Allen Daviau

John Allen Daviau (June 14, 1942 – April 15, 2020)

Career Daviau was born on June 14, 1942, in New Orleans, and raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Loyola High School in 1960.

Daviau shot thousands of commercials, documentaries, industrials and educational films, and created psychedelic special-effects lighting for Roger Corman's The Trip (1967) before he gained entry into the International Photographers Guild.

In preparing the film the two screened pictures together, among them The Night of the Hunter, Alien, Apocalypse Now and Last Tango in Paris, to settle on an approach. He died on April 15, 2020, at the age of 77, as a result of complications from COVID-19 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital. The hospital had been his home for several years, and he was the fourth resident there to die of the disease.

Filmography Short film

Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1971 Say Goodbye David H. Vowell 1973 New Gladiators Bob Hammer With John Hora 2004 Olive or Twist 2004 Peter Moody With Tchell De Paepe, Joachim Hanwright and Michael Knight

Feature film

TV movies Year Title Director 1974 Mooch Goes to Hollywood Richard Erdman 1979 The Streets of L.A. Jerrold Freedman1980 The Boy Who Drank Too Much Rage! William Graham 1983 Legs Jerold Freedman

TV series Year Title Director Episode 1982 McDonaldland Lee Chapman "Skating" 1985 Amazing Stories Steven Spielberg "Ghost Train" 1996 International Cinematographer's Guild Heritage Series Jay Nefcy "Vittorio Storaro"

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