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Edward Lachman is a Actor, Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 31 march 1948 at Morristown (USA)

Edward Lachman

Edward Lachman
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1948 (76 years) at Morristown (USA)

Edward Lachman, A.S.C. (born 31 March 1948) is an American cinematographer. Lachman is mostly associated with the American independent film movement, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes (including Far From Heaven, which earned Lachman an Academy Award nomination) and I'm Not There in 2007 and Steven Soderbergh such as Erin Brockovich (film). His other work include Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985 as well as Robert Altman's last picture A Prairie Home Companion (film) in 2006.
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Biography

Lachman was born in 1948 in Morristown, New Jersey; he received a BA from Harvard University in 1965 and studied in France at the University of Tours before pursuing a BFA in painting at Ohio University.

Best films

Erin Brockovich (2000)
(Director of Photography)
Far from Heaven (2003)
(Director of Photography)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
(Director of Photography)
I'm Not There (2007)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
(5 films)
Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
(3 films)
Ulrich Seidl
Ulrich Seidl
(4 films)
Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes
(7 films)
Gregory Nava
Gregory Nava
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Edward Lachman (56 films)

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Cameraman

Why Do Fools Fall In Love, 1h56
Directed by Gregory Nava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Larenz Tate, Paul Mazursky, Pamela Reed
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2006353.2006353.2006353.2006353.200635
Lymon was thirteen years old when the teenage group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers erupted from radios and jukeboxes with their 1956 hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" and appeared in the movie Rock, Rock, Rock (1956).
Selena
Selena (1997)
, 2h2
Directed by Gregory Nava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Jon Seda, Lupe Ontiveros, Jacob Vargas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.464133.464133.464133.464133.46413
The film opens on February 26, 1995, with Selena (Jennifer Lopez) performing to a sold-out crowd of 65,000 at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The film then flashes back to 1961, where a young Abraham Quintanilla and his band, The Dinos, are rejected for an audition by a restaurant owner due to a whites-only policy. Crushed, Abraham gives up music.
Touch
Touch (1997)
, 1h33
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Actors Bridget Fonda, LL Cool J, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Conchata Ferrell, Richard Schiff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.802452.802452.802452.802452.80245
A young man, Juvenal, is apparently able to cure the sick by the laying-on of hands. Mysterious stigmata appear from time to time on his flesh.
My Family
My Family (1995)
, 2h8
Directed by Gregory Nava
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, Esai Morales, Jennifer Lopez, Elpidia Carrillo, Jacob Vargas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.649533.649533.649533.649533.64953
The story is narrated by the family's oldest son, Paco (Edward James Olmos). The film begins with the father of the family, José Sanchez (Jacob Vargas), making a journey that lasts one year on foot from Mexico to Los Angeles. He travels to Los Angeles to meet a distant relative known as El Californio, who was born in the city when it was still part of Mexico. They become fast friends and grew a corn farm together. However, after several years, El Californio nears death. Shortly before dying, El Californio says he wants the following written on his tombstone:
Light Sleeper, 1h39
Directed by Paul Schrader
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon, Victor Garber, Mary Beth Hurt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.447353.447353.447353.447353.44735
John LeTour, a 40-year-old New Yorker, is one of two delivery men for Ann, who supplies an exclusive clientele in the banking and financing sector with drugs. While Ann contemplates switching to the cosmetics business, LeTour, who suffers from insomnia, has lost his perspective in life.
Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint, 23minutes
Directed by Michael Moore
Genres Documentary
Actors Michael Moore
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.568252.568252.568252.568252.56825
Court métrage documentaire, écrit, coproduit et réalisé par Michael Moore. Il met en scène le réalisateur qui revient dans sa ville natale de Flint, dans le Michigan, afin de retrouver certains des personnages de son précédent film : "Roger & Me" (1989). Le titre du film fait référence à Rhonda Britton, une résidente de Flint décrite dans les deux films, qui vend des lapins soit comme animaux de compagnie, soit comme viande.
