Claude Renoir
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.
The Spy Who Loved Me
(Director of Photography)
The Wing or the Thigh?
(Director of Photography)
Paul and Michelle
(Director of Photography)
The Married Couple of the Year Two
(Director of Photography)
The Witches of Salem
(Director of Photography)
Killer
(Director of Photography)
French Connection II
(Director of Photography)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
(Director of Photography)
The Discord
(Director of Photography)
Barbarella
(Director of Photography)
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
(Director of Photography)
Animal
(Director of Photography)
The Green Glove
(Director of Photography)
Femmes Fatales
(Director of Photography)
The River
(Director of Photography)
Blood and Roses
(Cinematography)
The Game Is Over
(Director of Photography)
Fabulous India
(Director of Photography)
The Unvanquished
(Director of Photography)
The Cheaters
(Director of Photography)
L'aventure est au coin de la rue
(Director of Photography)
La Bête Humaine
(Camera Operator)
The Adventurers
(Director of Photography)
Madame Butterfly
(Director of Photography)
The House Under the Sea
(Director of Photography)
Spirits of the Dead
(Director of Photography)
Maddalena
(Director of Photography)
The Serpent
(Director of Photography)
The Burglars
(Director of Photography)
End of Desire
(Director of Photography)
Marco the Magnificent
(Director of Photography)
The Track
(Director of Photography)
Story of a Love Story
(Director of Photography)
Lafayette
(Director of Photography)
The Golden Coach
(Director of Photography)
Prelude to Glory
(Director of Photography)
Rendezvous in July
(Director of Photography)
The Madwoman of Chaillot
(Director of Photography)
Circus World
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
Gunman in the Streets
(Director of Photography)
Impasse of Two Angels
(Director of Photography)
Gorilla's Waltz
(Cinematography)
Grand Illusion
(Camera Operator)
Doctor Francoise Gailland
(Director of Photography)
The Lovers of Teruel
(Cinematography)
A Day in the Country
(Director of Photography)
Toni
(Director of Photography)
Monsieur Vincent
(Director of Photography)
Elena and Her Men
(Director of Photography)
The Mystery of Picasso
(Director of Photography)
Attention, the Kids Are Watching
(Director of Photography)
The Medic
(Cinematography)
Schubert's Serenade
(Director of Photography)
Game of Seduction
(Director of Photography)
Lights of Paris
(Director of Photography)
Life Is Ours
(Director of Photography)
Puccini
(Director of Photography)
Wasteland
(Director of Photography)
Opéra-musette
(Director of Photography)
The Horsemen
(Director of Photography)
Soluna
(Director of Photography)
Behind These Walls
(Director of Photography)
The Queer Assignment
(Director of Photography)
Alice in Wonderland
(Cinematography)
Symphony for a Massacre
(Director of Photography)