Henri Alekan
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- February 10, 1909
- Died
- June 15, 2001 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
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. Source: Article "Henri Alekan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Movie · Director of Photography
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
Movie · Director of Photography
paint'o jazz
Movie · Director of Photography
Birth of a Golem
Movie · Director of Photography
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
Movie · Director of Photography
Berlin-Jerusalem
Movie · Director of Photography
J'écris dans l'espace
Movie · Director of Photography
Wings of Desire
Movie · Director of Photography
Esther
Movie · Director of Photography
A Strange Love Affair
Movie · Director of Photography
Our Nazi
Movie · Director of Photography
Wundkanal
Movie · Director of Photography
A Stone in the Mouth
Movie · Director of Photography
The Beautiful Prisoner
Movie · Director of Photography
The Trout
Movie · Director of Photography
The State of Things
Movie · Director of Photography
On Top of the Whale
Movie · Director of Photography
En rachâchant
Movie · Director of Photography
The Territory
Movie · Director of Photography
The Divisions of Nature
Movie · Director of Photography
Gun Moll
Movie · Director of Photography
Red Sun
Movie · Director of Photography
Figures in a Landscape
Movie · Director of Photography
Fun and Games for Everyone
Movie · Director of Photography
Ici et maintenant
Movie · Director of Photography
The Christmas Tree
Movie · Director of Photography
Mayerling
Movie · Director of Photography
Triple Cross
Movie · Director of Photography
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Movie · Director of Photography
Lady L
Movie · Director of Photography
Topkapi
Movie · Director of Photography
The Story of Rebecca
Movie · Director of Photography
The Other Christopher
Movie · Director of Photography
Five Miles to Midnight
Movie · Director of Photography
Tales of Paris
Movie · Director of Photography
Black Tights
Movie · Director of Photography
Austerlitz
Movie · Director of Photography
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Movie · Director of Photography
Rodin's Hell
Movie · Director of Photography
The Great Deception
Movie · Director of Photography
The Magic of the Kite
Movie · Director of Photography
Would-Be Gentleman
Movie · Director of Photography
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Movie · Director of Photography
Paris Casino
Movie · Director of Photography
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie · Director of Photography
Heroes and Sinners
Movie · Camera Operator
The Best Part
Movie · Director of Photography
Frou-Frou
Movie · Director of Photography
The Impure Ones
Movie · Director of Photography
Queen Margot
Movie · Director of Photography
Roman Holiday
Movie · Director of Photography
When You Read This Letter
Movie · Director of Photography
Julietta
Movie · Director of Photography
Three Women
Movie · Director of Photography
Stranger on the Prowl
Movie · Director of Photography
Forbidden Fruit
Movie · Director of Photography
Paris Is Always Paris
Movie · Director of Photography
Trip to America
Movie · Director of Photography
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Movie · Director of Photography
Just Me
Movie · Director of Photography
Marie of the Port
Movie · Director of Photography
The Lovers of Verona
Movie · Director of Photography
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Movie · Director of Photography
Anna Karenina
Movie · Director of Photography
The Damned
Movie · Director of Photography
Woman of Evil
Movie · Director of Photography
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · Director of Photography
The Battle of the Rails
Movie · Director of Photography
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Movie · Director of Photography
Les Chevaux du Vercors
Movie · Camera Operator
Ceux du rail
Movie · Director of Photography
Blind Venus
Movie · Director of Photography
Hatred
Movie · Camera Operator
The Shanghai Drama
Movie · Assistant Camera
Port of Shadows
Movie · Camera Operator
Street of Shadows
Movie · Assistant Camera
La Danseuse rouge
Movie · Director of Photography
Life Is Ours
Movie · Director of Photography
Fanny
Movie · Assistant Camera