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Claude Renoir
Paris, France
Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of p…
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Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to work in." He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind. He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home. Source: Article "Claude Renoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1979
The Medic
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1978
Attention, the Kids Are Watching
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1978
The Discord
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1977
Animal
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1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
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1976
The Wing or the Thigh?
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1976
Game of Seduction
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1976
Femmes Fatales
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1976
Doctor Francoise Gailland
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1975
French Connection II
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1975
The Track
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1974
Paul and Michelle
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1973
Impossible Object
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1973
The Serpent
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1972
Killer
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1971
The Burglars
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1971
The Horsemen
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1971
The Married Couple of the Year Two
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1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
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1970
The Adventurers
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1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot
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1969
Soluna
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1968
Barbarella
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1968
Spirits of the Dead
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1966
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
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1966
The Game Is Over
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1965
Marco the Magnificent
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1964
The Unvanquished
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1964
Circus World
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1963
Symphony for a Massacre
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1962
The Lovers of Teruel
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1962
Lafayette
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1960
Wasteland
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1960
Blood and Roses
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1959
Gorilla's Waltz
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1958
The Cheaters
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1958
End of Desire
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1957
The Witches of Salem
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1956
Crime and Punishment
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1956
Elena and Her Men
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