Bal, Walter

(1939, Djakarta, Indonesia-)

   He started out as assistant cameraman (1973 Etat de Siège / L'Amerikano / Der unsichtbare Aufstand / UK and USA: State of Siege, Costa-Gavras, France / Italy / West Germany; 1974 L'Horloger de Saint-Paul / UK: The Watch­maker of St Paul / USA: The Clockmaker of St. PauL Ber­trand Tavernier; Et Demain?, documentary, short, Pierre Carpentier; 1975 L'Important c'est d'aimer / L'importante è amare / Nachtblende / UK: The Main Thing Is to Love / USA: The Most Important Thing: Love, Andrzej Zulawski, France / Italy / West Germany) and cameraman (1972 Une Belle Fille comme moi / UK: A Gorgeous Bird Like Me / USA: Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me, François Truffaut; 1973 La Nuit américaine / Effetto notte / USA: Day for Night, also actor, François Truffaut, France / Italy; 1974 La Course en Tête / Steeds op kop, documentary, Joël Santoni, France / Belgium) and remained known mostly as cinematographer for films (1976 Les Conquistadores, Marco Pauly, Les Œufs brouillésF Joël Santoni; 1977 Juliette et l'Air du TempsF René Gilson; Bloedverwanten / Mort au Sang dHonneurF Wim Lindner, Netherlands / France; 1979 Ils sont grands ces Petits, Joël Santoni; Les Egoûts du Paradis, José Giovanni; 1994 Art Deco Detec­tive, Philippe Mora, USA; Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills, Philippe Mora, USA; 1996 Precious Find, Philippe Mora, USA; Night of the Demons III / Demon House, Jim Kaufman, USA / Canada; 1997 Back in Business / Heart of Stone, Philippe Mora, USA; 1998 Nico the Unicorn, Graeme Campbell, Canada / USA; Out of Control, Rich­ard Trevor, USA; 1999 Cinq Minutes de Détente, Tomas Roméro, France / Canada; 2001 Wrong Number, Rich­ard Middleton, Canada / USA; Say Nothing, Allan Moyle, Canada / USA; 2004 Brilliant, Roger Cardinal, Canada) and TV (1973 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, episode "The Singing Whale", Jacques-Yves Cousteau; 1977 Der Alte / UK: The Old Fox, episode "Der Alte schlàgt zweimal zu", José Giovanni, West Germany).

 Filmography

1979 ◘ Bobo Jacco