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- Known For
- Camera
- Born
- November 24, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France
- Died
- March 21, 1977
Léonce-Henri Burel
Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company in 1915 he was noticed by Abel Gance and began a collaboration with him which extended over 16 films, including J'accuse, La Roue, and Napoléon. In the period of silent films he also worked on several productions with Jacques Feyder. During the 1930s he worked regularly with Jean Dréville and Henri Decoin. With Le Journal d'un curé de campagne, for which he won the best cinematography award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, Burel began another important collaboration with the director Robert B…
Filmography
movieAbel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
1968 · Self (archival footage)
movieOrder of the Daisy
1967 · Cinematography
movieHighway Pick-Up
1963 · Director of Photography
movieThank Heaven for Small Favors
1963 · Director of Photography
movieThe Trial of Joan of Arc
1963 · Director of Photography
movieOne Night at the Beach
1961 · Director of Photography
moviePickpocket
1959 · Director of Photography
movieA Bomb for a Dictator
1957 · Director of Photography
movieA Man Escaped
1956 · Director of Photography
movieDiamond Machine
1955 · Director of Photography
movieTant qu'il y aura des femmes
1955 · Director of Photography
movieLa Madone des sleepings
1955 · Director of Photography
movieMarianne de ma jeunesse
1955 · Cinematography
movieThe Secrets of the Bed
1954 · Director of Photography
movieStrange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954 · Director of Photography
movieOther Side of Paradise
1953 · Director of Photography
movieThe Truth About Bebe Donge
1952 · Director of Photography
movieDiary of a Country Priest
1951 · Director of Photography
Valse brillante
movieValse brillante
1949 · Director of Photography
movieMétier de fous
1948 · Director of Photography
movieRocambole
1948 · Director of Photography
movieLa Route du bagne
1945 · Director of Photography
movieMysteries of Paris
1943 · Director of Photography
movieSacred Fire
1942 · Director of Photography
movieBlind Venus
1941 · Director of Photography
movieReturn at Dawn
1938 · Director of Photography
movieBargekeepers Daughter
1938 · Cinematography
movieCrossroads
1938 · Director of Photography
movieMirages
1938 · Director of Photography
movieAbused Confidence
1937 · Director of Photography
movieThe Virgin Bride
1937 · Director of Photography
movieHélène
1936 · Director of Photography
movieThe Last Waltz
1936 · Cinematography
The Man with a Broken Ear
movieThe Man with a Broken Ear
1935 · Director of Photography
movieA Man and His Woman
1934 · Director of Photography
movieToboggan
1934 · Director of Photography
movieAbbot Constantine
1933 · Director of Photography
movieDon't Need Money
1933 · Director of Photography
Baroud
movieBaroud
1933 · Cinematography
movieBaroud
1932 · Director of Photography
movieDragnet Night
1931 · Director of Photography
movieThe stranger
1931 · Director of Photography
movieThe Stranger
1931 · Director of Photography
movieLa straniera
1930 · Director of Photography
movieThe Mystery of the Yellow Room
1930 · Director of Photography
movieLa Femme d'une nuit
1930 · Director of Photography
moviePrincely Nights
1929 · Director of Photography
movieVénus
1929 · Director of Photography
movieL'évadée
1929 · Director of Photography
movieFrivolities
1929 · Director of Photography
movieThe Three Passions
1928 · Director of Photography
movieWoman of Destiny
1928 · Director of Photography
movieThe Crew
1928 · Director of Photography
Morgane, the Enchantress
movieMorgane, the Enchantress
1928 · Director of Photography
movieLoves of Casanova
1927 · Director of Photography
movieNapoleon
1927 · Additional Photography, Director of Photography
movieSalammbô
1926 · Director of Photography
movieMichel Strogoff
1926 · Director of Photography
movieFaces of Children
1925 · Director of Photography
movieThe Swallow and the Titmouse
1924 · Cinematography
movieAround The Wheel
1923 · Self
The Portrait
movieThe Portrait
1923 · Director of Photography
movieLa Roue
1923 · Director of Photography
movieCrainquebille
1922 · Director of Photography
L'Arlésienne
movieL'Arlésienne
1922 · Director of Photography
movieLa Terre
1921 · Director of Photography
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
movieMademoiselle de La Seiglière
1921 · Director of Photography
Facing the Ocean
movieFacing the Ocean
1920 · Director of Photography
movieJ'Accuse
1919 · Director of Photography
movieThe Tenth Symphony
1918 · Director of Photography
movieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1918 · Director of Photography
movieBarberousse
1917 · Director of Photography
movieThe Torture of Silence
1917 · Director of Photography
movieThe Right to Life
1917 · Director of Photography
movieDeadly Gas
1916 · Director of Photography
movieAlsace
1916 · Director of Photography
movieThe Madness of Dr. Tube
1915 · Director of Photography