Henri Alekan
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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…
Filmography
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Faraway, So Close!
1993
Golem: The Petrified Garden
1993
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992
paint'o jazz
paint'o jazz
1991
Birth of a Golem
1990
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
1990
J'écris dans l'espace
J'écris dans l'espace
1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
Berlin-Jerusalem
1989
Wings of Desire
1987
Esther
1986
A Strange Love Affair
1985
Wundkanal
1984
Cinématon XXXIV
1984
Our Nazi
1984
A Stone in the Mouth
1983
The Beautiful Prisoner
1983
En rachâchant
1982
The Trout
1982
The State of Things
1982
On Top of the Whale
1982
The Territory
1981
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
1979
The Divisions of Nature
1978
Gun Moll
1975
Red Sun
1971
Figures in a Landscape
1970
Fun and Games for Everyone
1969
The Christmas Tree
1969
Ici et maintenant
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
The Great Deception
1959
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959
Rodin's Hell
Rodin's Hell
1959
The Magic of the Kite
1958
Would-Be Gentleman
1958
Paris Casino
1957
The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
The Best Part
1955
Heroes and Sinners
1955
Frou-Frou
1955
Queen Margot
1954
The Impure Ones
1954
Roman Holiday
1953
When You Read This Letter
1953
Julietta
1953
Forbidden Fruit
1952
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
Woman of Evil
1947
The Damned
1947
Beauty and the Beast
1946
The Battle of the Rails
1946
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
Les Chevaux du Vercors
1943
Ceux du rail
Ceux du rail
1943
Blind Venus
1941
The Musicians of the Sky
1940
The Shanghai Drama
1938
Port of Shadows
1938
Hatred
1938
La Danseuse rouge
1937
Street of Shadows
1937