Biography
Elgin Lessley was an American cinematographer of the silent film era. He is best known for his work as director of photography on Buster Keaton films, including Sherlock Jr. (1924), The Cameraman (1928), Seven Chances (1925), Our Hospitality (1923) and The Navigator (1924).
Lessley began his career in 1911 as a cameraman and later worked with Roscoe Arbuckle and Harry Langdon. He collaborated extensively with Keaton on shorts and features from 1919 to 1928, contributing to in-camera effects such as multiple exposures in The Playhouse (1921). He retired from filmmaking after The Cameraman.
