Joseph LaShelle, ASC | |
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 Promotional Portrait, shown with Fox's proprietary Fox Studio Camera | |
| Born | (1900-07-09)July 9, 1900 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1989(1989-08-20) (aged 89) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Awards | Best Black and White Cinematography 1945Laura |
Joseph LaShelle ASC (July 9, 1900 – August 20, 1989) was an American film cinematographer.[1]
He won anAcademy Award forLaura (1944), and was nominated on eight additional occasions.
LaShelle's first job in the film industry was as an assistant in theParamount 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 three months he was promoted to second cameraman, and he worked for various cinematographers at the Hollywood Metropolitan Studios. LaShelle was transferred from Metropolitan toPathé where he began a 14-year association withArthur C. Miller. He later went with Miller toFox Films.[2]
After working as a camera operator on Fox productions such asHow Green Was My Valley (1941) andThe Song of Bernadette (1943), he was promoted and became a cinematographer in 1943. He was a member of theA.S.C.[3]
Some of his well-known works are the film noirs:Laura (1944), for which he won an Oscar;Fallen Angel (1945); andRoad House (1948). He is remembered for his work withOtto Preminger andBilly Wilder.
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LaShelle also worked in television, such as the first episode ofThe Twilight Zone in 1959 ("Where Is Everybody?").
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