Edward Lachman

Edward Lachman
Lachman in 2009
Born	(1948-03-31) March 31, 1948 (age 76) Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names	Ed Lachman
Alma mater	Harvard University University of Tours Ohio University
Occupations	Cinematographer director
Years active	1972–present
Children	1

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

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1974	The Lords of Flatbush	Martin Davidson Stephen Verona	With Joseph Mangine
1977	False Face	John Grissmer
1980	Union City	Marcus Reichert
1982	Little Wars	Maroun Bagdadi	With Heinz Hölscher
1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Susan Seidelman
	The Little Sister	Jan Egleson
	Heart of the Garden	Lavinia Currier
1986	Portfolio	Robert Guralnick
	True Stories	David Byrne
	El día que me quieras	Sergio Dow
1987	Making Mr. Right	Susan Seidelman
	Less than Zero	Marek Kanievska
1990	The Local Stigmatic	David Wheeler
	Catchfire	Dennis Hopper
1991	Mississippi Masala	Mira Nair
	London Kills Me	Hanif Kureishi
1992	Light Sleeper	Paul Schrader
	My New Gun	Stacy Cochran
1995	My Family	Gregory Nava
1997	Touch	Paul Schrader
	Selena	Gregory Nava
1998	Why Do Fools Fall in Love
1999	The Limey	Steven Soderbergh
	The Virgin Suicides	Sofia Coppola
2000	Erin Brockovich	Steven Soderbergh
2001	Sweet November	Pat O'Connor
2002	Simone	Andrew Niccol
	Ken Park	Himself Larry Clark	With Larry Clark
	Far from Heaven	Todd Haynes
2004	Stryker	Noam Gonick
2006	A Prairie Home Companion	Robert Altman
2007	Hounddog	Deborah Kampmeier	With Jim Denault
	Import/Export	Ulrich Seidl	With Wolfgang Thaler
	I'm Not There	Todd Haynes
2009	Life During Wartime	Todd Solondz
2010	Howl	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
2012	Paradise: Love	Ulrich Seidl	With Wolfgang Thaler
	Paradise: Faith
	Dark Blood	George Sluizer	Shot in 1993
2013	Paradise: Hope	Ulrich Seidl	With Wolfgang Thaler
2015	Carol	Todd Haynes
2016	Wiener-Dog [9]	Todd Solondz
2017	Wonderstruck	Todd Haynes
2019	Dark Waters
2023	El Conde	Pablo Larraín
2024	Maria

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

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2002	Best Cinematography	Far from Heaven	Nominated	[10]
	2015		Carol	Nominated	[11]
	2023		El Conde	Nominated	[12]
	2024		Maria	Nominated	[13]
BAFTA Awards	2015	Best Cinematography	Carol	Nominated	[14]
Primetime Emmy Awards	2011	Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series	Mildred Pierce	Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards	1986	Best Cinematography	True Stories	Nominated
	1992		Light Sleeper	Nominated
	2002		Far from Heaven	Won
	2015		Carol	Won
National Society of Film Critics	2002	Best Cinematography	Far from Heaven	Won
	2015		Carol	Won
American Society of Cinematographers	2011	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television	Mildred Pierce	Nominated
	2002	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Far from Heaven	Nominated
	2015		Carol	Nominated
	2023		El conde	Nominated
	2024		Maria	Won
Bogotá Film Festival	1986	Best Cinematography	El día que me quieras	Won
Jeonju International Film Festival	2002	Jeonju Daring Digital Award	Ken Park	Nominated
Valladolid International Film Festival		Golden Spike		Nominated
Golden Osella		Best Cinematography	Far from Heaven	Won
Satellite Awards		Best Cinematography		Nominated
British Society of Cinematographers	2015	Best Cinematography	Carol	Won
Critics' Choice Movie Awards		Best Cinematography		Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle	2017	Best Cinematography	Wonderstruck	Nominated

References

1. "The 75th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. October 5, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
2. "EDWARD LACHMAN". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
3. Bloom, Nate (February 25, 2016). "The tribe at the Oscars, 2016". Times of Israel .
4. "Edward Lachman Biography (1946-)".
5. Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers: Edward Lachman
6. "Obituary 1 -- No Title". The New York Times. August 7, 1964.
7. Robinson, Joanna (November 27, 2015). "Carol's Production Designer Reveals How to Achieve Cate Blanchett Chic". Vanity Fair .
8. Michael Wilmington (June 7, 1989). "'Imagining America': Four Riffs on a Common Theme". Los Angeles Times .
9. 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.
10. "75th Academy Awards". Oscars.org . October 5, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
11. "88th Academy Awards". Oscars.org . February 16, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
12. "96th Academy Awards". Oscars.org . Retrieved March 11, 2024.
13. "The 97th Academy Awards | 2025". February 10, 2025.
14. "69th British Academy Film Awards". Bafta.org . Retrieved March 11, 2024.

External links

• Edward Lachman at IMDb