Walter Lassally(1926-2017)

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Director

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Zorba the Greek (1964)

Walter Lassally was born on 18 December 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Zorba the Greek (1964), Heat and Dust (1983) and Before Midnight (2013). He was married to Nadia Lassali. He died on 23 October 2017 in Crete, Greece.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Zorba the Greek

7.6

Cinematographer

1964

Heat and Dust

6.5

Cinematographer

1983

Before Midnight

7.9

Patrick

2013

The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s

Cinematographer

2023

Credits

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Cinematographer

The Way It Was: Paris Restaurants in the 1970s
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- 2023
Crescent Heart
4.9
- Cinematographer
- 2001
Silent Film
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- Cinematographer
- 1997
Nature Perfected: The Story of the Garden
TV Mini Series
- Cinematographer
- 1995
Ta delfinakia tou Amvrakikou
7.9
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 1995
The Little Dolphins
7.8
- Cinematographer
- 1993
The Man Upstairs
6.3
TV Movie
- director of photography
- 1992
Die Erbschaft
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1991
Diary of a Madman
5.8
- Cinematographer
- 1990
Fragments of Isabella
8.0
- Cinematographer
- 1989
The Deceivers
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1988
The Perfect Murder
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1988
CBS Summer Playhouse
6.4
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 1988
Indian Summer
5.6
- Cinematographer
- 1987

Camera and Electrical Department

Arena
7.7
TV Series
- archive film cameraman
- 1986
Requiem for a Village
6.7
- additional photography
- 1975
The Olympics in Mexico
7.1
- photographer
- 1969
In the Labyrinth
7.1
Short
- cameraman
- 1967
We Are the Lambeth Boys
6.8
- camera
- 1959
Together
6.7
- additional photography
- 1956
Strange Stories
6.4
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1953
Night and the City
7.8
- focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
- 1950
Saints and Sinners
5.8
- assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
- 1949
Woman of Dolwyn
7.0
- assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
- 1949
What a Life
6.3
Short
- camera assistant (uncredited)
- 1948
Things Happen at Night
4.6
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1948
This Was a Woman
6.8
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1948
Dancing with Crime
6.4
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1947
I Became a Criminal
7.2
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1947

Director

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Personal details

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Official sites
- ASC award 2007
- BSC
Alternative name
- Walter Lassaly
Born
- December 18, 1926
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- October 23, 2017
- Crete, Greece(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Nadia Lassali1991 - 1994 (her death)
Publicity listings
- 1 Print Biography
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Lassaly retired to the village of Stavros in the 1990s, near the beach that served as the backdrop for the final scene of Zorba the Greek. He donated his Academy Award to Christiana's Restaurant, a beach front taverna near the exact spot where the famous dancing scene with Quinn and Bates took space. The statuette was on display on the bar until a fire destroyed it in 2012.

Quotes
A young stage director preparing to make his first film once declined an offer of my services with the comment "I don't want to make one of those films the critics say is mediocre, but beautifully photographed by Walter Lassally." Neither do I, but it's deuced difficult to see them coming.