Carroll Ballard

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Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film director . He grew up on Lake Tahoe and did his military service as a cameraman .

Career

He began making documentaries for American news agencies: Beyond this Winter's Wheat (1965) and Harvest (1966); the latter was nominated for an Oscar. The documentary film The Perils of Priscilla was made in 1969, Rodeo in 1970 and Norman Rockwell's World in 1972 ... An American Dream about the American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell .

In George Lucas ' Star Wars , he was Second Unit Director and responsible for several desert scenes. In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola , a former college student at the University of California (UCLA), offered him to direct the film adaptation of Walter Farley's book The Black Stallion . The adventure film The Black Stallion was made .

In 1983, When the Wolves Howl (Never Cry Wolf) followed, a film about a researcher who lives with polar wolves. In 1986 he filmed Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and in 1992 Wind , a sailing film about the dream of winning the America's Cup .

In 1996, Amy and the Wild Geese followed , which was nominated for an Oscar for best camera. The film tells the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who teaches a flock of wild geese to fly. The film became known, among other things, for the breathtaking shots of wild geese in flight, taken with the help of an ultra-light aircraft.

Ballard's last film is Duma (2005), a film about a South African boy's friendship with an orphaned cheetah .

Most of Ballard's films are about people and their relationship with nature. The often poetic films work through their visual language as well as through the dialogues.

Filmography

  • 1965 - Pigs! (Short film)
  • 1967 - Harvest (short film)
  • 1969 - Rodeo (short film)
  • 1969 - The Perils of Priscilla (short film)
  • 1971 - Seems like only Yesterday (documentary)
  • 1974 - The Hello Machine (short film)
  • 1974 - Crystallization (short film)
  • 1979 - The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion)
  • 1983 - When the Wolves Howl (Never Cry Wolf)
  • 1986 - The Nutcracker (Nutcracker)
  • 1992 - wind
  • 1996 - Amy and the Wild Geese (Fly Away Home)
  • 2005 - Duma - My friend from the wild (Duma)

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personal data
SURNAME Ballard, Carroll
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , USA