Georges Périnal

Georges Périnal (* 1897 in Paris , † April 23, 1965 in London ) was a French cameraman .

biography

Périnal began his career in 1913 as a projectionist and shortly afterwards became a cameraman for documentaries for the Pathé company . After the First World War , in which he did his military service, he worked again as a projectionist and photographer of commercials and worked as a cameraman for Jean Epstein and Jean Cocteau . Through his camera work for Under the Roofs of Paris and Long Live Freedom , the British film producer Alexander Korda became aware of him and brought him to London, where Périnal received a lifelong contract and primarily worked on the films of Alexander and Zoltan Korda .

When the Second World War broke out , Alexander Korda emigrated to the United States and wanted to take Périnal with him, but Périnal refused. He declined to join the American Society of Cinematographers , making it impossible to get a work permit in the United States. During the war he rarely worked as a cameraman. With Korda's return from the United States in 1945, both resumed their collaboration. Périnal also worked with other directors such as Otto Preminger . After the film Oscar Wilde , he ended his career as a cameraman.

Périnal was nominated twice for an Oscar in the category Best Cinematography and received this award in 1941 for the film The Thief of Baghdad .

Filmography (selection)

• 1929: The new masters (Les Nouveaux messieurs)
• 1930: The blood of a poet (Le sang d'un poète)
• 1930: Under the roofs of Paris (Sous les toîts de Paris)
• 1931: The Million (Le Million)
• 1933: The Private Life of Henry VIII. (The Private Life of Henry VIII.)
• 1933: July 14th (14th Juillet)
• 1934: Catherine the Great (Catherine the Great)
• 1934: The Private Life of Don Juan (The Private Life of Don Juan)
• 1935: Do not leave me ever again (Escape Me Never)
• 1936: What will come (Things to Come)
• 1936: Rembrandt
• 1936: Under the Red Robe (Under the Red Robe)
• 1938: Danger at the Doro Pass (The Drum)
• 1939: Four Feathers (The Four Feathers)
• 1940: The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)
• 1942: The First of the Few
• 1943: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (The Life and the Death of Colonel Blimp)
• 1945: Perfect Strangers
• 1948: Little Heart in Need (The Fallen Idol)
• 1950: The Dirty Sparrow and the Queen (The Mudlark)
• 1951: No Highway in the Sky (No Highway in the Sky)
• 1957: A King in New York (A King in New York)
• 1957: Saint Joan (Saint Joan)
• 1958: Bonjour tristesse
• 1958: Little Thumble (Tom Thumb)
• 1959: That Old Feeling (Once More, With Feeling!)
• 1960: Oscar Wilde

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 188.

Web links

• Georges Périnal in the Internet Movie Database (English)