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Conrad L. Hall
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Cinematographer Born: June 21, 1926 in Papeete, Tahiti Death: January 4, 2003 in Santa Monica, CA Biography:One of the rare cinematographers to achieve name recognition, Conrad L. Hall became one of the most revered lensmen in post-1960 Hollywood for work ranging from In Cold Blood's (1967) stark monochrome to the burnished color reveries of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Day of the Locust (1975), American Beauty's (1999) pristine suburbia, and finally Road to Perdition's (2002) rain-drenched noir. Always aiming to illuminate unspoken emotions with artistry undiminished by age, Hall won Oscars 30 years apart for Butch Cassidy and American Beauty.
The son of a fourth-generation Tahitian mother and Mutiny on the Bounty co-author James Norman Hall, Conrad Hall lived in Tahiti until age eight. Educated in Californian private schools, Hall attended U.S.C. to study journalism. After a poor creative writing grade, however, Hall switched to U.S.C.'s school of cinema and TV in 1947. Having... Full Biography
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