Henri Alekan
Herec
10. února 1909 — 15. června 2001 (92 let)
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 photography was René Clément's realistic war drama La Bataille du Rail of 1946. In the same year he worked on Jean Cocteau's fable La Belle et la Bête.
He found himself out of sympathy with the French New Wave cinema which emerged in the late 1950s and Alekan shot some rather conventional films in Hollywood. A new generation of directors appreciated his visionary style, however, and he worked with Raúl Ruiz on The Territory and On Top of the Whale, with Joseph Losey on Figures in a Landscape and The Trout, and with Wim Wenders on The State Of Things and Wings of Desire. His last films were made with the Israeli director Amos Gitai.
He wrote one of the best books about cinematography Des lumières et des ombres (1984, Éditions du Collectionneur).
Alekan died from leukemia on 15 June 2001 in Auxerre, Bourgogne, aged 92.
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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 photography was René Clément's realistic war drama La Bataille du Rail of 1946. In the same year he worked on Jean Cocteau's fable La Belle et la Bête.
He found himself out of sympathy with the French New Wave cinema which emerged in the late 1950s and Alekan shot some rather conventional films in Hollywood. A new generation of directors appreciated his visionary style, however, and he worked with Raúl Ruiz on The Territory and On Top of the Whale, with Joseph Losey on Figures in a Landscape and The Trout, and with Wim Wenders on The State Of Things and Wings of Desire. His last films were made with the Israeli director Amos Gitai.
He wrote one of the best books about cinematography Des lumières et des ombres (1984, Éditions du Collectionneur).
Alekan died from leukemia on 15 June 2001 in Auxerre, Bourgogne, aged 92.
Source: Article "Henri Alekan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmografie
| 1993 | Faraway, So Close! · as Captain |
| 1991 | Naissance d'un Golem · as Cast |
| 1952 | Stranger on the Prowl · as Priest On Bicycle |
| 2021 | Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By · as Self |
| 2004 | |
| 1984 | Unser Nazi · as Self |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Self |
| 1976 | César Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1994 | Golem, le jardin pétrifié · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Golem, the Spirit of the Exile · as Director Of Photography |
| 1991 | Naissance d'un Golem · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Cézanne - Conversation with Joachim Gasquet · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | Berlin-Jerusalem · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | Wings of Desire · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Esther · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | A Strange Love Affair · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Wundkanal · as Director Of Photography |
| 1984 | Unser Nazi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | A Stone in the Mouth · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | The Beautiful Prisoner · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | En rachâchant · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | The State of Things · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | The Trout · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | On Top of the Whale · as Director Of Photography |
| 1982 | Cinéma cinémas · as Cinematographer |
| 1981 | The Territory · as Director Of Photography |
| 1981 | Les divisions de la nature · as Director Of Photography |
| 1977 | L'ombre et la nuit · as Cinematographer |
| 1975 | Gun Moll · as Director Of Photography |
| 1971 | Red Sun · as Director Of PhotographyNa Plexu |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape · as Director Of Photography |
| 1969 | The Christmas Tree · as Director Of PhotographyNa Plexu |
| 1968 | Mayerling · as Director Of Photography |
| 1968 | Fun and Games for Everyone · as Director Of Photography |
| 1966 | Triple Cross · as Director Of PhotographyNa Plexu |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower · as Director Of Photography |
| 1965 | Lady L · as Director Of Photography |
| 1964 | Topkapi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1963 | The Other Christopher · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Five Miles to Midnight · as Director Of Photography |
| 1962 | Tales of Paris · as Cinematographer |
| 1961 | Princess of Cleves · as Cinematographer |
| 1960 | Black Tights · as Director Of Photography |
| 1960 | The Battle of Austerlitz · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Le secret du Chevalier d'Éon · as Director Of Photography |
| 1959 | Twelve Hours by the Clock · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Cerf-volant du bout du monde · as Director Of Photography |
| 1958 | Would-Be Gentleman · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | Casino de Paris · as Director Of Photography |
| 1957 | The camera explores time · as Cinematographer |
| 1957 | The Case of Dr. Laurent · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | Typhoon Over Nagasaki · as Director Of Photography |
| 1956 | The Wages of Sin · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | The Best Part · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | Heroes and Sinners · as Cinematographer |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou · as Director Of Photography |
| 1955 | House on the Waterfront · as Cinematographer |
| 1954 | Queen Margot · as Director Of Photography |
| 1954 | Human Cargo · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Julietta · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Roman Holiday · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | When You Read This Letter · as Director Of Photography |
| 1953 | Les amours finissent à l'aube · as Cinematographer |
| 1952 | Forbidden Fruit · as Cinematographer |
| 1952 | Three Women · as Director Of Photography |
| 1952 | Stranger on the Prowl · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Paris Is Always Paris · as Director Of Photography |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | Just Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 1950 | La Marie du Port · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | The Lovers of Verona · as Director Of Photography |
| 1949 | Such a Pretty Little Beach · as Director Of Photography |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina · as Director Of PhotographyNa Plexu |
| 1947 | Woman of Evil · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | The Damned · as Director Of Photography |
| 1947 | Passionnelle · as Cinematographer |
| 1946 | Beauty and the Beast · as Director Of PhotographyNa Plexu |
| 1946 | The Battle of the Rails · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Les petites du quai aux fleurs · as Director Of Photography |
| 1941 | Venus of Paris · as Director Of Photography |
| 1940 | Musicians of Heaven · as Cinematographer |
| 1937 | La danseuse rouge · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Life Is Ours · as Director Of Photography |