Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard, the cinematographer best known for his collaboration with directors Sam Peckinpah and Josef von Sternberg, was born in Miami, Oklahoma. Ballard became a wanderer after dropping out of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma, journeying to China in search of opportunity. When he returned to the United States after not finding any, Ballard gained employment in the lumber business, working in a mill sawing trees and surveying land.
Lucien Ballard died near his Rancho Mirage, California, home in a car accident on October 1, 1988. He was 80 years old.
Lucien Ballard died near his Rancho Mirage, California, home in a car accident on October 1, 1988. He was 80 years old.
Known for
![Rabbit Test](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qbSRu2qcEdKaR4QUv04DoWB61MC.jpg)
Rabbit Test
![From Noon Till Three](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lcK1ybLoTro25Q23o9EYOsNGVd0.jpg)
From Noon Till Three
![Drum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tKJUvemUAd0oXwyDuV4cpVzpkxh.jpg)
Drum
![St. Ives](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5MBsEuWHIKabC8gLsrd3H9Fj8rV.jpg)
St. Ives
![Breakheart Pass](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/li6BdgpVeMsgIjDugiVfHJGwPTp.jpg)
Breakheart Pass
![Chat en poche](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dxbRFz9leKinmuhSaqaXatUa4er.jpg)
Chat en poche
![Breakout](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lrpXrpmnOtFT0gJEQ5vVBL8tIlh.jpg)
Breakout
![Three the Hard Way](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1cQiPL80qZuIjHgzQYNVEfkGbFA.jpg)
Three the Hard Way
![Thomasine & Bushrod](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tUduGm3eoI2te6tDC8Rt3xYKMAM.jpg)
Thomasine & Bushrod
![Lady Ice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9DyCugvdrkghHRRN8SEJXliehGt.jpg)
Lady Ice
![The Getaway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8SvnGUJsr16zUJ2CN7ONX1ZWtZ8.jpg)
The Getaway
![Arruza](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oarSb1ybeb4kxDxcJ6yk5Xpdjwl.jpg)
Arruza
![Junior Bonner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qA85YYjQob3gPAFiafuIXFhSZSG.jpg)
Junior Bonner
![What's the Matter with Helen?](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9u8Jn04HR4n2u6IQB9otYoYKAxY.jpg)
What's the Matter with Helen?
![Elvis: That's the Way It Is](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/AfhXqhT8wR7WXYp777SKplPx5Wj.jpg)
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
![The Hawaiians](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bf0Np3insLJiYkY6e6ZCQeytPZy.jpg)
The Hawaiians
![Frédéric](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uceR8Rakx6fCfcWXRKgBe2ue8Pf.jpg)
Frédéric
![The Ballad of Cable Hogue](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bEth8XAYaytjzxnHkLkj4nZx2XD.jpg)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
![A Time for Dying](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7ByWCas44hNxlVaMvNFVFu2kJdk.jpg)
A Time for Dying
![The Wild Bunch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8j9yEC3xjy1PJDSizIbaxcHaSph.jpg)
The Wild Bunch
![True Grit](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lmexRC57l39elaIcnxhaHpcaIW2.jpg)
True Grit
![La Perruche et le Poulet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yLUZOFOiLoG9E5l53ISEScXypxE.jpg)
La Perruche et le Poulet
![How Sweet It Is!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mPah9Fmm8NSTEGWbsgKlI7jSZwx.jpg)
How Sweet It Is!
![The Party](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pC6FB4fLIVRCpMzIbUf1xOVobmz.jpg)
The Party
![Will Penny](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v3RcNrqutEPGsiTLd31J3U735kB.jpg)
Will Penny
![Hour of the Gun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4sFnOXm9wvJIfWzfwIvTN1dZ8KE.jpg)
Hour of the Gun
![Noon Wine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h6PKC14XMbZCNqg4KKiNbkuKzwT.jpg)
Noon Wine
![At Theatre Tonight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xXHuUWBvlE76Ej152DDO0Rgj4VT.jpg)
At Theatre Tonight
![Nevada Smith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4QJLqSZRnhAb9pezEEIxidVINes.jpg)
Nevada Smith
![An Eye for an Eye](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6wp29wrtPlJRC7CesEa7UUCfSuH.jpg)
An Eye for an Eye
![Boeing, Boeing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jwFKKK1lFclnaCc4G8bqTh4yYJT.jpg)
Boeing, Boeing
![The Sons of Katie Elder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/n6ox5IniBxxx6ISTol5pm36WoFr.jpg)
The Sons of Katie Elder
![Dear Brigitte](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j6e1w0bmoaQpu74QLuYWdsne9dl.jpg)
Dear Brigitte
![Roustabout](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nzB1aQauY8GTu1SCQV3EcGOqjXF.jpg)
Roustabout
![The New Interns](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g0W5y1h7ClY0f6fkJ4NoHwBdll6.jpg)
The New Interns
![Take Her, She's Mine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dwa3iEhAUM7dSmljfAukPDjxpXn.jpg)
Take Her, She's Mine
![Wall of Noise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2MTMLozPqdWDac8iuE0VKz0eLo4.jpg)
Wall of Noise
![The Caretakers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qd0SkHF65f6xowVz8MFbHLN7mZX.jpg)
The Caretakers
![Ride the High Country](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oBdJliz2o88ZLPulL5KLdbRsQuf.jpg)
Ride the High Country
![Susan Slade](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/65LDSzsNBGM8fyze1a7JXvdcrYo.jpg)
Susan Slade
![Ricochet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6H8CzpSp7HtMAwZInzFsjeCzbKt.jpg)
Ricochet
![Marines, Let's Go](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dThfNdf6cTdAKFAUee1bYy79WQn.jpg)
Marines, Let's Go
![The Parent Trap](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jaZFWy6ZAvQoMW2mo9xP5gx4URo.jpg)
The Parent Trap
![Desire in the Dust](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mxCBxNIr6lVzMSex9Tnc2dNjit.jpg)
Desire in the Dust
![The Westerner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cWTni2PH6unZRMc9sFIEl2d9YGw.jpg)
The Westerner
![Pay or Die!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dGKWWLhxiAq99LnlePc5y1Chdwk.jpg)
Pay or Die!
