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Henri Alekan (1909–2001)

Trivia:

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983 See more trivia »

Died:

(age 92) in Auxerre, Yonne, France

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Filmography

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1989 J'écris dans l'espace (documentary)
 
1987 Wings of Desire
 
1986 Esther
 
1985 Notre nazi (documentary)
 
1984 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
7 faux raccords (1984)
 
1984 Wundkanal
 
1983 La belle captive (director of photography)
 
1982 En rachâchant (short)
 
1981 The Territory (director of photography)
 
1979 La dame de Monte Carlo (short)
 
1978 Les divisions de la nature (TV short)
 
1975 La pupa del gangster (director of photography)
 
1971 Red Sun
 
1971 La possédée (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1968 Mayerling (director of photography)
 
1967 Versailles (documentary short)
 
1966 Triple Cross (director of photography / as Henry Alekan)
 
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers (director of photography)
 
1965 Lady L (director of photography)
 
1964 Topkapi (director of photography)
 
1964 Le mandarin merveilleux (TV movie)
 
1964 Le récit de Rebecca (short)
 
1962 Five Miles to Midnight (photographed by)
 
1962 Tales of Paris (segments "Ella", "Antonio")
 
1961 Black Tights (director of photography)
 
1961 Avant le petit déjeuner (short)
 
1957 Casino de Paris
 
1956 Un matin comme les autres (short)
 
1955 The Best Part
 
1955 Frou-Frou
 
1954 Queen Margot
 
1954 Human Cargo
 
1954 Zoé
 
1953 Julietta
 
1953 Roman Holiday (director of photography)
 
1952 Forbidden Fruit
 
1952 Three Women (segment "Boitelle")
 
1951 Trip to America
 
1950 Just Me
 
1948 Anna Karenina (photography)
 
1947 Woman of Evil
 
1947 The Damned
 
1947 Passionnelle (night scenes - uncredited)
 
1945 Échec au roy
 
1942 Ceux du rail (documentary short)
 
1941 Blind Venus
 
1940 The Emigrant
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (32 titles)
1969 The Picasso Summer (additional photographer)
 
1943 A Woman in the Night (camera operator)
 
1941 Parade en 7 nuits (camera operator)
 
1941 Blind Venus (camera operator)
 
1940 Campement 13 (camera operator)
 
1940 There's No Tomorrow (camera operator)
 
1940 Les musiciens du ciel (camera operator)
 
1940 The Emigrant (camera operator)
 
1939 Girls in Distress (assistant camera)
 
1939 Le dernier tournant (camera operator)
 
1939 Pasha's Wives (camera operator - as H. Alekan)
 
1939 Le prince Bouboule (assistant camera)
 
1938 The Shanghai Drama (assistant camera)
 
1938 Port of Shadows (camera operator - as Alekan)
 
1938 Ramuntcho (assistant camera)
 
1938 Hatred (camera operator)
 
1937 Drole de Drame (assistant camera - as Alekan)
 
1937 La bataille silencieuse (assistant camera)
 
1937 La danseuse rouge (camera operator)
 
1937 Mademoiselle Docteur (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Man of the Hour (assistant camera)
 
1936 Au service du tsar (assistant camera)
 
1936 Les jumeaux de Brighton (assistant camera)
 
1936 La tendre ennemie (assistant camera)
 
1936 La vie est à nous (assistant camera)
 
1935 Slipper Episode (assistant camera)
 
1934 Roi de Camargue (assistant camera)
 
1933 Fat Man's Worries (assistant camera)
 
1932 Fanny (assistant camera)
 
1932 Fantômas (assistant camera)
 
1932 The Chocolate Girl (assistant camera)
 
1931 American Love (assistant camera)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1993 Faraway, So Close!
Kapitän
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem (uncredited)
 
1952 Stranger on the Prowl
Priest on Bicycle
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1991 The Lovers on the Bridge (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1997 Cannes... les 400 coups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Carné, vous avez dit Carné (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1993 Bouillon de culture (TV series documentary)
Himself
Michèle Morgan - Jean Marais (1993) … Himself
 
1991 Der andere Blick (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Langlois monumental (TV short)
Himself
 
1987 40 degrés à l'ombre de la 3 (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 June 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
1985 Notre nazi (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Cinéma cinémas (TV series documentary)
Himself
7 faux raccords (1984) … Himself
 
1984 Cinématon (documentary)
Himself (1984)
 
1983 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself
8ème nuit des Césars (1983) … Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1994) Book (w/Robert Hammond): "La belle et la bête" See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

H. Alekan | Henry Alekan | Alekan | Henri Alékan
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[when asked what a cinematographer's job really was] To obtain psychological reactions out of mere technical means. See more »

Trivia:

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983 See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius