Lucien Ballard

Lucien Ballard

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Camera

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1908-05-06

  • Day of Death

    1988-10-01 (80 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Miami, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Lucien Ballard, the cinematographer best known for his collaboration with directors Sam Peckinpah and Josef von Sternberg, was born in Miami, Oklahoma. Ballard became a wanderer after dropping out of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma, journeying to China in search of opportunity. When he returned to the United States after not finding any, Ballard gained employment in the lumber business, working in a mill sawing trees and surveying land.

Lucien Ballard died near his Rancho Mirage, California, home in a car accident on October 1, 1988. He was 80 years old.

Known For

Crew