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ED LACHMAN A.S.C. (Director of Photography)
is reunited with Steven Soderbergh on Erin Brockovich, following their collaboration on The Limey.
Lachman began his career working with some of the world's greatest cinematographers including Sven Nykvist, Vittorio Storaro and Robby Muller. He went on to earn international recognition for his work as director of photography on films made by such European masters as Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernardo Bertolucci.
He has photographed three films for Gregory Nava (Selena, Mi Famalia, Why do Fools Fall in Love?); two films each for Paul Schrader (Light Sleeper, for which he received an IFP nomination for cinematography and Touch); and Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan, Making Mr. Right). Lachman's additional film credits include Mississippi Masala, Less Than Zero, My New Gun, London Kills Me, Backtrack, The Lords of Flatbush and David Byrne's True Stories, for which he also received an IFP nomination for cinematography.
A veteran of many acclaimed documentaries, Lachman shot George Nierenberg's Say Amen, Somebody, Jerome Gray's Strippers and Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America, among others. For Wim Wenders he shot the moving tribute to Nicholas Ray, Lightning Over Water and Tokyo-Ga.
Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Lachman graduated from Harvard and Ohio University.
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