Cornel Lucas (12 September 19208 November 2012) was a British photographer, who as a
film still photographer
A unit still photographer, or simply a still photographer, is a person who creates film stills, still photographic images specifically intended for use in the marketing and publicity of feature films in the motion picture industry and network tele ...
was a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s.
He was the first photographer to win a
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 (London)
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...
,
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
Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...
,
Robert Newton,
Joan Collins,
Yvonne de Carlo
Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and late ...
,
Diana Dors (in a gondola in Venice).
[ He was in charge of the photographic studios set up by the Rank Organisation.
]
Personal life
He was married to Belinda Lee in 1954, but divorced in 1959, when he married the actress Susan Travers
Susan Mary Gillian Travers (23 September 1909 – 18 December 2003) was a British nurse and ambulance driver who served in the French Red Cross during the Second World War. She later became the only woman to be enlisted in the French Foreign Le ...
. They had four children together, including actress Charlotte Lucas.
References
External links
*
*
Interview British Entertainment History Project
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Cornel
1920 births
2012 deaths
BAFTA winners (people)
Photographers from London
People from Highbury
Movie stills photographers