René Guissart
René Gaston Albert Guissart (born October 24, 1888 in Paris , † May 19, 1960 in Monaco ) was a French cameraman and film director in the United States and France.
Live and act
Guissart had emigrated to the USA in 1912 and learned the film business from scratch in Hollywood. In the middle of the First World War he was promoted to chief cameraman and has since photographed a wealth of film productions in a wide variety of genres, initially in America, since the beginning of the 1920s in Great Britain and, since the dawn of the sound film age, primarily in his native France.
Some of these works were created in German co-production. Resident in his native Paris since 1930, René Guissart began directing films. Most of them are inconsequential comedies. With the end of the peace period in 1939, René Guissart withdrew completely from the film business and finally settled in Monaco, where he also died.
Filmography
as cameraman:
- 1916: Sins of Men
- 1916: ambition
- 1916: Love and Hate
- 1917: The Butterfly Girl
- 1917: Love Aflame
- 1917: Fighting Odds
- 1917: The Volunteer
- 1918: Wanted: A Mother
- 1918: Stolen Orders
- 1918: The Cabaret
- 1918: Little Women
- 1919: The White Heather
- 1919: Victory
- 1920: The Pirate's Treasure (Treasure Island)
- 1920: The Yellow Typhoon
- 1920: The County Fair
- 1921: Sowing the Wind
- 1921: The Butterfly Girl
- 1922: The Lying Truth
- 1922: While Satan Sleeps
- 1922: The Bohemian Girl
- 1923: The Paddy the Next Best Thing
- 1923: Chu-Chin-Chow
- 1923: Southern Love
- 1924: The Recoil
- 1924: Madame Sans-Gêne (Madame Sans-Gêne)
- 1925: Ben Hur
- 1927: Land of Hope and Glory
- 1927: Rue de la Paix
- 1927: Education de prince
- 1928: Eva in Paradise (Paradise)
- 1928: Tommy Atkins
- 1928: The White Sheik
- 1928: Get married and don't despair (Adam's Apple)
- 1928: The daughter of the regiment
- 1929: The American Prisoner
- 1929: The Hate Ship
- 1930: La Lettre
- 1930: Liebestoll (The Compulsory Husband)
- 1930: The "W" plan
- 1930: tropical nights
- 1930: Woman in the jungle
- 1931: Every woman has something
- 1933: The Stolen Millionaire (On a volé un homme)
- 1939: Le Chemin de l'honneur
as director:
- 1931: Rien que la vérité
- 1931: La Chance
- 1932: La Perle
- 1932: Hairdresser pour dames
- 1932: Passionnément
- 1933: La Poule
- 1933: Primerose
- 1933: Le Père prématuré
- 1934: Prince de minuit
- 1934: Dédé
- 1935: Dora Nelson
- 1935: Bourrachon
- 1935: Les Sœurs Hortensias
- 1936: Une fille à papa
- 1936: Ménilmontant
- 1936: Toi, c'est moi
- 1937: À nous deux, madame la vie
- 1937: Sweet Devil
- 1938: Alexis gentleman chauffeur (only artistic management)
- 1939: Visages de femmes
Web links
- René Guissart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- René Guissart at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ René Guissart on ancestry.com
- ^ Jean Tulard: Dictionnaire du cinéma, les réalisateurs. Paris 1982, p. 354
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guissart, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guissart, René Gaston Albert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director and cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1960 |
| Place of death | Monaco |