Edward Lachman (born March 31, 1948) is an American cinematographer and director. He has primarily worked in independent film, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes, Pablo Larrain, Ulrich Seidl, Wim Wenders, Steven Soderbergh and Paul Schrader.
Lachman has received four Academy Award for Best Cinematography nominations for his work on Far from Heaven (2002), Carol (2015), El Conde (2023), Maria (2024).[1] His other work includes La Soufrière (1977), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Mississippi Masala (1991), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), and Life During Wartime (2009).[2]
For his work on television, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie for the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011). He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
Early life
Lachman was born to a Jewish family[3] in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Rosabel (Roth) and Edward Lachman, a movie theater distributor and owner.[4][5][6] He attended Harvard University and studied in France at the University of Tours before pursuing a BFA in painting at Ohio University.[5] He has a daughter, Bella Lachman (b. 2005) who lives in Amsterdam.[7]
Career
In 1989, Lachman co-directed a segment of the anthology film Imagining America.[8] In 2002, he co-directed the controversial Ken Park with Larry Clark. In 2013, Lachman produced a series of videos in collaboration with French electronic duo Daft Punk, for their album Random Access Memories.
Filmography
Cinematographer
Film
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | La Soufrière | Werner Herzog | With Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein |
| 1980 | Lightning Over Water | Wim Wenders Nicholas Ray |
With Martin Schäfer |
| 1982 | Say Amen, Somebody | George T. Nierenberg | With Don Lenzer |
| Report from Hollywood | Himself | With Mitch Dubin | |
| 1983 | Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph | Bob Eisenhardt | With John Corso, Don Lenzer and Mark Obenhaus |
| 1985 | Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders | |
| Ornette: Made in America | Shirley Clarke | ||
| I Played It for You | Ronee Blakley | ||
| Stripper | Jerome Gary | ||
| The Look | Robert Guralnick | ||
| 1986 | Mother Teresa | Ann Petrie Jeanette Petrie |
With Sandi Sissel |
| 1991 | Soldiers of Music | Bob Eisenhardt Susan Froemke Albert Maysles |
With Wolfgang Becker, Don Lenzer, Albert Maysles and Martin Schaer |
| 1993 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Steven M. Martin | With Frank G. DeMarco, Chris Lombardi and Robert Stone |
| 2004 | Cell Stories | Himself | Documentary short |
| 2009 | Collapse | Chris Smith | With Max Malkin and Chris Smith |
| 2014 | Cathedrals of Culture | Robert Redford | Segment "The Salk Institute" |
| 2015 | Don't Blink – Robert Frank | Laura Israel | With Lisa Rinzler |
| 2021 | The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Sacha Jenkins |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | A Gathering of Old Men | Volker Schlöndorff | Televisin movie |
| 1988 | Karajan in Salzburg | Deborah Dickson Susan Froemke |
TV special |
| 1993 | TriBeCa | Michael Dinner | Episode "The Box" |
| 1993 | TV Operas | Bob Baldwin | Episode "Horse Opera" |
| 2007 | The Metropolitan Opera HD Live | Brian Large | Episode "The First Emperor" |
| 2013 | Daft Punk Random Access Memories: The Collaborators | Himself | Documentary series |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce | Todd Haynes | Miniseries |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Todd Haynes | Segment "I'm Still Here" |
Director
Short film
- The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984)
Documentary film
- Report from Hollywood (1984) (Also producer)
Feature film
- Ken Park (2002)
Documentary short
- Cell Stories (2004)
- Life for a Child (2008)
- In the Hearts of Africa (2010)
Documentary miniseries
- Daft Punk Random Access Memories: The Collaborators (2013)
TV movies
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Imagining America | Segment "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" |
| 1990 | Red Hot + Blue | Segment "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" |
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ "The 75th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 5, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- ^ "EDWARD LACHMAN". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016). "The tribe at the Oscars, 2016". Times of Israel.
- ^ "Edward Lachman Biography (1946-)".
- ^ a b Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Edward Lachman
- ^ "Obituary 1 -- No Title". The New York Times. August 7, 1964.
- ^ Robinson, Joanna (November 27, 2015). "Carol's Production Designer Reveals How to Achieve Cate Blanchett Chic". Vanity Fair.
- ^ Michael Wilmington (June 7, 1989). "'Imagining America': Four Riffs on a Common Theme". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Erbland, Kate (January 25, 2016). "How I Shot That: Ed Lachman Overcomes the Usual Challenges to Lens the Audacious 'Wiener-Dog'". Indiewire.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "75th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. October 5, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "88th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. February 16, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
- ^ "96th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ "The 97th Academy Awards | 2025". February 10, 2025.
- ^ "69th British Academy Film Awards". Bafta.org. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
