Léonce-Henri Burel

ActorCrewCinematographer Nov 24 (died age 84) Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France 1915–1968 (53 year career)

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Biography

Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company in 1915 he was noticed by Abel Gance and began a collaboration with him which extended over 16 films,…

Known For

Film

A Man Escaped

Director of Photography

Film

Pickpocket

Director of Photography

Film

Diary of a Country Priest

Director of Photography

Film

Napoleon

Additional Photography

Film

The Trial of Joan of Arc

Director of Photography

Film

La Roue

Director of Photography

Film

I Accuse

Director of Photography

Film

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (2)

Movies (2)

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

1968

as Self (archival footage)

6.0

Around The Wheel

1923

as Self

7.0

Crew (75)

Movies (75)

Order of the Daisy

1967

Cinematography

6.3

The Trial of Joan of Arc

1963

Director of Photography

7.2

Thank Heaven for Small Favors

1963

Director of Photography

6.6

Highway Pick-Up

1963

Director of Photography

6.8

One Night at the Beach

1961

Director of Photography

4.7

Pickpocket

1959

Director of Photography

7.3

A Bomb for a Dictator

1957

Director of Photography

5.4

A Man Escaped

1956

Director of Photography

7.9

Diamond Machine

1955

Director of Photography

2.4

La madone des sleepings

1955

Director of Photography

3.0

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

1955

Director of Photography

6.0

The Secrets of the Bed

1954

Director of Photography

2.7

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

1954

Director of Photography

6.0

Other Side of Paradise

1953

Director of Photography

5.0

The Truth About Bebe Donge

1952

Director of Photography

6.8

Diary of a Country Priest

1951

Director of Photography

7.5

Valse brillante

1949

Director of Photography

Métier de fous

1948

Director of Photography

5.0

Rocambole

1948

Director of Photography

La Route du bagne

1945

Director of Photography

Mysteries of Paris

1943

Director of Photography

5.8

Sacred Fire

1942

Director of Photography

7.0

Blind Venus

1941

Director of Photography

6.1

Bargekeepers Daughter

1938

Cinematography

9.0

Mirages

1938

Director of Photography

7.0

Crossroads

1938

Director of Photography

5.4

Return at Dawn

1938

Director of Photography

7.0

Abused Confidence

1937

Director of Photography

6.2

The Virgin Bride

1937

Director of Photography

5.9

The Last Waltz

1936

Cinematography

Hélène

1936

Director of Photography

4.0

The Man with a Broken Ear

1935

Director of Photography

Toboggan

1934

Director of Photography

A Man and His Woman

1934

Director of Photography

Abbot Constantine

1933

Director of Photography

5.0

Don't Need Money

1933

Director of Photography

Baroud

Cinematography

Baroud

Director of Photography

4.0

The Stranger

1931

Director of Photography

7.0

Dragnet Night

1931

Director of Photography

5.8

The stranger

1931

Director of Photography

La straniera

1930

Director of Photography

La Femme d'une nuit

1930

Director of Photography

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

1930

Director of Photography

5.7

Princely Nights

1929

Director of Photography

Frivolities

1929

Director of Photography

6.0

Vénus

1929

Director of Photography

L'évadée

1929

Director of Photography

The Three Passions

1928

Director of Photography

5.6

Morgane, the Enchantress

1928

Director of Photography

Woman of Destiny

1928

Director of Photography

The Crew

1928

Director of Photography

Napoleon

1927

Additional Photography

7.8

Napoleon

1927

Director of Photography

7.8

Loves of Casanova

1927

Director of Photography

6.0

Michel Strogoff

1926

Director of Photography

6.5

Salammbô

1926

Director of Photography

6.0

Faces of Children

1925

Director of Photography

7.7

The Swallow and the Titmouse

1924

Cinematography

6.4

La Roue

1923

Director of Photography

7.3

The Portrait

1923

Director of Photography

Crainquebille

1922

Director of Photography

7.2

L'Arlésienne

1922

Director of Photography

6.0

La Terre

1921

Director of Photography

6.3

Mademoiselle de La Seiglière

1921

Director of Photography

Facing the Ocean

1920

Director of Photography

I Accuse

1919

Director of Photography

7.3

The Count of Monte Cristo

1918

Director of Photography

6.0

The Tenth Symphony

1918

Director of Photography

6.4

The Right to Life

1917

Director of Photography

Barberousse

1917

Director of Photography

5.0

The Torture of Silence

1917

Director of Photography

5.2

Alsace

1916

Director of Photography

Deadly Gas

1916

Director of Photography

5.0

The Madness of Dr. Tube

1915

Director of Photography

5.2