Cinematographer · 1908 to 1988
Lucien Ballard
Best rated (cinematography): Elvis: That's the Way It Is (8.1)
- Cinematography films
- 82
- Cinematography avg
- 6.52
- Peak run
- 1969’70
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Cinematography films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes
Lucien by the numbers
Average
6.52
50 rated films
Vote weighted
6.59
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
49y
1930 to 1978
Total votes
10.5K
across every film
Best
8.1
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Worst
5.6
Let's Make It Legal
Newest first
Filmography
| 1978 |  Rabbit Test | · | 21 |
| 1976 |  From Noon Till Three | 6.0 | 75 |
| 1976 |  Drum | · | 23 |
| 1976 |  St. Ives | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1975 |  Breakheart Pass | 6.6 | 241 |
| 1975 |  Breakout | 6.3 | 115 |
| 1974 |  Three the Hard Way | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1974 |  Thomasine & Bushrod | · | 11 |
| 1973 |  Lady Ice | · | 23 |
| 1972 |  The Getaway | 7.1 | 701 |
| 1972 |  Junior Bonner | 6.1 | 120 |
| 1971 |  What's the Matter with Helen? | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1970 |  Elvis: That's the Way It Is | 8.1 | 100 |
| 1970 |  The Hawaiians | · | 20 |
| 1970 |  The Ballad of Cable Hogue | 7.0 | 233 |
| 1969 |  A Time for Dying | 6.3 | 26 |
| 1969 |  The Wild Bunch | 7.6 | 1,391 |
| 1969 |  True Grit | 7.3 | 894 |
| 1968 |  How Sweet It Is! | · | 15 |
| 1968 |  The Party | 7.3 | 898 |
Better together?
Lucien Ballard's regulars
- Henry HathawayCinematographer · 6 films · 6.70 avg
- Sam PeckinpahCinematographer · 5 films · 6.99 avg
- Tom GriesCinematographer · 5 films · 6.53 avg
- Budd BoetticherCinematographer · 5 films · 6.43 avg
- Robert D. WebbCinematographer · 4 films · 6.50 avg
- Josef von SternbergCinematographer · 4 films · 6.38 avg
- John BrahmCinematographer · 4 films · 6.10 avg
- Henry KosterCinematographer · 3 films · 6.65 avg
- Richard WilsonCinematographer · 3 films · 6.60 avg
- Raoul WalshCinematographer · 3 films · 5.95 avg
- Irving LernerCinematographer · 2 films · 6.55 avg
- Roy Ward BakerCinematographer · 2 films · 6.38 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Henry Hathaway and Lucien Ballard movies · Sam Peckinpah and Lucien Ballard movies · Tom Gries and Lucien Ballard movies · Budd Boetticher and Lucien Ballard movies
Takes
On Lucien Ballard
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1964Lucien Ballard