Yann Le Masson
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-06-27 (82 years old)
Deathday
2012-01-20
Place of Birth
Brest, Finistère, France
Also known As
Jean Le Masson
Yan Le Masson
Yann Lemasson
Yann Le Masson
Biography
Yann Le Masson is a French documentary filmmaker and director of photography, born on June 27, 1930 in Brest (Finistère), died on January 20, 2012 in Avignon (Vaucluse). Yann Le Masson, born into a traditionalist Catholic family of six children, a Basque mother and a Breton father, grew up in Brest, Vannes, Toulon and then Dakar. After solid studies in mathematics and then electrical engineering, he entered the Ecole de cinéma de la rue de Vaugirard, before IDHEC where he belonged to the cell of filmmakers campaigning against the Indochina War, then for the independence of Morocco and Tunisia and against the war in Algeria. A graduate of IDH...
Production
1969
as Assistant Director
1980
as Director
1976
as Director of Photography
1966
as Director of Photography
1961
as Director
1973
as Director
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as Director
1978
as Director of Photography
1966
as Camera Operator
1958
as Assistant Camera
1974
as Director of Photography
1969
as Director of Photography
1980
as Writer
1982
as Director of Photography
1981
as Camera Operator
1985
as Director
1985
as Screenplay
1959
as Assistant Camera
1969
as Director of Photography
1985
as Director of Photography
1974
as Director of Photography
1974
as Director of Photography
1973
as Director of Photography
1968
as Director of Photography
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as Director of Photography
1953
as Cinematography
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