Tuesday 24 October 2017

Walter Lassally, Cinematographer; Crete



My favourite cinematographer, unforgettable black and white films. Walter Lassally has died, aged 90:

Oscar-winning cinematographer Walter Lassally dies on Crete, eKathimerini

Obituary, Telegraph

From Greek Reporter



Walter Lassally in Sydney,
 supporting a UK-Australia film student exchange





The great film director Michael Cacoyannis once told me,
 in the course of a long interview, why he had chosen Walter Lassally
as cinematographer and cameraman for Zorba the Greek.

"I had seen some of the documentaries he had made..."


See also, a fascinating book by Walter Lassally:







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