Claude Renoir
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- December 4, 1913
- Died
- September 5, 1993 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to work in." He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind. He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home. Source: Article "Claude Renoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
The Medic
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The Discord
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Attention, the Kids Are Watching
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The Spy Who Loved Me
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Animal
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The Wing or the Thigh?
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Femmes Fatales
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Doctor Francoise Gailland
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Game of Seduction
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French Connection II
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The Track
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Paul and Michelle
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The Serpent
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Impossible Object
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Killer
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The Married Couple of the Year Two
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The Burglars
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The Horsemen
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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
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The Adventurers
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
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Soluna
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Barbarella
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Spirits of the Dead
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
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The Game Is Over
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Marco the Magnificent
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The Unvanquished
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Circus World
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Symphony for a Massacre
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Lafayette
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The Lovers of Teruel
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Wasteland
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Gorilla's Waltz
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The Cheaters
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End of Desire
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The Witches of Salem
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Elena and Her Men
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The Mystery of Picasso
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Crime and Punishment
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Fabulous India
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Madame Butterfly
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Maddalena
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Puccini
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The Green Glove
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The Golden Coach
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The River
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Dr. Knock
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Prelude to Glory
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Gunman in the Streets
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Born of Unknown Father
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Rendezvous in July
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Alice in Wonderland
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Impasse of Two Angels
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The House Under the Sea
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Monsieur Vincent
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A Day in the Country
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Behind These Walls
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The Queer Assignment
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L'aventure est au coin de la rue
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Opéra-musette
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Schubert's Serenade
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La Bête Humaine
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Lights of Paris
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Grand Illusion
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Life Is Ours
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Toni
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