Constant Girel
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1873-01-01 (79 years old)
Deathday
1952-01-01
Place of Birth
Seyssel (Ain)
Also known As
François-Constant Girel
Constant Girel
Biography
Constant Girel was the son of a pharmacist and studied the subject at Lyon, at which time his brother-in-law was employed at the Lumière factory. He was taken on as a Lumière operator some time in 1896, filming for them in Germany in September of that year, when he made contact with Ludwig Stollwerck and filmed Tsar Nikolas II's inspection of the German army at Breslau. It was the Stollwerk connection that no doubt led him to Switzerland, where he worked for another Lumière representative, Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, before filming the Tsar again towards the end of the year at Cherbourg and Chalons. On 6 December he left for Japan, arriving at Kob...
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