Camera · b. 1892 · Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France

Léonce-Henri Burel

Biography

Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company in 1915 he was noticed by Abel Gance and began a collaboration with him which extended over 16 films, including J'accuse, La Roue, and Napoléon. In the period of silent films he also worked on several ...

Cinematography
The Trial of Joan of Arc 1963 Thank Heaven for Small Favors 1963 Highway Pick-Up 1963 One Night at the Beach 1961 Pickpocket 1959 A Bomb for a Dictator 1957 A Man Escaped 1956 Tant qu'il y aura des femmes 1955 Diamond Machine 1955 La Madone des sleepings 1955 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard 1954 The Secrets of the Bed 1954 Other Side of Paradise 1953 The Truth About Bebe Donge 1952 Diary of a Country Priest 1951 Valse brillante 1949 Métier de fous 1948 Rocambole 1948 La Route du bagne 1945 Mysteries of Paris 1943 Sacred Fire 1942 Blind Venus 1941 Crossroads 1938 Return at Dawn 1938 Mirages 1938 Abused Confidence 1937 The Virgin Bride 1937 Hélène 1936 The Man with a Broken Ear 1935 Toboggan 1934 A Man and His Woman 1934 Don't Need Money 1933 Abbot Constantine 1933 Baroud 1932 The stranger 1931 The Stranger 1931 Dragnet Night 1931 The Mystery of the Yellow Room 1930 La Femme d'une nuit 1930 La straniera 1930 Vénus 1929 Frivolities 1929 Princely Nights 1929 L'évadée 1929 Morgane, the Enchantress 1928 Woman of Destiny 1928 The Crew 1928 The Three Passions 1928 Napoleon 1927 Loves of Casanova 1927 Salammbô 1926 Michel Strogoff 1926 Faces of Children 1925 La Roue 1923 The Portrait 1923 Crainquebille 1922 L'Arlésienne 1922 Mademoiselle de La Seiglière 1921 La Terre 1921 Facing the Ocean 1920 I Accuse 1919 The Tenth Symphony 1918 The Count of Monte Cristo 1918 The Right to Life 1917 The Torture of Silence 1917 Barberousse 1917 Deadly Gas 1916 Alsace 1916 The Madness of Dr. Tube 1915
Acting
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite Self (archival footage) 1968 Around The Wheel Self 1923
Other Credits
Order of the Daisy Cinematography 1967 Bargekeepers Daughter Cinematography 1938 The Last Waltz Cinematography 1936 Baroud Cinematography 1933 The Swallow and the Titmouse Cinematography 1924
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