Claude Renoir
Camera
Born December 4, 1913 in Paris, France
Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to work in."
Filmography
The Medic
Attention, the Kids Are Watching
The Discord
Animal
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Wing or the Thigh?
Game of Seduction
Femmes Fatales
Doctor Francoise Gailland
French Connection II
The Track
Paul and Michelle
Impossible Object
The Serpent
Killer
The Burglars
The Horsemen
The Married Couple of the Year Two
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
The Adventurers
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Soluna
Barbarella
Spirits of the Dead
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
The Game Is Over
Marco the Magnificent
The Unvanquished
Circus World
Symphony for a Massacre
The Lovers of Teruel
Lafayette
Wasteland
Blood and Roses
Gorilla's Waltz
The Cheaters
End of Desire
The Witches of Salem
Crime and Punishment
Elena and Her Men
The Mystery of Picasso
Self (uncredited)
Madame Butterfly
Fabulous India
Maddalena
Puccini
The Golden Coach
The Green Glove
The River
Dr. Knock
Gunman in the Streets
Born of Unknown Father
Prelude to Glory
Rendezvous in July
Alice in Wonderland
Impasse of Two Angels
Monsieur Vincent
The House Under the Sea
A Day in the Country
Behind These Walls
The Queer Assignment
L'aventure est au coin de la rue
Good Evening Ladies, Good Evening Gentlemen
Opéra-musette
Schubert's Serenade
La Bête Humaine
Lights of Paris
Grand Illusion
Life Is Ours
Toni