Hugues Laurent

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Hugues Laurent (born June 24, 1885 in Alfortville , France , † September 16, 1990 in Tourrettes-sur-Loup ) was a French film architect and short film director , a veteran of domestic cinematography .

Live and act

Laurent, who came from a parish near Paris , had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and came to film in 1904. At the beginning of his career he designed the decorations for an abundance of one- or two-acts. Laurent also designed the backdrops for theater performances and worked as a painter. Decades later, in 1941, he was appointed chief outfitter at Pathé and Gaumont. In the early sound film era, there were also two collaborations with Jean Renoir , for whose productions “Boudu - rescued from the waters” and night asylum Laurent in 1932 and 1936 (here together with colleague Eugène Lourié ) designed the sets.

After the Second World War , Hugues Laurent also taught as a professor at the IDHEC film school . Most recently he was also President of the Commission Studios-Décors at the Commission Supérieure technique. Laurent did not give up this office until 1966. In addition to his work as a production designer, Hugues Laurent has also directed over 300 short films. At the beginning of the 1960s he withdrew from film and spent the rest of his life in the French Maritime Alps . There he died at the age of 105.

Filmography

as a film architect

  • 1904: Roman d'amour
  • 1904: Assassinat du Ministre Plehve
  • 1905: Ce que l'on voit de la Bastille
  • 1905: La poule aux œufs d'or
  • 1905: Le Chemineau
  • 1906: Aladin ou le lampe merveilleuse
  • 1906: Le fils du diable
  • 1906: Les étudiants de Paris
  • 1912: Le bonhomme jadis
  • 1930: Le tampon du capiston
  • 1931: La Chance
  • 1931: Le coeur de Paris
  • 1932: La bonne aventure
  • 1932: Boudu - saved from the waters (Boudu sauvé des eaux)
  • 1932: La poule
  • 1933: Pêcheur d'Islande
  • 1933: Le sexe faible
  • 1935: Le chant de l'amour
  • 1935: Train de plaisir
  • 1936: La joueuse d'orgue
  • 1936: Night asylum (Les Bas-fonds)
  • 1937: Aloha, le chant des îles
  • 1937: Arsène Lupine detective
  • 1938: La vierge folle
  • 1939: Les cinq sous de Lavarède
  • 1939: Moulin Rouge
  • 1945: I found an angel ( L'ange qu'on m'a donné )
  • 1946: Le bateau à soupe
  • 1949: Les nouveaux maîtres
  • 1950: L'enfant des neiges
  • 1950: Topaze
  • 1951: Parigi e semper Parigi
  • 1959: Interpol versus X ( Interpol versus X )
  • 1960: La mort n'est pas à vendre

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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 610.
  • Helmut Weihsmann: Built Illusions - Architecture in Film. Promedia Druck- und VerlagsgesmbH, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-900478-21-X , p. 254
  • International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) (Ed.): International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers of Film. Volume 2: France. Ed. by Alfred Krautz. Munich / New York / London / Paris 1983, p. 291 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Laurent, Hugues
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film architect and short film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Alfortville , France
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1990
Place of death Tourrettes-sur-Loup