My New Gun
My New Gun (1992)
, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Diane Lane, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James LeGros, Tess Harper, Bruce Altman, Stephen Collins
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.649742.649742.649742.649742.64974
Mississippi Masala, 1h58
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Denzel Washington, Roshan Seth, Sarita Choudhury, Sharmila Tagore, Charles Dutton, Joe Seneca
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3959953.3959953.3959953.3959953.395995
The film begins in 1972 when Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda. This included Jay (Roshan Seth) his wife, Kinnu (Sharmila Tagore), and their daughter, Mina (Sarita Choudhury), a family of third-generation Ugandan Indians residing in Kampala. It then moves forward to 1990. After spending a few years in England, Jay, Kinnu, and Mina have relocated in 1987 to Greenwood, Mississippi to live with family members who own a chain of motels there.
Catchfire
Catchfire (1990)
, 1h56
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Fred Ward, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53% 2.6523452.6523452.6523452.6523452.652345
Conceptual artist Anne Benton (Jodie Foster) creates electronic pieces that flash evocative statements, and her work has begun to attract major media attention.
The Local Stigmatic, 56minutes
Directed by Al Pacino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Al Pacino, Paul Guilfoyle, Joseph Maher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.799872.799872.799872.799872.79987
A Gathering of Old Men, 1h31
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Holly Hunter, Richard Widmark, Woody Strode, Joe Seneca, Will Patton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2440953.2440953.2440953.2440953.244095
À la suite d'une rixe, Charlie, un noir, s'enfuit poursuivi par Beau Boutan, un fermier blanc, qui armé d'un fusil veut « lui faire la peau ». Après avoir tenté de lui échapper à travers les plantations de canne à sucre de la famille Marshall, Charlie se réfugie chez Mathu, un fermier noir. Un coup de feu claque et le poursuivant est abattu devant la porte de la masure où le poursuivi s'est précipité. Candy qui habite dans la riche demeure de son oncle Jack Marshall et de sa tante Bea Marshall depuis qu'elle a perdu ses parents, entend le coup de feu et se rend immédiatement sur place pour en comprendre l'origine.
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Less Than Zero, 1h38
Directed by Marek Kanievska
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Bernard Gabay, Nicholas Pryor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.199863.199863.199863.199863.19986
Clay Easton (Andrew McCarthy) is a straitlaced college freshman on the east coast, who returns home to Los Angeles, California, for Christmas to find things very different from the way he left them. His high school girlfriend, Blair (Jami Gertz), has become addicted to drugs and has been having sex with his high school best friend, Julian Wells (Robert Downey, Jr.). Julian, whose life has gone downhill after his startup record company falls apart, has become a drug addict. He's also been cut off by his family for stealing to support his habit and reduced to homelessness.
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Making Mr. Right, 1h35
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors John Malkovich, Dean Cain, Ann Magnuson, Glenne Headly, Christina Cox, Ben Masters
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.7493152.7493152.7493152.7493152.749315
Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) is an emotionally repressed scientist who can't stand others because of their intellectual inferiority. He dreams of deep space exploration, which would be difficult because of the lack of human contact for long periods of time. He develops the Ulysses android (which looks exactly like him) for the purpose of space exploration, since an android would not be affected by the isolation.
True Stories, 1h30
Directed by David Byrne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors John Goodman, Spalding Gray, Swoosie Kurtz, Annie McEnroe, David Byrne, Tito Larriva
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.595013.595013.595013.595013.59501
The film features Byrne as an unnamed, cowboy-hat-wearing stranger who visits the fictional Texas town of Virgil, where he observes the citizens as they prepare for the Celebration of Special-ness to mark the sesquicentennial (i.e. 150th) anniversary of the founding of the town and Texas independence from Mexico. The event is being sponsored by the Varicorp Corporation, a local computer manufacturing plant. Byrne's narration often breaks the fourth wall, especially while he is driving around town in his Chrysler LeBaron convertible.
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