David M. Walsh

Cinematographer David M Walsh was born on July 23, 1931 to Dionysus and Angela Walsh. Brought up in Cumberland, Maryland, he began his career as an assistant to Lucien Ballard at the Disney studios on the likes of 'The Parent Trap' and during the 1960s also worked as a camera operator on several big budget spectaculars. He became a director of photography in 1970 with 'Monte Walsh' and ' I Walk the Line'. In addition to the cinema he has worked on television movies, gaining an Emmy for 'Queen of the Stardust Ballroom'.