Camera
Henri Alekan
FR, DE, EN, HE cinema · 93 credits
Born
10 February 1909
Died
15 June 2001 (aged 92)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Henri Albert Alakan · H. Alekan · Henry Alekan · Henri Alékan
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
Screening at the Majestic
as Self - Interviewee
Faraway, So Close!
as Captain
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Director of Photography
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
Director of Photography
The Other Eye
as Self
PANT'O'JAZZ
1991
paint'o jazz
Director of Photography
Birth of a Golem
Director of Photography
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
Director of Photography
ברלין ירושלים
1989
Berlin-Jerusalem
Director of Photography
J'écris dans l'espace
1989
J'écris dans l'espace
Director of Photography
Wings of Desire
Director of Photography
Esther
Director of Photography
A Strange Love Affair
Director of Photography
Our Nazi
as Self, Director of Photography
Cinématon XXXIV
as N°330
Wundkanal
Director of Photography
A Stone in the Mouth
Director of Photography
The Beautiful Prisoner
Director of Photography
The Trout
Director of Photography
The State of Things
Director of Photography
On Top of the Whale
Director of Photography
En rachâchant
Director of Photography
The Territory
Director of Photography
The Divisions of Nature
Director of Photography
Gun Moll
Director of Photography
Red Sun
Director of Photography
Figures in a Landscape
Director of Photography
Ici et maintenant
Director of Photography
Fun and Games for Everyone
Director of Photography
The Christmas Tree
Director of Photography
Mayerling
Director of Photography
Triple Cross
Director of Photography
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Director of Photography
Lady L
Director of Photography
Topkapi
Director of Photography
The Story of Rebecca
Director of Photography
The Other Christopher
Director of Photography
Five Miles to Midnight
Director of Photography
Tales of Paris
Director of Photography
Black Tights
Director of Photography
Austerlitz
Director of Photography
Twelve Hours by the Clock
Director of Photography
L'enfer de Rodin
1959
Rodin's Hell
Director of Photography, Director
The Great Deception
Director of Photography
The Magic of the Kite
Director of Photography
Would-Be Gentleman
Director of Photography
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Director of Photography
Paris Casino
Director of Photography
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Director of Photography
Heroes and Sinners
Camera Operator
The Best Part
Director of Photography
Frou-Frou
Director of Photography
The Impure Ones
Director of Photography
Queen Margot
Director of Photography
Roman Holiday
Director of Photography
When You Read This Letter
Director of Photography
Julietta
Director of Photography
Stranger on the Prowl
as Priest on Bicycle, Director of Photography
Three Women
Director of Photography
Forbidden Fruit
Director of Photography
Paris Is Always Paris
Director of Photography
Trip to America
Director of Photography
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Director of Photography
Just Me
Director of Photography
Marie of the Port
Director of Photography
The Lovers of Verona
Director of Photography
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Director of Photography
Anna Karenina
Director of Photography
The Damned
Director of Photography
Woman of Evil
Director of Photography
Beauty and the Beast
Director of Photography
The Battle of the Rails
Director of Photography
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Director of Photography
Les Chevaux du Vercors
Camera Operator
Ceux du rail
1943
Ceux du rail
Director of Photography
Blind Venus
Director of Photography
The Musicians of the Sky
Cinematography
Hatred
Camera Operator
The Shanghai Drama
Assistant Camera
Port of Shadows
Camera Operator
Street of Shadows
Assistant Camera
La Danseuse rouge
Director of Photography
Life Is Ours
Director of Photography
Fanny
Assistant Camera