Henri Decaë

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1915-07-31 (72 years old)

Deathday

1987-03-07

Place of Birth

Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Henri Decaë

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henri Decaë (31 July 1915 – 7 March 1987) gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films. In 1947 he made his first feature film. Decaë is strongly associated with directors who strongly influenced, or were part of, the French New Wave. These include Jean-Pierre Melville, Louis Malle and Claude Chabrol. Decaë first worked as a cinematographer with Melville on Le Silence de la Mer (...

Production

1959

The 400 Blows

as Director of Photography

1958

Elevator to the Gallows

as Director of Photography

1981

The Professional

as Director of Photography

1959

The Cousins

as Director of Photography

1973

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

as Director of Photography

1958

The Lovers

as Director of Photography

1960

Purple Noon

as Director of Photography

1970

Hello-Goodbye

as Director of Photography

1965

The Sucker

as Director of Photography

1969

The Sicilian Clan

as Director of Photography

1967

Le Samouraï

as Director of Photography

1958

Handsome Serge

as Director of Photography

1970

Le Cercle Rouge

as Director of Photography

1965

Viva Maria!

as Director of Photography

1980

The Island

as Director of Photography

1956

Bob le Flambeur

as Director of Photography

1964

The Black Tulip

as Director of Photography

1980

Le Guignolo

as Director of Photography

1971

Joe: The Busybody

as Director of Photography

1964

Joy House

as Director of Photography

1962

A Very Private Affair

as Director of Photography

1979

Cop or Hood

as Director of Photography

1963

The Day and the Hour

as Director of Photography

1980

Inspector Blunder

as Director of Photography

1972

The Right to Love

as Director of Photography

1962

Lust

as Director of Photography

1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Director of Photography

1962

Pride

as Director of Photography

1962

The Seven Deadly Sins

as Director of Photography

1974

I'm Losing My Temper

as Director of Photography

1963

Magnet of Doom

as Director of Photography

1973

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

as Director of Photography

1967

The Night of the Generals

as Director of Photography

1967

The Comedians

as Director of Photography

1969

Castle Keep

as Director of Photography

1973

Two People

as Director of Photography

1978

The Boys from Brazil

as Director of Photography

1937

Pour bien filmer

as Director

1949

The Silence of the Sea

as Director of Photography

1950

The Strange Ones

as Director of Photography

1964

Weekend at Dunkirk

as Director of Photography

1980

The Hard Way

as Director of Photography

1968

D-Day Revisited

as Director of Photography

1970

The Only Game in Town

as Director of Photography

1983

Exposed

as Director of Photography

1976

Seven Nights in Japan

as Cinematography

1959

Witness in the City

as Director of Photography

1983

My Other Husband

as Director of Photography

1959

The Verdict

as Camera Operator

1978

These Sorcerers Are Mad

as Director of Photography

1971

The Light at the Edge of the World

as Director of Photography

1951

Faits d'hiver

as Director

1951

Faits d'hiver

as Director of Photography

1977

Bobby Deerfield

as Director of Photography

1957

S.O.S. Noronha

as Director of Photography

1966

Hotel Paradiso

as Director of Photography

1962

Eva

as Director of Photography

1959

À double tour

as Director of Photography

1971

Delusions of Grandeur

as Director of Photography

1967

Diabolically Yours

as Director of Photography

1967

The Thief of Paris

as Director of Photography

1975

The Wild Goose Chase

as Director of Photography

1960

The Good Girls

as Director of Photography

1980

Umbrella Coup

as Director of Photography

1962

La Paresse

as Director of Photography

1984

The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent

as Director of Photography

1963

Sweet and Sour

as Director of Photography

1961

Léon Morin, Priest

as Director of Photography

1977

Death of a Corrupt Man

as Director of Photography

1964

Circle of Love

as Director of Photography

1962

Sundays and Cybele

as Director of Photography

1956

Le masque de Toutankhamon

as Cinematography

1955

Heartbreak Ridge

as Director of Photography

1961

The Joy of Living

as Director of Photography

1952

Heart of the Casbah

as Director of Photography

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