Conrad Hall Quotes

• There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

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  Topics in Beauty

  Tags in Kind, Imperfection

• But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Heart, More

• But you know you haven’t done it all because you know everything keeps evolving and changing; and you know you can evolve with it if you grow and develop as a human being.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human, Develop, Everything

• Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry.

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  Topics in History, Movies

  Tags in People

• Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities… much more so than music or language.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Possibilities, Language

• Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Problems, Worked

• Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Else, Expecting, Audience

• I don’t think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Writer, Director

• Contrast is what makes photography interesting.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Interesting, Contrast

• I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Shooting, Thrill

• I hope I’m still shooting when I’m 80.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hope, Shooting

• I realize that every picture isn’t a work of art.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Realize, Picture

• I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That’s when you know it worked.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wanted, Reflect, Exactly

• I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Romantic, Sunrise

• It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in History

  Tags in Believe, Cinema

• I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Story, Through

• I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Suppose, Musician

• It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Car, Sense, Decide

• I think one of the reasons people quit is because they’re afraid they won’t be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Reasons, Better

• In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music.

  Conrad Hall

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Highest

Conrad Hall (38)

Birth:	21st June, 1926
Death:	6th January, 2003
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Cinematographer

About

Conrad Lafcadio Hall was born in  Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He was an American cinematographer. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He worked on documentaries, in television and minor films, and as a studio camera operator before moving up to cinematographer in major studio films in the mid-1960s. The thirty-year gap between his first two Oscars is a record for this award.

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