Joseph LaShelle

history

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1945 Laura | baftaawards = | emmyawards = | filmfareawards = | goldenglobeawards = | goldenraspberryawards = | grammyawards = | nationalfilmawards = | sagawards = | awards = }} Joseph LaShelle, A.S.C. (July 9, 1900 - August 20, 1989) was a Los Angeles born film cinematographer..

He won an Academy Award for Laura (1944), and was nominated eight additional times.

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.»Steeman, Albert. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers, "Joseph LaShelle page," Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.

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.»Katz's Film Encyclopedia at TheOscarSite.com. Last accessed: December 13, 2007.

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). He is remembered for his work with Otto Preminger. ,

Filmography

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  • Rocking Moon (1926)
  • The Bermuda Mystery (1944)
  • Happy Land (1943)
  • The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
  • Take It or Leave It (1944)
  • Laura (1944)
  • Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945)
  • Doll Face (1945)
  • Fallen Angel (1945)
  • A Bell for Adano (1945)
  • Hangover Square (1945)
  • Claudia and David (1946)
  • If I'm Lucky (1946)
  • Cluny Brown (1946)
  • The Late George Apley (1947)
  • The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
  • Captain from Castile (1947)
  • Road House (1948)
  • The Luck of the Irish (1948)
  • Deep Waters (1948)
  • The Fan (1949)
  • Everybody Does It (1949)
  • Come to the Stable (1949)
  • Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
  • The Jackpot (1950)
  • Mister 880 (1950)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • Under My Skin (1950)
  • Elopement (1951)
  • The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
  • The 13th Letter (1951)
  • Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
  • My Cousin Rachel (1952)
  • Les Misérables (1952)

Television

LaShelle also worked in television, such as the first episode of The Twilight Zone in 1959 ("Where Is Everybody?").

Awards

Wins
  • Academy Awards: Oscar, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, for Laura; 1945.

Nominations

References

External links

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