Louis Page (cameraman)
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)
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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.
Web links
- Louis Page in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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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 |