Henri Alekan
Personal Info
Know For
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-02-10 (92 years old)
Deathday
2001-06-15
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
Henri Albert Alakan
H. Alekan
Henry Alekan
Henri Alékan
Henri Alekan
Biography
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 ...
Acting
1991
as Self
1984
as Self
1997
1997
as Self - Interviewee
1988
as Self
1990
1984
as Self
1984
as N°330
1952
as Priest on Bicycle
1993
as Captain
1984
2001
as himself
Production
1987
as Director of Photography
1946
as Director of Photography
1953
as Director of Photography
1957
as Director of Photography
1966
as Director of Photography
1964
as Director of Photography
1971
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1938
as Camera Operator
1990
as Director of Photography
1943
as Camera Operator
1957
as Director of Photography
1990
as Director of Photography
1969
as Director of Photography
1978
as Director of Photography
1953
as Director of Photography
1969
as Director of Photography
1954
as Director of Photography
1937
as Assistant Camera
1938
as Assistant Camera
1979
as Cinematography
1961
as Director of Photography
1992
as Director of Photography
1984
as Director of Photography
1947
as Director of Photography
1952
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director of Photography
1993
as Director of Photography
1948
as Director of Photography
1984
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director of Photography
1944
as Director of Photography
1960
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director of Photography
1963
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1989
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1965
as Director of Photography
1981
as Director of Photography
1964
as Director of Photography
1975
as Director of Photography
1946
as Director of Photography
1950
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1985
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1986
as Director of Photography
1983
as Director of Photography
1962
as Director of Photography
1970
as Director of Photography
1968
as Director of Photography
1950
as Director of Photography
1982
as Director of Photography
1989
as Cinematography
1959
as Director
1969
as Director of Photography
1953
as Director of Photography
1954
as Director of Photography
1966
as Director of Photography
1991
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1947
as Director of Photography
1949
as Director of Photography
1957
as Director of Photography
1938
as Camera Operator
1955
as Camera Operator
1936
as Director of Photography
1955
as Director of Photography
1958
as Director of Photography
1955
as Director of Photography
1958
as Director of Photography
1952
as Director of Photography
1959
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director of Photography
1932
as Assistant Camera
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