American cinematographer
My Favorite Brunette (1947) 1.jpg Lionel Lindon , ASC (September 2, 1905 – September 20, 1971) was an American film cameraman and cinematographer who spent much of his career working for Paramount .
In 1950, he went freelance and began to work in television as well as film, continuing to work until the year of his death. He was three times nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and in 1956 was the winner of the award for color for Around the World in 80 Days .
Life Lionel—son of film editor Verna Willis and nephew to Set Director, Edwin B. Willis, —was a native of San Francisco. Soon after leaving school, Lindon got a job as a general assistant at Paramount Pictures and joined the camera department. Through the Roaring Twenties , he worked as a camera assistant and as a "foreign negative cameraman", in 1930 becoming a cameraman. In 1943, he made his debut as a director of photography and went on to serve in that capacity in some 66 American films, including Westerns. In 1950 he went freelance , which did not prevent him from working for Paramount on occasions. His final three films appeared in 1969.
The major names he worked with include John Frankenheimer , Frank Sinatra , Laurence Harvey , Edward Ludwig , Arlene Dahl , George Marshall , Alan Ladd , Veronica Lake , and Dorothy Lamour .[1] [2] Lindon received three Oscar nominations for best cinematographer , one of which led to the award.[1] Lindon also worked in television between 1953 and 1971, contributing to 39 television series, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents , and eight TV movies.[1]
He died in the Los Angeles suburb of Van Nuys on September 20, 1971.[1]
Filmography
Cinema 1943: Let's Face It! , Sidney Lanfield 1944: Going My Way , Leo McCarey 1945: Masquerade in Mexico , Mitchell Leisen 1945: Ed Gardner's Duffy's Tavern , Hal Walker 1945: A Medal for Benny , Irving Pichel 1946: The Blue Dahlia , George Marshall 1946: Road to Utopia , Hal Walker 1946: O.S.S. , Irving Pichel 1946: Monsieur Beaucaire , George Marshall 1947: My Favorite Brunette , Elliott Nugent 1947: Welcome Stranger , Elliott Nugent 1947: Variety Girl , George Marshall 1947: The Trouble with Women , Sidney Lanfield 1948: The Sainted Sisters , William D. Russell 1948: Tap Roots , George Marshall 1948: Isn't It Romantic? , Norman Z. McLeod 1949: Alias Nick Beal , John Farrow 1950: Destination Moon , Irving Pichel 1950: Quicksand , Irving Pichel 1950: The Great Rupert , Irving Pichel 1950: The Sun Sets at Dawn , Paul Sloane 1950: Prehistoric Women , Gregg C. Tallas 1951: Only the Valiant , Gordon Douglas 1951: Submarine Command , John Farrow 1951: Rhubarb , Arthur Lubin 1951: Drums in the Deep South , William Cameron Menzies 1952: The Turning Point , William Dieterle 1952: Japanese War Bride , King Vidor 1952: Caribbean Gold , also called Caribbean , Edward Ludwig 1952: The Blazing Forest , Edward Ludwig 1953: The Vanquished , Edward Ludwig 1953: Tropic Zone , Lewis R. Foster 1953: Jamaica Run , Lewis R. Foster 1953: The Stars Are Singing , Norman Taurog 1953: Sangaree , Edward Ludwig 1954: Secret of the Incas , Jerry Hopper 1954: Casanova's Big Night , Norman Z. McLeod 1954: Jivaro , Edward Ludwig 1955: Lucy Gallant , Robert Parrish 1955: Conquest of Space , Byron Haskin 1956: Around the World in 80 Days , Michael Anderson 1956: The Scarlet Hour , Michael Curtiz 1957: The Lonely Man , Henry Levin 1957: The Black Scorpion , Edward Ludwig 1958: I Want to Live! , Robert Wise 1959: Alias Jesse James , Norman Z. McLeod 1961: The Young Savages , John Frankenheimer 1961: Too Late Blues , John Cassavetes 1962: All Fall Down , John Frankenheimer 1962: The Manchurian Candidate , John Frankenheimer 1966: The Trouble with Angels , Ida Lupino 1966: Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! , George Marshall 1966: Grand Prix , John Frankenheimer 1966: Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round , Bernard Girard 1969: The Extraordinary Seaman , John Frankenheimer 1969: Pendulum , George Schaefer
Television movies
Nominations and awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography :1944, black and white, for Going My Way (nominated) 1956, color, for Around the World in 80 Days (winner)[1] 1958, black and white, for I Want to Live! (nominated)[1]
Notes ^ a b c d e f Lionel Lindon at cinematographers.nl, accessed 21 October 2013 ^ Bob Baker in Film Dope , issue no. 35 dated September 1986
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