Henri Alekan
Camera
Born February 10, 1909 in Paris, France
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.
Filmography
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
Self
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
Self
Screening at the Majestic
Self - Interviewee
Faraway, So Close!
Captain
Golem: The Petrified Garden
Golem, the Spirit of Exile
The Other Eye
Self
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
Self
Birth of a Golem
Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet
Alekan, la lumière
Self
Wings of Desire
Esther
A Strange Love Affair
7 False Connections
Self
Wundkanal
Cinématon XXXIV
N°330
Our Nazi
Self
A Stone in the Mouth
The Beautiful Prisoner
En rachâchant
The Trout
The State of Things
On Top of the Whale
The Territory
The Divisions of Nature
Gun Moll
Red Sun
Figures in a Landscape
Fun and Games for Everyone
The Christmas Tree
Ici et maintenant
Mayerling
Triple Cross
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Lady L
Topkapi
The Story of Rebecca
The Other Christopher
Five Miles to Midnight
Black Tights
The Battle of Austerlitz
The Great Deception
Twelve Hours by the Clock
The Magic of the Kite
Would-Be Gentleman
Paris Casino
The Case of Dr. Laurent
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Best Part
Heroes and Sinners
Frou-Frou
Queen Margot
The Impure Ones
Roman Holiday
When You Read This Letter
Julietta
Forbidden Fruit
Three Women
Stranger on the Prowl
Priest on Bicycle
Paris Is Always Paris
Trip to America
Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Just Me
Marie of the Port
The Lovers of Verona
Such a Pretty Little Beach
Anna Karenina
Woman of Evil
The Damned
Beauty and the Beast
The Battle of the Rails
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Les Chevaux du Vercors
Blind Venus
The Musicians of the Sky
The Shanghai Drama
Port of Shadows
Hatred
La Danseuse rouge
Street of Shadows
Life Is Ours
Fanny