Henri Alekan

Personal Info

Birthday

February 10, 1909

Day of Death

2001-06-15

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Henri Albert Alakan

H. Alekan

Henry Alekan

Henri Alékan

Henri Alekan

Biography

Henri Alekan (10 February 1909, Paris – 15 June 2001, Auxerre, Bourgogne) was a French cinematographer. Alekan was born in Montmartre in 1909.

At the age of sixteen he and his brother became travelling puppeteers. A little later he started work as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt Studios. He then spent a short time in the army, returning to Billancourt in 1931.

Known For

Faraway, So Close!

Stranger on the Prowl

Cinématon XXXIV

Filmography

2001
Jean Cocteau, cinéaste
as himself
1997
Jean Cocteau: Lies and Truths
as Self
Screening at the Majestic
as Self - Interviewee
1996
Le travail d'un cinéaste : Julien Duvivier, 1896-1967
as Self
1993
Faraway, So Close!
as Captain
1991
The Other Eye
as Self
1990
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren
as Self
1988
Alekan, la lumière
as Self
1984
7 False Connections
as Self
Cinématon XXXIV
as N°330
Cinématon n°330 : Henri Alekan
as Self
Our Nazi
as Self
1952
Stranger on the Prowl
as Priest on Bicycle