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Henri Alekan
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Born
February 10
,
1909
·
Paris, France
Died
June 15
,
2001
·
Auxerre, Yonne, France
(leukemia)
Birth name
Henri Albert Alakan
Mini Bio
Henri Alekan was born on February 10, 1909 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for
Wings of Desire (1987)
,
Roman Holiday (1953)
and
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
. He was married to Nadia Starcevic. He died on June 15, 2001 in Auxerre, Yonne, France.
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Nadia Starcevic
(? - June 15, 2001) (his death)
Trivia
Professor at L'IDHEC (La Fémis)
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983
Was captured and imprisoned by the Germans when they invaded France in 1940, but he escaped from prison and formed his own resistance group.
Worked as camera operator under Eugene Schufftan in the late 1930's.
A former puppeteer, he started as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios in 1927.
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[when asked what a cinematographer's job really was] To obtain psychological reactions out of mere technical means.
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