Lacey_Percival

Lacey Percival

Lacey Percival

Australian cinematographer


Lacey Percival (11 February 1885 - 7 August 1968) was an Australian cinematographer who worked on many early Australian silent films. He worked for the Australian Photo-Play Company then joined West's Pictures. When that company merged with Australasian Films he ran their weekly newsreel, Australasian Gazette until 1925.[1]

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Two years later he went to work for Automatic Film Laboratories, then in 1935 established Percival Film Laboratories which he ran until his retirement in 1948.[2][3]

Filmography


References

  1. "C. Lacey Percival Resigns from A.F. Ltd.", Everyones., 5 (311 (17 February 1926)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-574672185, retrieved 25 February 2024 via Trove
  2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 16
  3. The Versatile Cameraman, Everyones (Sydney), Vol. 3 No. 158 (14 March 1923), page 3.



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