Léonce-Henri Burel

Known for CameraBorn 1892-11-24Died 1977-03-21Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France

Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company in 1915 he was noticed by Abel Gance and began a collaboration with him which extended over 16 films, including J'accuse, La Roue, and Napoléon. In the period of silent films he also worked on several productions with Jacques Feyder. During the 1930s he worked regularly with Jean Dréville and Henri Decoin. With Le Journal d'un curé de campagne, for which he won the best cinematography award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, Burel began another important collaboration with the director Robert Bresson which continued through three further films. Burel also directed three films himself between 1922 and 1932. Source: Article "Léonce-Henri Burel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

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Valse brillante

The Man with a Broken Ear

A Man and His Woman

The stranger

Princely Nights

L'évadée

Woman of Destiny

The Portrait

Bargekeepers Daughter

The Last Waltz

Toboggan

La straniera

Mademoiselle de La Seiglière

The Stranger

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La Route du bagne

La Femme d'une nuit

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Napoleon

Diary of a Country Priest

Faces of Children

Pickpocket

The Trial of Joan of Arc

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Return at Dawn

Mysteries of Paris

I Accuse

Crainquebille

Tant qu'il y aura des femmes

La Roue

Métier de fous

Rocambole

Highway Pick-Up

Sacred Fire

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