William Lubtchansky

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William Lubtchansky (born October 26, 1937 in Paris ; † May 4, 2010 ibid) was a French cameraman , a specialist in sensitive portraits of women and unspectacular outsider materials.

Life

Lubtchansky completed his photographic studies at the École Louis-Lumière in 1959 and subsequently worked as an assistant to the cameramen Willy Kurant ( Masculin - Feminin or: The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola , The Creatures ) and Andréas Winding ( His Prisoners ).

Since 1968 he was active as head cameraman, especially directors of the auteur films - above all: Jacques Rivette - engaged the cameraman, who was praised for his sober visual rigor, who was to prove himself to be an ambitious photographer with a keen sense for artistically balanced room arrangements. Both in agonizingly static-looking films with little action (e.g. The Beautiful Troublemaker ), the tension of which is only nourished by a look, a word or a fleeting movement of the protagonists, as well as in large-scale historical dramas (e.g. Johanna, the Virgin ), in which an internalized, contemplative form determines the narrative structure instead of falling into a presentation of action determined by external visual values, Lubtchanskys demonstrated a feeling for capturing the protagonists' inherent constraints, tensions and emotions in images and thus making them visible to the viewer .

In addition to Rivette, William Lubtchansky also worked with other important directors of French art film, including Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut and Claude Berri . In the 1970s he also made a name for himself with his pioneering work in video film.

In 1993 he was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

For his camera work in Phillipe Garrell's film Les Amants réguliers , Lubtchansky received the Osella for the best technical contribution at the Venice Film Festival in 2005 .

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. 124.

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personal data
SURNAME Lubtchansky, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2010
Place of death Paris