Ballard, Lucien (1908)

Cinematographer. Born in Miami, Ballard became one of Hollywood's finest location photographers (though he began his career working; pre?dominantly in the studio at Paramount with Sternberg). His best work in the genre was for Sam Peckinpah, and to a lesser extent Budd   Boetticher.   His   invaluable   contri?bution to the Peckinpah canon can be use?fully appraised by comparing his and John Coquillon's camerawork; whereas the lat-ter's use of colour tends towards harsh and burnished tones (Pat Qarrett and Billy the Kid), Ballard's tends towards warm autumnal ones.