![The Bramble Bush](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fudz1IBJ5J1smuMTBSPQwwQsCp3.jpg)
The Bramble Bush
![The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/syKPb3mIMak67eidWAk7s3jvBg.jpg)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
![Law of the Plainsman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tReblyXSokbKbsxNKcDdsySmaMx.jpg)
Law of the Plainsman
![Al Capone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xmtLUojTRYTswWEx7U9lWjZeZtx.jpg)
Al Capone
![City of Fear](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dDULZxXTs2g8iix5GF1OVmQUe8u.jpg)
City of Fear
![Black Saddle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yxNU8FYaVt17ldbNzDJSrVTvL2t.jpg)
Black Saddle
![Murder by Contract](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rY0liv7kkpJ4kc7ItSSDngZLVcp.jpg)
Murder by Contract
![Anna Lucasta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xNAJfYHiLgfBXYUYkS8GOqnEuQR.jpg)
Anna Lucasta
![Buchanan Rides Alone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nj11O1s6e6X2I9iCxwgDSPHO303.jpg)
Buchanan Rides Alone
![I Married a Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tiW09HyZMYjZ9id3OdGDMUiCjrr.jpg)
I Married a Woman
![Band of Angels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GfZUN17gZpcTFjAQlmQnuXDHGc.jpg)
Band of Angels
![The Unholy Wife](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jBM9xGHTLGbh1i5AUylTY4i0Ril.jpg)
The Unholy Wife
![The King and Four Queens](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w6lTWootXbnAH0HwPcEkShId9jH.jpg)
The King and Four Queens
![The Killing](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A6VzUPcADZGYdGHlVdWvpMNDF5d.jpg)
The Killing
![The Proud Ones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5j89oT4l5zvcWHO5u9bZzdR5WLJ.jpg)
The Proud Ones
![A Kiss Before Dying](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uaTmtWGxiPStGEcMG5qn5eGBYh.jpg)
A Kiss Before Dying
![The Killer is Loose](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wpBlgwCmotclMPMqYlCJJ15l9lj.jpg)
The Killer is Loose
![Seven Cities of Gold](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dIKDW7Po8uC1ww369NFB0QmBSvB.jpg)
Seven Cities of Gold
![The Magnificent Matador](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2N8FLxGblFw510c0adQJpIKnatg.jpg)
The Magnificent Matador
![White Feather](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lFJZpnqAOrvVxbivn5IHkXUtDdG.jpg)
White Feather
![The Raid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dsAt76xPg0aUgvBdhUSd5lJMUVD.jpg)
The Raid
![Prince Valiant](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o7q1JvtEmU46XecF9NWw7kmiswS.jpg)
Prince Valiant
![New Faces](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lZvobYf124ofoLJ2hGJroztAUC3.jpg)
New Faces
![Inferno](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2jND5Ez8I1gcWvF0XCWXkcm2SIS.jpg)
Inferno
![The Desert Rats](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/upCaOY9mkgF9tJoiPU8LFbLCkK8.jpg)
The Desert Rats
![Night Without Sleep](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8tJ36codDm1DixT8DL23zYCppl4.jpg)
Night Without Sleep
![Don't Bother to Knock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/btbTidQlmg8brVHC7tN0HnAy8Dm.jpg)
Don't Bother to Knock
![Diplomatic Courier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5uqz8MbGts35uO7ESz86kviVgFO.jpg)
Diplomatic Courier
![Return of the Texan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nqVU9xANpvN84IKSbHyPZS8l1ki.jpg)
Return of the Texan
![Fixed Bayonets!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hw5blc9tACbkxKGhR20lxULuipV.jpg)
Fixed Bayonets!
