Willy Faktorovitch

Willy Faktorovitch , also known only by his first name Willy , (* 1889 in Kiev , Russian Empire , today Ukraine , † 1960 in France ) was a Russian-French cameraman .

Live and act

Faktorovitch came to France as a child and began his professional career in 1905 as a news cameraman. At the beginning of the 1910s he was briefly employed by Pathé , from 1912 to 1919 Willy worked for Éclair-Journal. Immediately after the end of the First World War , he began working as a cameraman for movies and stayed in this position until he retired at the age of 65. Only a few of the cinema productions he has photographed, such as Marcel Pagnol's production “César” (1936), are of historical importance.

Willy Faktorovitch's son Charly Grégoire Faktorovitch, who professionally called himself Charly Willy-Gricha (Neuilly November 22, 1915 - Paris July 23, 1987), also worked as a cameraman. His filmography is often mistakenly mixed up with that of his father.

Filmography

• 1919: Histoire d'un oncle, d'une nièce et d'un sabot
• 1920: Les Morts qui parlent
• 1920: Vers l'argent
• 1921: La Vivante épingle
• 1922: Le Diamant fourth
• 1923: Tao
• 1923: L'Ombre du péché
• 1924: stylet
• 1924: L'aventurier
• 1924: The school leaving certificate (Les Grands)
• 1925: Le Bossu
• 1925: La Justicière
• 1925: Destinée
• 1926: Yasmina
• 1927: The Chess Player (Le Joueur d'échecs)
• 1927: Celle qui domine
• 1928: La Venenosa
• 1928: Tu m'appartiens!
• 1929: The Revenge of the Arab Prince (Dans l'ombre du harem)
• 1930: Le Défenseur
• 1931: Olive se marie
• 1931: The train of the heart (La Ronde des heures)
• 1932: Mimi Pandore
• 1932: Le Cordon bleu
• 1933: Noces et banquets
• 1933: Jofroi
• 1934: Le Paquebot Tenacity
• 1934: Angèle
• 1935: Sacré Léonce
• 1935: Sous la griffe
• 1936: Marinella
• 1936: César
• 1937: Regain
• 1937: Claudine à l'école
• 1938: Le Schpountz
• 1938: Les Femmes collantes
• 1939: Prince Bouboule
• 1939: Paris New-York
• 1939: L'Or du Cristobal
• 1940: Bécassine
• 1940: La Fille du puisatier
• 1941: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
• 1942: Chambre 13
• 1942: Les Petits Riens
• 1943: La Sévillane
• 1943: Une vie de chien
• 1947: Le Studio en folie
• 1947: Cœur de coq
• 1948: The beautiful miller's wife (La belle meunière)
• 1949: You pied
• 1951: The white adventure
• 1953: Manon des sources
• 1954: Tabor
• 1954: Les Lettres de mon moulin

literature

• International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) (ed.): International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers of Film. Vol. 2: France. Ed. by Alfred Krautz. Munich / New York / London / Paris 1983. p. 510 ff.

Web links

• Willy Faktorovitch in the Internet Movie Database (English)- entry of his son, whose filmography was mixed up with that of his father.