Henri Decaë

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Henri Decaë (born July 31, 1915 in Saint-Denis , † March 7, 1987 in Paris ) was a French cameraman . He is considered one of the most productive and renowned cameramen of the Nouvelle Vague .

Life

Decaë worked as a photo reporter in the French army during World War II . After the end of the war, he began working as a cameraman in the field of short and documentary films and, from 1947 onwards, increasingly made commercial films as well as industrial goods. In 1949, Melville's The Silence of the Sea ( Le Silence de la mer ) made his feature film debut. Decaë developed into a sought-after cameraman by directors such as Louis Malle , Claude Chabrol and François Truffaut , who subsequently engaged him several times for their film work.

Among other things, he led the camera in films such as Sundays with Sybill , Camouflage - hash me, I am the murderer , The stupid pranks of the rich , The right to love or in the Belmondo films The Greyhound and The Professional , who lead to his last work counts.

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SURNAME Decaë, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Denis
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1987
Place of death Paris