Jean Collomb

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Jean Collomb (born October 9, 1922 as Jean Eugène Jacques Emptaz-Collomb in Voiron , France , † February 18, 2013 in Paris ) was a French cameraman and short film director.

Live and act

Collomb attended vocational school and then worked in commerce and as a journalist. In the mid-1950s he switched to film. He began as a camera assistant under Jean Isnard and rose to head cameraman in 1960. In this position he initially photographed short films, some of which he also directed, but soon afterwards also full-length feature films.

In 1962 Collomb began his collaboration with Claude Lelouch , which would last for a total of 13 years. During this time he was also responsible for the atmospheric pictures of Lelouch's greatest international success, the melodrama A Man and a Woman . His other camera work is also characterized by an “occasionally flavourful courtesy”.

Filmography (complete)

as a cameraman unless otherwise stated

  • 1960: Féerie vietnamienne (short film series)
  • 1960: À fleur de peau
  • 1960: Les lâches vivent d'espoir
  • 1961: Les dès sont sur le tapis (short film, also co-director)
  • 1961: Bridge of Death (Poliorkia)
  • 1962: Le mouton de Praxos (short film director)
  • 1963: The manhunt (L'amour avec des si)
  • 1963: Une fille et des fusils
  • 1966: A man and a woman (Un homme et une femme)
  • 1968: Men, Girls and Medals (13 jours en France) , (documentary)
  • 1968: Life, Love and Death (La Vie, l'amour, la mort )
  • 1970: Voyou - The crook (Le Voyou)
  • 1971: Smic, smac, smoc - the three from the dry dock (Smic, smac, smoc)
  • 1971: Greetings from the kidnappers (L'Aventure c'est l'aventure)
  • 1972: I, the number 1 (Le silencieux)
  • 1972: a happy year (La Bonne année)
  • 1973: The blonde with the blue eye (Juliette et Juliette)
  • 1974: For a lifetime (Toute une vie)
  • 1974: Marriage (Mariage)
  • 1974: The Slap (La gifle)
  • 1975: A cat chases the mouse (Le Chat et la souris)
  • 1975: Adieu, Bulle (Adieu poulet)
  • 1976: A big and a small crook (Le grand escogriffe)
  • 1976: Sex o'clock USA (Sex o'clock USA)
  • 1977: La rabatteuse
  • 1991: Blood Runners (short film)
  • 2000: Le margouillat

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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 121.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 121.
personal data
SURNAME Collomb, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Emptaz-Collomb, Jean Eugène Jacques (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cameraman and short film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Voiron
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 2013
Place of death Paris