
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 w…
Known For
Roman Holiday
Director of Photography
Wings of Desire
Director of Photography
Beauty and the Beast
Director of Photography
Port of Shadows
Camera Operator
Red Sun
Director of Photography
Faraway, So Close!
Captain
Topkapi
Director of Photography
Fanny
Assistant Camera
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Filmography
Acting (16)
Movies (14)
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
2001as Self
Screening at the Majestic
1997as Self - Interviewee
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
1997as Self
Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967
1996as Self
Carné, You Said Carné?
1994as Self
Faraway, So Close!
1993as Captain
The Other Eye
1991as Self
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
1990as Self
Alekan, la lumière
1988as Self
Our Nazi
1984as Self
Cinématon n°330 : Henri Alekan
1984as Self
Cinématon XXXIV
1984as N°330
7 False Connections
1984as Self
Stranger on the Prowl
1952as Priest on Bicycle
Television (2)
Crew (78)
Movies (78)
Golem: The Petrified Garden
1993Director of Photography
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
1992Director of Photography
paint'o jazz
1991Director of Photography
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
1990Director of Photography
Birth of a Golem
1990Director of Photography
Berlin-Jerusalem
1989Director of Photography
J'écris dans l'espace
1989Director of Photography
Wings of Desire
1987Director of Photography
Esther
1986Director of Photography
A Strange Love Affair
1985Director of Photography
Wundkanal
1984Director of Photography
Our Nazi
1984Director of Photography
The Beautiful Prisoner
1983Director of Photography
A Stone in the Mouth
1983Director of Photography
The Trout
1982Director of Photography
The State of Things
1982Director of Photography
En rachâchant
1982Director of Photography
On Top of the Whale
1982Director of Photography
The Territory
1981Director of Photography
La Dame de Monte-Carlo
1979Cinematography
The Divisions of Nature
1978Director of Photography
Gun Moll
1975Director of Photography
Red Sun
1971Director of Photography
Figures in a Landscape
1970Director of Photography
The Christmas Tree
1969Director of Photography
Ici et maintenant
1969Director of Photography
Fun and Games for Everyone
1969Director of Photography
Mayerling
1968Director of Photography
Triple Cross
1966Director of Photography
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966Director of Photography
Lady L
1965Director of Photography
Topkapi
1964Director of Photography
The Story of Rebecca
1964Director of Photography
The Other Christopher
1963Director of Photography
Five Miles to Midnight
1962Director of Photography
Black Tights
1961Director of Photography
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960Director of Photography
Twelve Hours by the Clock
1959Director of Photography
The Great Deception
1959Director of Photography
Rodin's Hell
1959Director
Rodin's Hell
1959Director of Photography
Would-Be Gentleman
1958Director of Photography
The Magic of the Kite
1958Director of Photography
The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957Director of Photography
Paris Casino
1957Director of Photography
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957Director of Photography
The Best Part
1955Director of Photography
Heroes and Sinners
1955Camera Operator
Frou-Frou
1955Director of Photography
Queen Margot
1954Director of Photography
The Impure Ones
1954Director of Photography
Roman Holiday
1953Director of Photography
When You Read This Letter
1953Director of Photography
Julietta
1953Director of Photography
Three Women
1952Director of Photography
Stranger on the Prowl
1952Director of Photography
Trip to America
1951Director of Photography
Paris Is Always Paris
1951Director of Photography
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951Director of Photography
Marie of the Port
1950Director of Photography
Just Me
1950Director of Photography
The Lovers of Verona
1949Director of Photography
Such a Pretty Little Beach
1949Director of Photography
Anna Karenina
1948Director of Photography
The Damned
1947Director of Photography
Woman of Evil
1947Director of Photography
Beauty and the Beast
1946Director of Photography
The Battle of the Rails
1946Director of Photography
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944Director of Photography
Les Chevaux du Vercors
1943Camera Operator
Ceux du rail
1943Director of Photography
Blind Venus
1941Director of Photography
The Shanghai Drama
1938Assistant Camera
Port of Shadows
1938Camera Operator
Hatred
1938Camera Operator
Street of Shadows
1937Assistant Camera
Life Is Ours
1936Director of Photography
Fanny
1932Assistant Camera
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