Henri Alekan

ActorCinematographerCrewDirector Feb 10 (died age 92) Paris, France 1932–2001 (69 year career)

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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 w…

Known For

Film

Roman Holiday

Director of Photography

Film

Wings of Desire

Director of Photography

Film

Beauty and the Beast

Director of Photography

Film

Port of Shadows

Camera Operator

Film

Red Sun

Director of Photography

Film

Faraway, So Close!

Captain

Film

Topkapi

Director of Photography

Film

Fanny

Assistant Camera

Filmography

Acting (16)

Movies (14)

Jean Cocteau, cinéaste

2001

as Self

7.5

Screening at the Majestic

1997

as Self - Interviewee

Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths

1997

as Self

Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967

1996

as Self

Carné, You Said Carné?

1994

as Self

Faraway, So Close!

1993

as Captain

6.9

The Other Eye

1991

as Self

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren

1990

as Self

Alekan, la lumière

1988

as Self

Our Nazi

1984

as Self

8.5

Cinématon n°330 : Henri Alekan

1984

as Self

Cinématon XXXIV

1984

as N°330

5.0

7 False Connections

1984

as Self

Stranger on the Prowl

1952

as Priest on Bicycle

6.4

Television (2)

40° à l'ombre

as Self

German Film Award

as Self

Crew (78)

Movies (78)

Golem: The Petrified Garden

1993

Director of Photography

4.2

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

1992

Director of Photography

4.7

paint'o jazz

1991

Director of Photography

Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

1990

Director of Photography

6.4

Birth of a Golem

1990

Director of Photography

2.8

Berlin-Jerusalem

1989

Director of Photography

4.7

J'écris dans l'espace

1989

Director of Photography

5.5

Wings of Desire

1987

Director of Photography

7.8

Esther

1986

Director of Photography

6.4

A Strange Love Affair

1985

Director of Photography

3.0

Wundkanal

1984

Director of Photography

6.0

Our Nazi

1984

Director of Photography

8.5

The Beautiful Prisoner

1983

Director of Photography

6.1

A Stone in the Mouth

1983

Director of Photography

4.3

The Trout

1982

Director of Photography

5.8

The State of Things

1982

Director of Photography

6.4

En rachâchant

1982

Director of Photography

5.2

On Top of the Whale

1982

Director of Photography

7.0

The Territory

1981

Director of Photography

5.7

La Dame de Monte-Carlo

1979

Cinematography

The Divisions of Nature

1978

Director of Photography

6.6

Gun Moll

1975

Director of Photography

5.1

Red Sun

1971

Director of Photography

6.8

Figures in a Landscape

1970

Director of Photography

6.0

The Christmas Tree

1969

Director of Photography

6.2

Ici et maintenant

1969

Director of Photography

Fun and Games for Everyone

1969

Director of Photography

6.6

Mayerling

1968

Director of Photography

6.2

Triple Cross

1966

Director of Photography

6.0

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

1966

Director of Photography

5.8

Lady L

1965

Director of Photography

5.7

Topkapi

1964

Director of Photography

6.5

The Story of Rebecca

1964

Director of Photography

5.7

The Other Christopher

1963

Director of Photography

5.3

Five Miles to Midnight

1962

Director of Photography

5.7

Black Tights

1961

Director of Photography

6.2

The Battle of Austerlitz

1960

Director of Photography

6.6

Twelve Hours by the Clock

1959

Director of Photography

3.9

The Great Deception

1959

Director of Photography

Rodin's Hell

Director

Rodin's Hell

Director of Photography

7.0

Would-Be Gentleman

1958

Director of Photography

8.0

The Magic of the Kite

1958

Director of Photography

7.0

The Case of Dr. Laurent

1957

Director of Photography

6.9

Paris Casino

1957

Director of Photography

5.0

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

1957

Director of Photography

6.2

The Best Part

1955

Director of Photography

Heroes and Sinners

Camera Operator

Frou-Frou

Director of Photography

5.7

Queen Margot

1954

Director of Photography

6.9

The Impure Ones

1954

Director of Photography

3.8

Roman Holiday

1953

Director of Photography

7.9

When You Read This Letter

1953

Director of Photography

5.7

Julietta

1953

Director of Photography

6.2

Three Women

1952

Director of Photography

Stranger on the Prowl

1952

Director of Photography

6.4

Trip to America

1951

Director of Photography

6.0

Paris Is Always Paris

1951

Director of Photography

5.0

Juliette, or Key of Dreams

1951

Director of Photography

7.0

Marie of the Port

1950

Director of Photography

5.5

Just Me

1950

Director of Photography

3.8

The Lovers of Verona

1949

Director of Photography

4.8

Such a Pretty Little Beach

1949

Director of Photography

6.7

Anna Karenina

1948

Director of Photography

6.0

The Damned

1947

Director of Photography

5.9

Woman of Evil

1947

Director of Photography

6.7

Beauty and the Beast

1946

Director of Photography

7.5

The Battle of the Rails

1946

Director of Photography

6.8

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

1944

Director of Photography

6.1

Les Chevaux du Vercors

1943

Camera Operator

Ceux du rail

1943

Director of Photography

Blind Venus

1941

Director of Photography

The Shanghai Drama

Assistant Camera

Port of Shadows

Camera Operator

Hatred

Camera Operator

Street of Shadows

Assistant Camera

Life Is Ours

Director of Photography

6.3

Fanny

1932

Assistant Camera

7.5