, in Berlin, Germany; immigrated to England, 1939. Addresses: Contact: International Photographers, 7715 Sunset Blvd., Suite300, Hollywood, CA 90046.

Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupation: cinematographer
Birth Details: December 18, 1926; Berlin, Germany

Famous Works

Credits; Film Work; Cinematographer Of Full-length Films
The Passing Stranger, Independent Film Distributors/British Lion,1954.
Together, Connoisseur, 1956.
Electra, Lopert Pictures, 1962.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (also known as Rebelwith a Cause), Continental Distributing, 1962.
A Taste of Honey, Continental Distributing, 1962.
Tom Jones, Lopert Pictures, 1963.
Psyche Fifty-nine, Columbia/Royal, 1964.
Zorba the Greek, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.
Madalena, Greek Motion Pictures, 1965.
The Day the Fish Came Out, International Classics, 1967.
Joanna, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968.
Oedipus the King, Universal, 1968.
The Adding Machine, Regal Films, 1969.
Three into Two Won't Go, Universal, 1969.
Something for Everyone (also known as The Rook; released inEngland as Black Flowers for the Bride), National General Pictures, 1970.
Le Mans (uncredited; filmed racetrack sequences), National GeneralPictures, 1971.
Lola (released in England as Twinky), American International Pictures, 1971.
Savages, Angelika Films, 1972.
To Kill a Clown, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.
Happy Mother's Day ... Love George (also known as Run, Stranger, Run), Cinema 5, 1973.
Malachi's Cove (also known as The Seaweed Children), ImpactQuadrant, 1973.
The Wild Party, American International Pictures, 1975.
Autobiography of a Princess, Merchant-Ivory Productions, 1975.
Pleasantville, Visions, 1976.
Ansichten eines Clowns (also known as The Clown), Constantin, 1976.
The Great Bank Hoax (also known as The Great Georgia Bank Hoax and Shenanigans), Jacoby, 1977.
Die Frau gegenuber (also known as Woman across the Way), DNS-Film, 1978.
The Pilot, Summit, 1979.
Something Short of Paradise, American International Pictures, 1979.
The Blood of Hussain, Cinegate, 1980.
Der Preis furs uberleben (also known as The Price for Survival and Le Prix de la survie), Popular Film, 1980.
Memoirs of a Survivor, EMI Productions, 1981.
Engel aus Eisen (also known as Angels of Iron), IndependentFilm Productions, 1981.
Too Far to Go (also see below), Zoetrope, 1982.
Private School, Universal, 1983.
Heat and Dust, Curzon/Universal, 1983.
The Bostonians, Almi Pictures, 1984.
The Perfect Murder, Enterprise, 1988.
The Deceivers, Cinecom, 1988.
Fragments of Isabella, National Film Theatre, 1989.
Kamilla og tyven II (also known as Kamilla and the Thief Part 2: Kamilla's Friend), Penelope Films, 1989.
That's Adequate, South Gate Entertainment/Manley Productions, 1989.
Border Shootout (also known as The Law at Randado and The Law at Randada), Turner Home Entertainment, 1990.
Switch (also known as Dans la peau d'une blonde), Warner Brothers, 1991.
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Angelika Films, 1991.
One Good Cop, Buena Vista, 1991.
Father of the Bride, Buena Vista, 1991.
Terror in Beverly Hills, Double Helix Films, 1991.
Credits; Other Film Work; Cinematographer
To koritsi me ta mavra (also known as A Girl in Black), 1955.
Another Sky, 1955.
To telefteo psema (also known as A Matter of Dignity), 1957.
We Are the Lambeth Boys, 1958.
Jago hua savera (also known as Day Shall Dawn), 1958.
Beat Girl (also known as Wild for Kicks), 1960.
Eroica (also known as Our Last Spring), 1960.

Aliki sto naftiko (also known as Aliki in the Navy), 1960.
I Liza kai i alli (also known as Liza and Her Double), 1961.
Anikti epistoli (also known as Open Letter), 1968.
Olimpiada en Mexico (also known as The Olympics in Mexico),1968.
Turnkey, 1970.
Gun Before Butter, 1972.
Bilocation (also known as Within Hail), 1973.
Apres le vent des sables (also known as La Trame), 1974.
Henry Cotton: This Game of Golf, 1974.
Requiem for a Village, 1975.
Fluchtversuch, 1976.
Morgensterne, 1977.
Tuxedo Warrior, 1983.
The Case of Marcel Duchamp, 1983.
Indian Summer, 1987.
Credits; Film Work; Cinematographer For Short Films
(And coproducer and codirector) Smith, Our Friend, 1946.
Dancing with Crime, 1947.
This Was a Woman, 1947.
What's in a Number, 1948.
Things Happen at Night, 1948.
Night and the City, 1950.
Every Five Minutes, 1950.
From Plan into Action, 1951.
Forward a Century, 1951.
Festival, 1952.
At Whose Door?, 1952.
We Who Are Young, 1952.
The Pleasure Garden, 1952.
Three Installations, 1952.
Wakefield Express, 1952.
Power Signal Lineman, 1953.
High Speed; Sunday by the Sea, 1953.
One Great Vision, 1953.
Thursday's Children, 1953.
Bow Bells, 1954.
Friends of the Family, 1954.
Green and Pleasant Land, 1955.
Henry, 1955.
Continuous Observation, 1955.
The Children Upstairs, 1955.
A Hundred Thousand Children, 1955.
Foot and Mouth, 1955.
The Brighton Story, 1956.
The Gentle Corsican, 1956.
Momma Don't Allow, 1956.
Return from the Sun, 1956.
Simon, 1956.
The Simpson and Godlee Story, 1956.
Children's Corner, 1956.
Every Day Except Christmas, 1957.
A River Speaks, 1957.
Ten Bridges, 1957.
George Bernard Shaw, 1957.
Blue Peter, 1958.
A.B.C. (also known as Aruba, Bonaire, Curazao), 1958.
Alone with the Monsters, 1958.
A Song for Prince Charlie, 1958.
Refuge England, 1959.
Enquiry into General Practice, 1959.
Midsummer Music, 1960.
Let My People Go, 1961.
Why Bri?, 1961.
London University, 1961.
The Peaches, 1964.
Lila, 1964.
Mao le veut, 1965.
Labyrinth, 1967.
Henry Moore at the Tate Gallery, 1970.
Can Horses Sing?, 1971.
Carved in Ivory, 1974.
W.S.P., 1974.
Ernst Fuchs, 1976.
Served as assistant editor on House of Blackmail, 1953.
Credits; Film Appearances
Appeared as himself in How the Myth Was Made: A Study of Robert Flaherty's Man of Aran, 1978.
Credits; Television Work; Cinematographer
Stone Pillow, CBS, 1985.
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, CBS, 1986.
Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (featured on American Playhouse), PBS, 1986.
My Africa (featured on CBS Summer Playhouse), CBS, 1988.
Cinematographer for other television movies and specials, including Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilisation; In the Beginning; Hullabaloo over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures; "The Highest" (episode of Visions of Eight), 1973; Too Far to Go; Life on the Mississippi; Ganguin the Savage; The Private History of the Campaign that Failed; Pudd'nhead Wilson;Children in the Crossfire; and The Mysterious Stranger.
Credits: Writings
Contributor of articles to periodicals and professional journals, including Sight and Sound, Film, and American Cinematographer.

Further Reference

Periodicals:

Films and Filming (London), December, 1954.
Focus on Film (London), Number 13, 1973.*

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