Léonce-Henri Burel
Known for: Camera
Born: November 24, 1892
Died: March 21, 1977
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
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6.5
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
1968
6.2
Order of the Daisy
1967
6.9
Highway Pick-Up
1963
6.6
Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963
7.2
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1963
5.8
One Night at the Beach
1961
7.3
Pickpocket
1959
5.7
A Bomb for a Dictator
1957
7.9
A Man Escaped
1956
3.5
Diamond Machine
1955
7.0
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
1955
6.0
La Madone des sleepings
1955
6.0
Marianne de ma jeunesse
1955
3.8
The Secrets of the Bed
1954
6.3
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
5.7
Other Side of Paradise
1953
6.9
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952
7.5
Diary of a Country Priest
195110.0
Valse brillante
1949
7.0
Métier de fous
1948
7.0
Rocambole
1948
8.0
La Route du bagne
1945
7.2
Mysteries of Paris
1943
7.0
Sacred Fire
1942
6.5
Blind Venus
1941
5.5
For the Yellow Jersey
1940
7.3
Return at Dawn
1938
9.5
Bargekeepers Daughter
1938
5.8
Crossroads
1938
7.0
Mirages
1938
6.3
Abused Confidence
1937
6.1
The Virgin Bride
1937
5.5
Hélène
1936
9.0
The Last Waltz
193610.0
The Man with a Broken Ear
1935
10.0
A Man and His Woman
1934
9.0
Toboggan
1934
6.5
Abbot Constantine
1933
7.5
Don't Need Money
19336.0
Baroud
1933
6.0
Baroud
1932
6.0
Dragnet Night
1931
10.0
The stranger
1931
8.5
The Stranger
1931
9.0
La straniera
1930
6.0
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
1930
8.0
La Femme d'une nuit
1930
10.0
Princely Nights
1929
7.0
Vénus
1929
10.0
L'évadée
1929
6.0
Frivolities
1929
6.0
The Three Passions
1928
10.0
Woman of Destiny
1928
8.0
The Crew
19288.0
Morgane, the Enchantress
1928
6.3
Loves of Casanova
1927
7.8
Napoleon
1927
7.0
Salammbô
1926
6.7
Michel Strogoff
1926
7.7
Faces of Children
1925
6.7
The Swallow and the Titmouse
1924
8.0
Around The Wheel
192310.0
The Portrait
1923
7.3
La Roue
1923
7.4
Crainquebille
19226.7
L'Arlésienne
1922
6.4
La Terre
19219.0
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
19218.0
Facing the Ocean
1920
7.4
J'Accuse
1919
6.4
The Tenth Symphony
1918
6.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918
5.0
Barberousse
1917
5.2
The Torture of Silence
1917
NR
The Right to Life
1917
5.0
Deadly Gas
1916
NR
Alsace
1916
5.2
The Madness of Dr. Tube
1915