Biography: life and films
Henri Alekan was a French cinematographer. He was born in Paris, France on 10th February 1909 and died in Auxerre, Yonne, France on 15th June 2001, aged 92.His best films as a cinematographer include René Clément's La Bataille du rail (1946), Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la bête (1946), Yves Allégret's Une si jolie petite plage (1949), Marc Allégret's comedy Julietta (1953) and William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), and whose best work as an actor include Joseph Losey's Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952), Robert Kramer's Notre nazi (1985) and Johanna Heer's Der andere Blick (1991).
Henri Alekan was cinematographer on 77 films and appeared in 6 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Terence Young (6 films), Amos Gitai (4), Yves Allégret (3), Wim Wenders (3), Marc Allégret (3), Joseph Losey (3), Edmond T. Gréville (3), Yves Ciampi (2), René Clément (2), Marcel Carné (2), Jean-Paul Paulin (2), Jean Meyer (2), Danièle Huillet (2) and Abel Gance (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (46 films), romance (14), comedy (12), comedy-drama (7), history (6), Thriller (6), Documentary (6), Fantasy (5), comedy-romance (4), War (4) and crime-thriller (3).
Our average rating for Henri Alekan over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: a = actor; c = cinematographer
La Danseuse rouge (1937) [c]
Les Musiciens du ciel (1940) [c]
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944) [c]
La Bataille du rail (1946) [c]
La Belle et la bête (1946) [c]
Le Diable souffle (1947) [c]
Pour une nuit d'amour (1947) [c]
Les Amants de Vérone (1949) [c]
Une si jolie petite plage (1949) [c]
Ma pomme (1950) [c]
Juliette ou La clef des songes (1951) [c]
Le Voyage en Amérique (1951) [c]
Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951) [c]
Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952) [a,c]
Julietta (1953) [c]
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953) [c]
Les Amours finissent à l'aube (1953) [c]
Zoé (1954) [c]
Frou-Frou (1955) [c]
Les Héros sont fatigués (1955) [c]
Le Salaire du péché (1956) [c]
Casino de Paris (1957) [c]
Le Cas du Dr Laurent (1957) [c]
Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) [c]
Cerf-volant du bout du monde (1958) [c]
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1958) [c]
Douze heures d'horloge (1959) [c]
Le Mariage de Figaro (1959) [c]
Le Secret du Chevalier d'Éon (1959) [c]
1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs (1960) [c]
La Princesse de Clèves (1961) [c]
Le Couteau dans la plaie (1962) [c]
Topkapi (1964) [c]
Lady L (1965) [c]
Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) [c]
Mayerling (1968) [c]
Figures in a Landscape (1970) [c]
La Pupa del gangster (1975) [c]
The Territory (1981) [c]
Der Stand der Dinge (1982) [c]
Het dak van de Walvis (1982) [c]
La Truite (1982) [c]
La Belle captive (1983) [c]
Une pierre dans la bouche (1983) [c]
Wundkanal (1984) [c]
A Strange Love Affair (1985) [c]
Notre nazi (1985) [a,c]
Der Himmel über Berlin (1987) [c]
Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989) [c]
J'écris dans l'espace (1989) [c]
Cézanne (1990) [c]
Der andere Blick (1991) [a]
Naissance d'un Golem (1991) [a,c]
Golem, l'esprit de l'exil (1992) [c]
Golem, le jardin pétrifié (1993) [c]
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