Education
Harvard University; Ohio University.
Harvard University; Ohio University.
His other work includes Werner Herzog"s Louisiana Soufrière (1977), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Sofia Coppola"s directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides (1999), Robert Altman"s last picture A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and Todd Solondz"s Life During Wartime (2009). In 1989, Lachman co-directed a segment of the anthology film Imagining America. In 2002, Lachman co-directed the controversial Ken Park with Larry Clark.
In 2013, Lachman produced a series of videos in collaboration with French electronic duo Daft Punk, for the duo"s album Random Access Memories.
Lachman was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Rosabel (Roth) and Edward Lachman, a movie theater distributor and owner. he received a Bachelor from Harvard University in 1965 and studied in France at the University of Tours before pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting at Ohio University.
He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.