Camera · b. 1915 · Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Henri Decaë

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henri Decaë (31 July 1915 – 7 March 1987) gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films. In 1947 he made his first feature film. Decaë is strongly associated with directors who strongly influenced, or were part of, the French New Wave. These include Jean-Pierre Melville, Louis Malle and Claude Chabrol. Decaë first worked as a cinem...

Directed
Cinematography
The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent 1984 Exposed 1983 My Other Husband 1983 The Professional 1981 The Island 1980 Le Guignolo 1980 Inspector Blunder 1980 The Hard Way 1980 Umbrella Coup 1980 Cop or Hood 1979 An Almost Perfect Affair 1979 The Boys from Brazil 1978 These Sorcerers Are Mad 1978 Bobby Deerfield 1977 Death of a Corrupt Man 1977 Seven Nights in Japan 1976 The Wild Goose Chase 1975 I'm Losing My Temper 1974 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1973 Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman 1973 Two People 1973 The Right to Love 1972 Joe: The Busybody 1971 The Light at the Edge of the World 1971 Delusions of Grandeur 1971 Hello-Goodbye 1970 Le Cercle Rouge 1970 The Only Game in Town 1970 The Sicilian Clan 1969 Castle Keep 1969 D-Day Revisited 1968 Le Samouraï 1967 The Night of the Generals 1967 The Comedians 1967 Diabolically Yours 1967 The Thief of Paris 1967 Hotel Paradiso 1966 The Sucker 1965 Viva Maria! 1965 The Black Tulip 1964 Joy House 1964 Weekend at Dunkirk 1964 Circle of Love 1964 The Day and the Hour 1963 Magnet of Doom 1963 Sweet and Sour 1963 A Very Private Affair 1962 Lust 1962 Pride 1962 The Seven Deadly Sins 1962 Eva 1962 La Paresse 1962 Sundays and Cybele 1962 Léon Morin, Priest 1961 The Joy of Living 1961 Purple Noon 1960 Les Bonnes Femmes 1960 The 400 Blows 1959 The Cousins 1959 Le Beau Serge 1959 Witness in the City 1959 À double tour 1959 Elevator to the Gallows 1958 The Lovers 1958 S.O.S. Noronha 1957 Bob le Flambeur 1956 Le masque de Toutankhamon 1956 Heartbreak Ridge 1955 Heart of the Casbah 1952 Faits d'hiver 1951 The Strange Ones 1950 Le Silence de la mer 1949
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