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Henri Deca

Henri Decaë

Cinematographer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henri Decaë (31 July 1915 – 7 March 1987) gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films. In 1947 he made his first feature film. Decaë is strongly associated with directors who strongly influenced, or were part of, the French New Wave. These include Jean-Pierre Melville, Louis Malle and Claude Chabrol. Decaë first worked as a cinematographer with Melville on Le Silence de la Mer (1949). Decaë also edited and mixed the sound. Although Decaë worked with Melville on Les enfants terribles, which as Williams commented (1992, p333) "...the work is more accurately to be viewed as a stunning demonstration of the cinematic possibilities of faithful literary adaptation in the hands of a gifted director", according to Marie (p 88) it was his distinctive camera work on Bob le flambeur which caught the attention of the Cahiers critics. Malle hired him for his first two features and Chabrol for his first three features. They had been lucky as Decaë was finding it hard to get work at that time as he was being informally shunned by many after participating in a critical film about the Korean War. By the time Decaë worked for François Truffaut on The 400 Blows he came with a reputation, which meant that he was the highest-paid person on the film. Decaë's liking for natural light, his ability to work at speed as well as his excellent photographic sensibility led to him working with René Clément on several features beginning with Plein soleil (1960). It was Decaë "...who liberated the camera, from its fixed tripod. He made the New Wave possible, backing up Melville, Malle, Chabrol and Truffaut." (Marie, 2003 p 89)

Born: July 31, 1915 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Died: March 7, 1987 (Age 71)

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Henri Decaë  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1979
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1956
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1977
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1969
Movie
5.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1979
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1977
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
4.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1973
Movie
8
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
4.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
4.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1974
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1975
Movie
5
DirectingDirector of Photography1984
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
8
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
8.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography, Editor1949
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1972
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1950
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
5.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1960
Movie
5.5
CrewCinematography1976
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
8.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1978
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Movie
5.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
5.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1958
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1973
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
5.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1981
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1962
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1969
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1967
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
4.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1978
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1973
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1959
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1965
Movie
7
DirectingDirector of Photography1964
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1957
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
6.6
CameraCamera Operator1959
Movie
5.2
CrewCinematography1952
Movie
5.5
CrewCinematography1956
Short Film
DirectingDirector, Director of Photography1951
Short Film
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1961
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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