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Alain Pol (1916-2013)

Birthplace:
Besançon, Doubs, France

Born:
September 17, 1916

Died:
June 5, 2013

Biography from TheMovieDB

Alain Pol, born September 17, 1916 in Besançon in France, was a director and director of photography and cinematographer for the Lumière company. He was married to Janine Renaud, with whom he had 3 children then remarried to Odette Gourmel.  He is known for the production of his daring and innovative documentary films including "À L'Assaut de la Tour Eiffel", halfway between documentary and fiction, the filmmaker films two teams of mountaineers who illegally climb the Eiffel Tower to the top before going back down. The action is punctuated by the intervention of gendarmes who try to stop their progress. This film won an award at the Venice Biennale and won the Louis Lumière Prize in 1948. He also directed numerous other documentaries including "Le Socle" (1948), "Jouons Le Jeu" (1952), as cinematographer on "Around The World With Orson Welles: The Dominici Affair" and many others...  He died on June 5, 2013.

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1948  Broken Journey
2003  The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles

Director:
1944  Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1946  The Call Of The Peaks
1947  La Ceinture Dorée
1947  À l'Assaut de la Tour Eiffel
1948  Broken Journey
1948  Le Socle
1951  Les Tapisseries Des Gobelins
1951  The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk
2003  The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles

Writer:
1944  Autour d'un Film de Montagne
1946  The Call Of The Peaks
1947  La Ceinture Dorée
1947  À l'Assaut de la Tour Eiffel
1948  Broken Journey
1948  Le Socle
1951  Les Tapisseries Des Gobelins
1951  The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk
2003  The Dominici Affair by Orson Welles

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Cinematography:
1955  Around the World with Orson Welles

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