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Conrad Hall

1926 - 2003

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Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematographer earning numerous accolades including three Academy Awards (with ten nominations), three BAFTA Awards and five American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Hall won three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002). He was also Oscar-nominated for Morituri (1965), The Professionals (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), The Day of the Locust (1975), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and A Civil Action (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Conrad Hall is the 5,595th most popular writer (up from 5,703rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from French Polynesia (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Hall ranks 5,595 out of 7,302Before him are Ion Agârbiceanu, Eugène Dabit, Robert Herrick, Martin Cruz Smith, Thomas Linacre, and Fatos Arapi. After him are Lester del Rey, Philip Agee, Marianne Williamson, Gevorg Emin, John Norman, and Patrick Chamoiseau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Conrad Hall ranks 422Before him are Raymond Gosling, Günter de Bruyn, H. R. Haldeman, Piero Drogo, Zakaria Chihab, and Nel van Vliet. After him are Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Li Han-hsiang, Georges Gandil, Jesús Loroño, Otto Hemele, and József Kovács. Among people deceased in 2003, Conrad Hall ranks 292Before him are Rand Brooks, Donald Regan, Franklin Farrell, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Valentin Gavrilov, and Elliott Smith. After him are Jesse Carver, Stan Brakhage, Daphne Oram, Koloman Sokol, Curt Hennig, and Warren Zevon.

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In French Polynesia

Among people born in French Polynesia, Conrad Hall ranks 8 out of 24Before him are Pōmare I (1742), Pōmare V (1839), Pōmare II (1782), Pōmare III (1820), Oscar Temaru (1944), and Karina Lombard (1969). After him are Édouard Fritch (1952), Fabrice Santoro (1972), Jocelyne LaGarde (1924), Pascal Vahirua (1966), Marama Vahirua (1980), and Nicolas Vallar (1983).

Among WRITERS In French Polynesia

Among writers born in French Polynesia, Conrad Hall ranks 1