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Henri Alekan Biography (1909-)

Full name, Henri Albert Alekan; born February 10, 1909, in Paris, France; sonof Armand (an engineer) and Simah (Marx-Isaac) Alekan; married Beatrice Caldarella; married Nada Starcevic (an assistant director and script-person); children: (first marriage) Claude, Francoise, Yves; (second marriage) Igor-Pascal, Laurent-Sacha.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

February 10, 1909

Paris, France

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM WORK; CINEMATOGRAPHER
• La Bataille du rail, Mayer-Burstyn, 1945.
• Le Belle et la bete, Discina, 1945.
• Les Maudits (also known as The Damned), Discina, 1947.
• La Marie du port, Bellon-Foulke, 1949.
• Ma pomme (also known as My Apple and Just Me), Discina, 1950.
• Les Amants de Verone (also known as The Lovers of Verona), Souvaine Selective Pictures, 1951.
• La Voyage en Amerique, Martin J. Lewis, 1952.
• (With Franz Planer) Roman Holiday, Paramount, 1953.
• Stranger on the Prowl, United Artists (UA), 1953.
• Frou-Frou, Film Cine-Italgamma, 1955.
• Le Cas du Docteur Laurent, Cocinor, 1956.
• Julietta, Kingsley International, 1957.
• Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (also known as The Would-Be Gentleman), Kingsley-Union, 1960.
• Austerlitz, Lux, 1960.
• "Ella" and "Antonia," Les Parisiennes (also known as Tales of Paris), Francos Incei Times Film Corp., 1962.
• Le Couteau dans la plaie (also known as Five Miles to Midnight), UA, 1962.
• Le Mariage de Figaro, Union, 1963.
• Topkapi, UA, 1964.
• Lady L, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
• Danger Grows Wild (also known as The Poppy Is Also a Flower), Comet, 1966.
• Triple Cross, Warner Bros., 1966.
• L'Arbre de Noel (also known as The Christmas Tree), Continental, 1969.
• Figures in a Landscape, National General, 1970.
• Soleil rouge (also known as Red Sun), National General, 1971.
• La Truite (also known as The Trout), Triumph, 1982.
• (With Fred Murphy) Der Stand der Dinge (also known as The State of Things), Artificial Eye, 1983.
• La Belle Captive (also known as The Beautiful Prisoner), Argos Films, 1983.
• Esther, Agav, 1986.
• Wings of Desire (also known as Der Himmel uber Berlin), Orion, 1988.
• Also cinematographer for Le Chariot de Thespis (short), 1941; Tobie est un ange, 1941; Les Chevaux du Vercors (short), 1942; Tu seras vedette (short),1942; Ceux du rail (short), 1942; Les Deux Timides, 1942; Bel ouvrage (short), 1943; Les Petites du Quai aux Fleurs, 1943; Echec au roy, 1943; La Symphonie du travail, 1943; La Grande Pastorale (short), 1943; Chefs de demain (short), 1944; Le Diable souffle, 1947; Anna Karenina, 1948; Un si jolie petite plage (also known as Riptide), 1948; Juliette ou la cle des songes, 1951; Parigi e sempre Parigi, 1951; "Mouche," Trois femmes, trois ames, 1951; (and co-director) La Sarre, pleins feux (short), 1952; Le Fruit defendu, 1952; Zoe, 1953; Quand tu liras cette lettre, 1953; Les Amours finissent a l'aube, 1953; LePort du desir, 1954; Les Impures, 1954; La Reine Margot, 1954; Les Heroes sont fatigues, 1955; La Meilleure Part, 1955; Typhon sur Nagasaki, 1956; La Salaire du peche, 1956; "La Maison du bonheur," Die Windrose, 1956; Cerf-volantdu bout du monde, 1958; Douze Heures d'horloge, 1959; La Princesse de Cleves,1960; Ballets de Paris, 1960; Les Collants noirs (also known as Un, deux, trois, quatre... and Black Tights), 1960; Le Secret du chevalier d'Eon, 1960; Un Oiseau s'en vole (short), 1960; El otro Cristobal, 1963; Reunion des artistes, 1963; Mayerling, 1968; Ici et maintenant (short), 1968; Versailles (short), 1969; Giselle, 1970; Jackpot, 1975; Noire et Caline, 1977; L'Ombre et la nuit, 1977; The Territory, 1981; Wundkanal, 1984; Unser Nazi, 1984; The Perfect Kiss, 1985; (with Theo Bierkens) Techo de la ballena (also known as The Topof the Whale), 1986; Im Exil der Ertrunkenen Tiger, 1988; J'ecris dans l'espace, 1989; Berlin Jerusalem, 1989; Golem l'esprit de l'exil, 1992; PetrifiedGarden, 1993.
• Credits; FILM WORK; CAMERA OPERATOR
• Worked as camera operator on Mademoiselle Docteur, 1936; La Danseuse rouge, 1937; Drole de drame (also known as Bizarre Bizarre), 1937; Le Drame de Shanghai, 1938; Quai de brumes (also known as Port of Shadows), 1938; Campement13, 1938; L'Esclave blanche, 1938; Mollenard, 1938; Les Musiciens du ciel, 1939; L'Emigrante, 1939; Sans lendemain, 1940; La Venus aveugle, 1941; and LaFemme dans la nuit, 1941.
• Credits; OTHER FILM WORK
• Worked as second unit photography, Arch of Triumph, 1948; and as director, L'Enfer de Rodin (short), 1957.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Captain, Faraway, So Close, Sony Pictures Classics, 1993.
• Also appeared in Dorenavant tout sera comme d'habitude, 1985; and The Other Eye, 1991.
• Writings
• Des lumieres et des ombres, [Paris], 1984.
• Also author of articles for various periodicals.