Sacha Vierny Biography (1919-2001)

Born August 10, 1919, in Bois-le-Roi, France. Career: Cinematographerand director. Awards, Honors: Catalonian International Film Festival Award (Spanish film award), best cinematography, 1989, for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; Catalonian International Film Festival Award, best cinematography, 1993, for The Baby of Macon; Catalonian International Film Festival Award, best cinematography, 1996, for The Pillow Book..

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cinematographer, Director
Birth Details: August 10, 1919; Bois-le-Roi, France
Death Details: May 15, 2001; Paris, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Cinematographer, Unless Otherwise Noted
Assistant director, L'Ombre, 1948
Night and Fog (also known as Nuit et brouillard; documentary), 1955
Letter From Siberia (also known as Lettre de Siberie; documentary), 1957
Le Chant du Styrene (documentary), 1958
Love Is When You Make It (also known as Le Bel age), 1959
(With Michio Takahashi) Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Zenith, 1959
The Season For Love (also known as La Morte saison des amours), 1960
Merci Natercia!, 1960
La Main chaude (also known as La Mano calda [Italy]), 1960
Last Year at Marienbad (also known as L' Annee derniere a Marienbad and L' Anno scorso a Marienbad [Italy]), Astor, 1961
Portrait Robot, 1962
Climats, 1962
Muriel (also known as Muriel ou le temps d'un retour, Muriel, il tempo di un ritorno [Italy] and The Time of Return),Lopert, 1963
Do You Like Women? (also known as Aimez-vous les femmes?),1964
La Musica, 1966
The Dance of the Heron (also known as De Dans van de Reiger), 1966
The War Is Over (also known as La Guerre est finie and Kriget ar slut [Sweden]), 1966
Caroline cherie (also known as Caroline Cherie: Schon wie die Sunde), 1967
Belle de Jour (also known as Bella di giorno [Itlay]), Allied Artists, 1967

Le Tatoue (also known as Nemici...per la pelle), 1968
La Main (also known as The Hand and La Mano [Italy]), Warner Bros., 1970
Bof! L'Anatomie d'un livreur, 1971
Le Moine (also known as Il Monaco [Italy] and The Monk), Video Search of Miami, 1972
La Sainte Famille, 1972
Les Granges Brulees (also known as The Investigator, LaMia legge [Italy], and Suspect of Murder), 1973
Stavisky (also known as L' Empire d'Alexandre and Stavisky, il grande truffatore [Italy]), Cinemation, 1974
Baxter-Vera Baxter, 1976
La Vocation suspendue (also known as The Suspended Vocation), 1977
Le Diable dans la boite, 1977
Le Rose et le blanc, 1978
L' Hypothese du tableau vole (also known as The Hypothesisof the Stolen Painting), 1978
La Bravade Legendaire, 1978
Mon oncle d'Amerique (also known as My American Uncle, My Uncle from America, and Les Somnambules), New World, 1978
Le Chemin Perdu, 1980
Beau Pere (also known as Stepfather), 1981
Las Tres coronas del marinero (also known as Three Crowns of the Sailor and Les Trois couronnes du matelot [France]), 1982
Clash, 1984
Flugel und Felleln (also known as Flugel und Fesseln, L'Avenir d'Emile, and The Future of Emily), 1984
La Femme publique (also known as The Public Woman), 1984
L'Amour a mort, 1984
A Zed & Two Noughts (also known as Zoo and A Zoo: AZed & Two Noughts), Skouras Pictures, 1985
The Belly of an Architect (also known as Il Ventre dell'architetto), Hemdale, 1987
Fear of Drowning, 1988
Drowning By Numbers, 1988
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and Le Cuisinier,le voleur, sa femme et son amant [France]), Recorded, 1989
And camera operator, Prospero's Books (also known as L'Ultima tempesta [Italy]), Miramax, 1991
Rosa, 1992
The Baby of Macon (also known as Das Wunder von Macon [Germany]), Cine Company, S.A., 1993
The Pillow Book, Cine 360/Nuevo Mundo Vision, S.A., 1996
Dormez, je le veux, Les Acacias, 1998
Also directed three short films, 1948-51.*

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