Louis Page (cameraman)

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Louis Page (born March 16, 1905 in Lyon , † March 3, 1990 in Soucy , Yonne) was a French cameraman .

Live and act

Page studied painting and set design at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . He then worked as a painter until the end of the 20s . In 1930 Louis Page joined the film, Jean Cocteau hired him as his assistant director for The Blood of a Poet . Until the late 1930s, Page worked as a simple cameraman for some central French film productions such as The 14th of July , The Wise Women , A Weird Case and Harbor in the Fog . His teachers included Georges Périnal , Harry Stradling Sr. and Eugen Schüfftan .

From 1937 to 1939, Page first appeared as head cameraman when he was making the recordings for André Malraux's film documentary about the Spanish civil war Hope . From the time of the German occupation of France, Jean Grémillon's artistically ambitious productions ( weather lights , leap in the clouds ) deserve . In his final years at work, Louis Page mainly photographed highly commercial box office hits with Jean Gabin .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1937: a strange case (Drôle de drame)
  • 1938: Le drame de Shanghai
  • 1939: Hope (documentary)
  • 1941: L'Arlésienne
  • 1942: Félicie Nanteuil
  • 1942: Weather lights (Lumière d'été)
  • 1943: Jump into the clouds (Le ciel est à vous)
  • 1944: The secret of the mountain hut (Sortilèges)
  • 1945: François Villon
  • 1946: To the red lantern (macadam)
  • 1946: Shadow of the Past (Un revenant)
  • 1947: La vie en rose
  • 1947: The B. brothers (Les frères Bouquinquant)
  • 1948: The walls of Malapaga (Le mura di Malapaga)
  • 1948: return à la vie
  • 1949: L'invité du Mardi
  • 1949: Histoires extraordinaires
  • 1950: Sinful Love (L'étrange Madame X)
  • 1950: Ship in God's hands (Maître après dieu)
  • 1951: Une histoire d'amour
  • 1952: You and I (Elle et moi)
  • 1953: A Woman's Love (L'amour d'une femme)
  • 1955: Greed for love (La lumière d'en face)
  • 1955: The road to ruin (Des gens sans importance)
  • 1956: The bride was far too beautiful (La mariée est trop belle)
  • 1956: The daisy is defoliated (En effeuillant la Marguerite)
  • 1957: Night falls (Le rouge est mis)
  • 1957: Inspector Maigret sets a trap (Maigret tend un piège)
  • 1957: Greetings from the gorilla (Le gorille vous salue bien)
  • 1958: In the cloak of night (Le désordre et la nuit)
  • 1958: There are no vacancies in Kittchen (Archimède le clochard )
  • 1958: The big families (Les grandes familles)
  • 1959: Maigret knows no mercy (Maigret et l'affaire Saint Fiacre)
  • 1959: Wiesenstrasse 10 (Rue des Prairies)
  • 1960: A gentleman without change (Le baron de l'écluse)
  • 1960: Heaven is already sold out (Les vieux de la vieille)
  • 1961: The President (Le président)
  • 1961: The Lord with the Millions (Le cave se rebiffe)
  • 1961: A monkey in winter (Un singe en hiver)
  • 1962: A gentleman from the best of circles (Le gentleman d'Epsom)
  • 1962: As silent as the night (Mélodie en sous-sol)
  • 1963: Inspector Maigret sees red (Maigret voit rouge)
  • 1964: Monsieur
  • 1965: La gross caisse
  • 1966: À la belle étoile (TV movie)

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. 115.

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personal data
SURNAME Page, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyon , France
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1990
Place of death Soucy , Yonne department, France