Cornel Lucas
Photographer, Award Winner
1920 – 2012
Who was Cornel Lucas?
Cornel Lucas was a British photographer, who as a film still photographer was a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was the first photographer to win BAFTA in 1998 for Services to British Film Industry.
Cornel Lucas published two books of his work, "Heads and Tales" and "Shooting Stars".
Exhibited internationally. Permanent collection at National Portrait Gallery, National Media Museum and London's Photographers' Gallery
Cornel Lucas photographed many movies stars in the late forties and fifties including Marlene Dietrich, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Brigitte Bardot, Diana Dors. He was in charge of the photographic studios set up by The Rank Organisation.
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- Born
- Sep 12, 1920
Highbury - Also known as
- Henry Cornel Lucas
- Spouses
- Belinda Lee
(1954/06/05 - 1959/04/08) - Susan Travers
(1959 - 2012/11/08)
- Belinda Lee
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Westminster
- Died
- Nov 8, 2012
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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