High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing films, such as Morituri, The Professionals, In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Day of the Locust, Tequila Sunrise, Searching for Bobby Fischer, A Civil Action, American Beauty and Road to Perdition, which garned him several awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. Sam Mendes, the director of Road to Perdition, dedicated the film to Hall.