Joseph LaShelle
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Born | July 9, 1900 Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Died | August 20, 1989 La Jolla, California, USA |
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Occupation | Cinematographer | ||||||
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Joseph LaShelle, A.S.C. (July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film cinematographer.[1]
He won an Academy Award for Laura (1944), and was nominated eight additional times.
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[edit] Career
LaShelle's first job in the film industry was as an assistant in the Paramount West Coast Studio lab in 1920. Instead of going to college as planned he remained in the film industry after a promotion to supervisor of the printing department.
In 1925 Charles G. Clarke convinced him he should be a cameraman. He went to work with Clarke and after 3 months he was promoted to 2nd cameraman and he worked for various cinematographers at the Hollywood Metropolitan Studios. LaShalle was transferred from Metropolitan to Pathé where he began a 14 years association with Arthur C. Miller. He later went with Miller to Fox Films.[2]
After working as a camera operator on such Fox productions as How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Song of Bernadette (1943) he was promoted and became a cinematographer in 1943. He was a member of the A.S.C.[3]
Some of his well known work include the film noirs: Laura (1944), for which he won an Oscar, Fallen Angel (1945), and Road House (1948)
[edit] Filmography
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[edit] Television
LaShelle also worked in television, such as the first episode of The Twilight Zone in 1959 ("Where Is Everybody?").
[edit] Awards
Wins
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for Laura; 1945.
Nominations
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for Come to the Stable; 1949.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for My Cousin Rachel, 1952.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for Marty; 1956.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for Career; 1960.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for The Apartment; 1961.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color for: Irma la Douce; 1964.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Color, for How the West Was Won; 1964. Shared with: William H. Daniels, Milton R. Krasner, and Charles Lang.
- Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; for The Fortune Cookie; 1967.
[edit] References
- ^ Joseph LaShelle at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Joseph LaShelle page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.
- ^ Katz's Film Encyclopedia at TheOscarSite.com. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.
- ^ Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to World Film, since 1885. 2008. Index home page.