Background
Born in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Hall was the son of writer James Norman Hall and Sarah (Lala) Winchester Hall, who was part-Polynesian.
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Conrad Hall
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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.
Career
Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, 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. Foreign his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. He has been given a star in Hollywood Boulevard"s Walk of Fame.
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.
The thirty-year gap between his first two Oscars is a record for this award. Additionally, was nominated for,,,,,, and
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Achievements
Membership
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. In 1995 he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.
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