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Cornel Lucas

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Birthplace: Highbury, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Death: November 08, 2012 (92)
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Husband of Belinda Lee and Susan Travers
Father of Charlotte Lucas; Private; Private and Private

Occupation: Actor, Photographer
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About Cornel Lucas

Cornel Lucas (born 12 September 1920 in Highbury, London, died 8 November 2012) was a British photographer, who as a film still photographer was a pioneer of film portraiture in the 1940s and 1950s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_Lucas


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_Lucas

Cornel Lucas (12 September 1920 – 8 November 2012) 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 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), 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, Robert Newton, Joan Collins, Yvonne de Carlo, Diana Dors (in a gondola in Venice). He was in charge of the photographic studios set up by the Rank Organisation.

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Cornel Lucas's Timeline

1920
September 12, 1920
Highbury, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1979
May 29, 1979
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
2012
November 8, 2012
Age 92
London, Greater London, United Kingdom