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 Walter Lassally was born on December 18, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Before Midnight (2013) and Heat and Dust (1983). He was previously married to Nadia Lassali. He died on October 23, 2017 in Crete, Greece.
Bio:
Walter Lassally was born on December 18, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Before Midnight (2013) and Heat and Dust (1983). He was previously married to Nadia Lassali. He died on October 23, 2017 in Crete, Greece.
Tivia:
Lassaly retired to the village of Stavros in the 1990s, near the beach that served as the backdrop for the final scene of Zorba the Greek. He donated his Academy Award to Christiana's Restaurant, a beach front taverna near the exact spot where the famous dancing scene with Quinn and Bates took space. The statuette was on display on the bar until a fire destroyed it in 2012.Moved to London as a boy, a refugee from Nazi Germany.Member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC).He worked on several films each for directors Michael Cacoyannis, Tony Richardson and James Ivory.His long and productive association with Merchant-Ivory Films got him the job of director of photography on The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991), which Ismail Merchant and James Ivory produced and which Simon Callow directed. However, his relationship with Callow, who had never directed a film before, was almost entirely adversarial.His father made industrial and documentary films, working in Britain from 1939.First worked as a photographer and began his screen career on feature films as a clapper boy at Riverside Studios.His family was Protestant by religion and Jewish by ancestry. |
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Walter Lassally |
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Cinematographer,Camera and Electrical Department,Director (IMDB) |
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All World |
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IMDB |
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Cinematographer,Camera and Electrical Department,Director |
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Cinematographer,Camera and Electrical Department,Director |
| Last update: |
2024-07-02 04:15:47 |
| Biography: |
Walter Lassally was born on December 18, 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Before Midnight (2013) and Heat and Dust (1983). He was previously married to Nadia Lassali. He died on October |
| Trivia: |
Lassaly retired to the village of Stavros in the 1990s, near the beach that served as the backdrop for the final scene of Zorba the Greek. He donated his Academy Award to Christiana's Restaurant, a beach front taverna near the exact spot where the famous dancing scene with Quinn and Bates took space. The statuette was on display on the bar until a fire destroyed it in 2012.Moved to London as a boy, a refugee from Nazi Germany.Member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC).He worked on several films each for directors Michael Cacoyannis, Tony Richardson and James Ivory.His long and productive association with Merchant-Ivory Films got him the job of director of photography on The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991), which Ismail Merchant and James Ivory produced and which Simon Callow directed. However, his relationship with Callow, who had never directed a film before, was almost entirely adversarial.His father made industrial and documentary films, working in Britain from 1939.First worked as a photographer and began his screen career on feature films as a clapper boy at Riverside Studios.His family was Protestant by religion and Jewish by ancestry. |
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A young stage director preparing to make his first film once declined an offer of my services with the comment "I don't want to make one of those films the critics say is mediocre, but beautifully photographed by Walter Lassally." Neither do I, but it's deuced difficult to see them coming. |
| Job title: |
Cinematographer,Camera and Electrical Department,Director |
| Spouse: |
Nadia Lassali (1991 - 1994) (her death) |
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