![Let's Make It Legal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z440UCgYVwPv3QyIVp9cH44wpKF.jpg)
Let's Make It Legal
![The House on Telegraph Hill](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vjKabI7snDt6yym62ARh5MtBbw8.jpg)
The House on Telegraph Hill
![Berlin Express](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eoJHaq8FLu7vJiJZTEs1OsdAjcy.jpg)
Berlin Express
![Night Song](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/huhuX6HFtktJGse9j5yvQjo6qrP.jpg)
Night Song
![Temptation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vNStIB3GFoErl3lFLYMrjyYh13V.jpg)
Temptation
![This Love of Ours](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/80mDPdQcJbZJ3lgXEKsuFlkEnsK.jpg)
This Love of Ours
![The Lodger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qKuVeCVHRN9hfNWEk06JBVKuWww.jpg)
The Lodger
![Holy Matrimony](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4WKa7s8WydeDEO45pvjLJRebFC4.jpg)
Holy Matrimony
![Bomber's Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7SFp6YkcpCjDRzgTsKXSBas4n8i.jpg)
Bomber's Moon
![Tonight We Raid Calais](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vH11rk6F96KitBlORtKQeV2Nzcp.jpg)
Tonight We Raid Calais
![The Outlaw](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xqnPtCdL0gF5MvexVeVN1aimWg2.jpg)
The Outlaw
![The Undying Monster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dZb9hO8Zf7rzYeva01v40b9H0AG.jpg)
The Undying Monster
![Orchestra Wives](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bpsFY09nAQvyFF1HIOaCkfaNX4r.jpg)
Orchestra Wives
![Wild Geese Calling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rl1fovSE3k2hWFQlO02flagUtPs.jpg)
Wild Geese Calling
![The Villain Still Pursued Her](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aFUpNIGA3zWwF47VUQFkpBy6JSU.jpg)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
![No Census, No Feeling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4IRxWXNN3Clc7kntyhnizLhL99W.jpg)
No Census, No Feeling
![Yes, We Have No Bonanza](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zHGgU0EnJIKmjdv5FELslX5oVk4.jpg)
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
![Blind Alley](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iFUl2Qbs0RzALetRGB5e5YNSqb.jpg)
Blind Alley
![Outside These Walls](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tXMIxxTYwz6u3ZlXBGBpJTBFCof.jpg)
Outside These Walls
![A Ducking They Did Go](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cc2z9hHjl8efX7PKuC8rNJUj1ww.jpg)
A Ducking They Did Go
![Let Us Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cJcFtZHx7pKzdJeYxtwprCdPLkT.jpg)
Let Us Live
![Three Little Sew and Sews](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yW58wMIdKxTSydVTBSqb1ZV0UEI.jpg)
Three Little Sew and Sews
![Flat Foot Stooges](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xdIEPTpHXwUq5C7PKcJoOZhanrT.jpg)
Flat Foot Stooges
![Violent Is the Word for Curly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/m4UoJ5QF7a1NhyWtmObtQPHH3Vz.jpg)
Violent Is the Word for Curly
![Penitentiary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/53NjWmDBozJDFj55kFPlbQ1JizU.jpg)
Penitentiary
![Man Bites Lovebug](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eWo42eIX3N9vuMFFUT3QBQ0yGIf.jpg)
Man Bites Lovebug
![The Shadow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8UrQDEfamNN8QQT70DouXDbIEqE.jpg)
The Shadow
![Life Begins with Love](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zxXO7GmsYMiCxDo8PzW2dZKvwac.jpg)
Life Begins with Love
![Cash and Carry](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4tyuquZ3H7Mpi8LetZvkph1LCff.jpg)
Cash and Carry
![From Bad to Worse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i6dSnVAIad5lX4sBD5U6Bhcx9T1.jpg)
From Bad to Worse
![Devil's Playground](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1bElfQT5ImqSs0VYg7HTWftQjfg.jpg)
Devil's Playground
![Craig's Wife](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/30vQfNP0O40izigUrPc0WHffyey.jpg)
Craig's Wife
![The Final Hour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cwQrGg4qKLImwcppTZx3PQMDtwA.jpg)
The Final Hour
![The King Steps Out](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4NP1qrobmjRpWnJDfOqEiPzFC5t.jpg)
The King Steps Out
![Crime and Punishment](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/baF1oPKQdMxpiMdJijVNu2c8Yz1.jpg)
Crime and Punishment
![The Devil Is a Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cc5HUdBbnMSST78sfujsOU4T0Vk.jpg)
The Devil Is a Woman
![Blonde Venus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vsC6SxVNUgdXTf6tzkO9VHIUKc2.jpg)
Blonde Venus
![Love Me Tonight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3wjHj3LmmezUsBHxFL8xpRdMxVX.jpg)
Love Me Tonight
![This Is the Night](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6GpYPtY6z7np1kkt7zU3u2PZ2dO.jpg)
This Is the Night
![One Hour with You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oVDJZXwHKD0NgHaHZrkHuqHsJyF.jpg)
One Hour with You
![The Beloved Bachelor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gT8MF6jXsMi2IpNx5wAJaG0j5Ni.jpg)
The Beloved Bachelor
![Morocco](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jDqZsxyv35iyJWW0mANk1RhxhJp.jpg)
Morocco