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Léonce-Henri Burel
Indre, 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 photogra…
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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.
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1968
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
Movie Self (archival footage)
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1967
Order of the Daisy
Movie Cinematography
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1963
Highway Pick-Up
Movie Director of Photography
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1963
Light-Fingered George
Movie Director of Photography
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1963
The Trial of Joan of Arc
Movie Director of Photography
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1961
One Night at the Beach
Movie Director of Photography
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1959
Pickpocket
Movie Director of Photography
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1957
A Bomb for a Dictator
Movie Director of Photography
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1956
A Man Escaped
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
Diamond Machine
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
La Madone des sleepings
Movie Director of Photography
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1955
Marianne de ma jeunesse
Movie Cinematography
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1954
The Secrets of the Bed
Movie Director of Photography
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1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Movie Director of Photography
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1953
Other Side of Paradise
Movie Director of Photography
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1952
The Truth About Bebe Donge
Movie Director of Photography
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1951
Diary of a Country Priest
Movie Director of Photography
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1949
Valse brillante
Movie Director of Photography
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1948
Métier de fous
Movie Director of Photography
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1948
Rocambole
Movie Director of Photography
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1945
La Route du bagne
Movie Director of Photography
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1943
Mysteries of Paris
Movie Director of Photography
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1942
Sacred Fire
Movie Director of Photography
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1941
Blind Venus
Movie Director of Photography
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1940
For the Yellow Jersey
Movie Cinematography
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1938
Return at Dawn
Movie Director of Photography
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1938
Bargekeepers Daughter
Movie Cinematography
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1938
Crossroads
Movie Director of Photography
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1938
Mirages
Movie Director of Photography
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1937
Abused Confidence
Movie Director of Photography
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1937
The Virgin Bride
Movie Director of Photography
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1936
Hélène
Movie Director of Photography
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1936
The Last Waltz
Movie Cinematography
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1935
The Man with a Broken Ear
Movie Director of Photography
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1934
A Man and His Woman
Movie Director of Photography
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1934
Toboggan
Movie Director of Photography
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1933
Abbot Constantine
Movie Director of Photography
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1933
Don't Need Money
Movie Director of Photography
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1933
Baroud
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