Lacey Percival

Lacey Percival
Portrait of Lacey Percival (published in 1923).
Born
Edgar Charles Lacey Percival

(1885-02-11)11 February 1885
Died7 August 1968(1968-08-07) (aged 83)
Occupationcinematographer
SpouseCatherine Blanche Morris
Parent(s)Andrew Percival & Bertha Adelaide (née Theakston)

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.

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.

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.