A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Paris, France
Born:
December 4, 1913
Died:
September 5, 1993
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." He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind. He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home. Source: Article "Claude Renoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Camera Operator:
1937 Grand Illusion
1938 La Bête Humaine
Cinematography:
1937 Grand Illusion
1938 La Bête Humaine
1949 Alice in Wonderland
1959 Gorilla's Waltz
1960 Blood and Roses
1962 The Lovers of Teruel
1963 Symphony for a Massacre
1979 The Medic
Director of Photography:
1935 Toni
1936 Life Is Ours
1937 Grand Illusion
1938 La Bête Humaine
1938 Lights of Paris
1940 Schubert's Serenade
1942 Opéra-musette
1944 L'aventure est au coin de la rue
1945 The Queer Assignment
1946 A Day in the Country
1946 Behind These Walls
1947 The House Under the Sea
1948 Impasse of Two Angels
1949 Alice in Wonderland
1949 Rendezvous in July
1950 Gunman in the Streets
1950 Prelude to Glory
1951 The River
1952 The Golden Coach
1952 The Green Glove
1953 Puccini
1954 Fabulous India
1954 Maddalena
1955 Madama Butterfly
1956 Elena and Her Men
1956 The Mystery of Picasso
1957 The Witches of Salem
1958 End of Desire
1958 The Cheaters
1959 Gorilla's Waltz
1960 Blood and Roses
1960 Wasteland
1962 Lafayette
1962 The Lovers of Teruel
1963 Symphony for a Massacre
1964 The Unvanquished
1965 Marco the Magnificent
1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 The Game Is Over
1968 Barbarella
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1969 Soluna
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
1970 The Adventurers
1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1971 The Burglars
1971 The Horsemen
1971 The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972 Killer
1973 Story of a Love Story
1973 The Serpent
1974 Paul and Michelle
1975 French Connection II
1975 The Track
1976 Doctor Francoise Gailland
1976 Femmes Fatales
1976 Game of Seduction
1976 The Wing or the Thigh?
1977 Animal
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
1978 Attention, the Kids Are Watching
1978 The Discord
1979 The Medic
Second Unit Director of Photography:
1935 Toni
1936 Life Is Ours
1937 Grand Illusion
1938 La Bête Humaine
1938 Lights of Paris
1940 Schubert's Serenade
1942 Opéra-musette
1944 L'aventure est au coin de la rue
1945 The Queer Assignment
1946 A Day in the Country
1946 Behind These Walls
1947 The House Under the Sea
1948 Impasse of Two Angels
1949 Alice in Wonderland
1949 Rendezvous in July
1950 Gunman in the Streets
1950 Prelude to Glory
1951 The River
1952 The Golden Coach
1952 The Green Glove
1953 Puccini
1954 Fabulous India
1954 Maddalena
1955 Madama Butterfly
1956 Elena and Her Men
1956 The Mystery of Picasso
1957 The Witches of Salem
1958 End of Desire
1958 The Cheaters
1959 Gorilla's Waltz
1960 Blood and Roses
1960 Wasteland
1962 Lafayette
1962 The Lovers of Teruel
1963 Symphony for a Massacre
1964 Circus World
1964 The Unvanquished
1965 Marco the Magnificent
1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 The Game Is Over
1968 Barbarella
1968 Spirits of the Dead
1969 Soluna
1969 The Madwoman of Chaillot
1970 The Adventurers
1970 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
1971 The Burglars
1971 The Horsemen
1971 The Married Couple of the Year Two
1972 Killer
1973 Story of a Love Story
1973 The Serpent
1974 Paul and Michelle
1975 French Connection II
1975 The Track
1976 Doctor Francoise Gailland
1976 Femmes Fatales
1976 Game of Seduction
1976 The Wing or the Thigh?
1977 Animal
1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
1978 Attention, the Kids Are Watching
1978 The Discord
1979 The Medic
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