Camera · b. 1909 · Paris, France

Henri Alekan

Biography

Henri Alekan (10 February 1909, Paris – 15 June 2001, Auxerre, Bourgogne) was a French cinematographer. Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909. At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt Studios. He then spent a short time in the army, returning to Billancourt in 1931. In the late 1930s he was the camera operator to Eugene Shufftan on Marcel Carné's Quai des Brumes and Drôle de drame. He was greatly influenced by Schufftan's non-naturalistic style. His first success as a director of phot...

Directed
Cinematography
Golem: The Petrified Garden 1993 Golem, the Spirit of Exile 1992 paint'o jazz 1991 Birth of a Golem 1990 Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet 1990 Berlin-Jerusalem 1989 J'écris dans l'espace 1989 Wings of Desire 1987 Esther 1986 A Strange Love Affair 1985 Our Nazi 1984 Wundkanal 1984 A Stone in the Mouth 1983 The Beautiful Prisoner 1983 The Trout 1982 The State of Things 1982 On Top of the Whale 1982 En rachâchant 1982 The Territory 1981 The Divisions of Nature 1978 Gun Moll 1975 Red Sun 1971 Figures in a Landscape 1970 Fun and Games for Everyone 1969 Ici et maintenant 1969 The Christmas Tree 1969 Mayerling 1968 Triple Cross 1966 The Poppy Is Also a Flower 1966 Lady L 1965 Topkapi 1964 The Story of Rebecca 1964 The Other Christopher 1963 Five Miles to Midnight 1962 Black Tights 1961 The Battle of Austerlitz 1960 Twelve Hours by the Clock 1959 Rodin's Hell 1959 The Great Deception 1959 The Magic of the Kite 1958 Would-Be Gentleman 1958 The Case of Dr. Laurent 1957 Paris Casino 1957 Typhoon Over Nagasaki 1957 The Best Part 1955 Frou-Frou 1955 The Impure Ones 1954 Queen Margot 1954 Roman Holiday 1953 When You Read This Letter 1953 Julietta 1953 Three Women 1952 Stranger on the Prowl 1952 Paris Is Always Paris 1951 Trip to America 1951 Juliette, or Key of Dreams 1951 Just Me 1950 Marie of the Port 1950 The Lovers of Verona 1949 Such a Pretty Little Beach 1949 Anna Karenina 1948 The Damned 1947 Woman of Evil 1947 Beauty and the Beast 1946 The Battle of the Rails 1946 The Little Ones of the Flower Platform 1944 Ceux du rail 1943 Blind Venus 1941 La Danseuse rouge 1937 Life Is Ours 1936
Acting
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