Armand Thirard

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Armand Henri Julien Thirard (born October 25, 1899 in Nantes , † November 21, 1973 in Colombes ) was a French cameraman.

biography

Thirard worked in the theater after the First World War , primarily as an actor. In 1925 he began working as a cameraman, initially working as an assistant and a year later as a simple cameraman. His teachers included u. a. René Guychard and Georges Périnal . In the early 1930s he was promoted to chief cameraman and was involved in a number of entertainment films. He reached the peak of his work after the Second World War . During this time he worked several times with Henri-Georges Clouzot and was involved in films such as Manon or Wages of Fear . From 1956 he took over the camera work for Roger Vadim's first films . His last job in the film business was as a consultant for the film The Super Brain in 1969. In his more than 40 years of experience, Thirard has been camerawork on more than 100 films.

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 656.

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personal data
SURNAME Thirard, Armand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thirard, Armand Henri Julien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Nantes
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1973
Place of death Colombes