# Edward Lachman

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), and Maria (2024). 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).
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 in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Rosabel (Roth) and Edward Lachman, a movie theater distributor and owner. He attended Harvard University and studied in France at the University of Tours before pursuing a BFA in painting at Ohio University. He has a daughter, Bella Lachman (b. 2005) who lives in Amsterdam.

## Career

In 1989, Lachman co-directed a segment of the anthology film Imagining America. 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 | |
| 1985 | The Little Sister | Jan Egleson | |
| 1985 | Heart of the Garden | Lavinia Currier | |
| 1986 | Portfolio | Robert Guralnick | |
| 1986 | True Stories | David Byrne | |
| 1986 | El día que me quieras | Sergio Dow | |
| 1987 | Making Mr. Right | Susan Seidelman | |
| 1987 | Less than Zero | Marek Kanievska | |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | David Wheeler | |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Dennis Hopper | |
| 1991 | Mississippi Masala | Mira Nair | |
| 1991 | London Kills Me | Hanif Kureishi | |
| 1992 | Light Sleeper | Paul Schrader | |
| 1992 | My New Gun | Stacy Cochran | |
| 1995 | My Family | Gregory Nava | |
| 1997 | Touch | Paul Schrader | |
| 1997 | Selena | Gregory Nava | |
| 1998 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Gregory Nava | |
| 1999 | The Limey | Steven Soderbergh | |
| 1999 | The Virgin Suicides | Sofia Coppola | |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Steven Soderbergh | |
| 2001 | Sweet November | Pat O'Connor | |
| 2002 | Simone | Andrew Niccol | |
| 2002 | Ken Park | Himself Larry Clark | With Larry Clark |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | |
| 2004 | Stryker | Noam Gonick | |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Robert Altman | |
| 2007 | Hounddog | Deborah Kampmeier | With Jim Denault |
| 2007 | Import/Export | Ulrich Seidl | With Wolfgang Thaler |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2012 | Paradise: Faith | Ulrich Seidl | With Wolfgang Thaler |
| 2012 | Dark Blood | George Sluizer | Shot in 1993 |
| 2013 | Paradise: Hope | Ulrich Seidl | With Wolfgang Thaler |
| 2015 | Carol | Todd Haynes | |
| 2016 | Wiener-Dog | Todd Solondz | |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | |
| 2019 | Dark Waters | Todd Haynes | |
| 2023 | El Conde | Pablo Larraín | |
| 2024 | Maria | Pablo Larraín | |

#### 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 |
| 1982 | 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 | |
| 1985 | Ornette: Made in America | Shirley Clarke | |
| 1985 | I Played It for You | Ronee Blakley | |
| 1985 | Stripper | Jerome Gary | |
| 1985 | 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 |
| Academy Awards | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Far from Heaven | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2023 | Best Cinematography | El Conde | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | 2024 | Best Cinematography | Maria | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2011 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series | Mildred Pierce | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1986 | Best Cinematography | True Stories | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 1992 | Best Cinematography | Light Sleeper | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Far from Heaven | Won |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Far from Heaven | Won |
| National Society of Film Critics | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Won |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television | Mildred Pierce | Nominated |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2002 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Far from Heaven | Nominated |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2015 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | Carol | Nominated |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | El conde | Nominated |
| American Society of Cinematographers | 2024 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases | 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 | 2002 | Golden Spike | Ken Park | Nominated |
| Golden Osella | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Far from Heaven | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Best Cinematography | Far from Heaven | Nominated |
| British Society of Cinematographers | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2015 | Best Cinematography | Carol | Nominated |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 2017 | Best Cinematography | Wonderstruck | Nominated |