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Henri Decaë

Cinematographer | * 07/31/1915 († 71, 03/07/1987) | Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis (France)
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... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Movies with Henri Decaë as Crew(67)

Camera/Director of Photography1984 The Vengeance of the Winged Serpent
Camera/Director of Photography1983 My Other Husband
Camera/Director of Photography1983 Exposed
Camera/Director of Photography1981 The Professional
Camera/Director of Photography1980 Inspector Blunder
Camera/Director of Photography1980 Umbrella Coup
Camera/Director of Photography1980 The Island
Camera/Director of Photography1980 Le Guignolo
Camera/Director of Photography1979 Cop or Hood
Camera/Director of Photography1979 An Almost Perfect Affair
Camera/Director of Photography1978 The Boys from Brazil
Camera/Director of Photography1978 These Sorcerers Are Mad
Camera/Director of Photography1977 Death of a Corrupt Man
Camera/Director of Photography1977 Bobby Deerfield
Camera/Director of Photography1975 The Wild Goose Chase
Camera/Director of Photography1974 I'm Losing My Temper
Camera/Director of Photography1973 Two People
Camera/Director of Photography1973 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Camera/Director of Photography1973 Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Le Droit d'aimer
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Jo
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Delusions of Grandeur
Camera/Director of Photography1971 The Light at the Edge of the World
Camera/Director of Photography1970 The Only Game in Town
Camera/Director of Photography1970 Le Cercle Rouge
Camera/Director of Photography1970 Hello-Goodbye
Camera/Director of Photography1969 Castle Keep
Camera/Director of Photography1969 The Sicilian Clan
Camera/Director of Photography1968 D-Day Revisited
Camera/Director of Photography1967 The Comedians
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Diabolically Yours
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Le Samouraï
Camera/Director of Photography1967 The Thief of Paris
Camera/Director of Photography1967 The Night of the Generals
Camera/Director of Photography1966 Hotel Paradiso
Camera/Director of Photography1965 Viva Maria!
Camera/Director of Photography1965 The Sucker
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Weekend at Dunkirk
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Circle of Love
Camera/Director of Photography1964 The Black Tulip
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Joy House
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Magnet of Doom
Camera/Director of Photography1963 The Day and the Hour
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Sweet and Sour
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Sundays and Cybele
Camera/Director of Photography1962 The Seven Deadly Sins
Camera/Director of Photography1962 A Very Private Affair
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Eva
Camera/Director of Photography1962 La luxure
Camera/Director of Photography1961 Léon Morin, Priest
Camera/Director of Photography1960 The Good Girls
Camera/Director of Photography1960 Purple Noon
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The Cousins
Camera/Camera Operator1959 The Verdict
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Witness in the City
Camera/Director of Photography1959 À double tour
Camera/Director of Photography1959 The 400 Blows
Camera/Director of Photography1958 Elevator to the Gallows
Camera/Director of Photography1958 The Lovers
Camera/Director of Photography1958 Le Beau Serge
Camera/Director of Photography1957 S.O.S. Noronha
Camera/Director of Photography1956 Bob le Flambeur
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Faits d'hiver
Directing/Director1951 Faits d'hiver
Camera/Director of Photography1950 The Strange Ones
Camera/Director of Photography1949 The Silence of the Sea
Editing/Editor1949 The Silence of the Sea

Citizenship: France
Born: Saturday, 07/31 1915 (July) in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis (France)
Died: Saturday, 03/07 1987 (March) in Suresnes (aged: 71)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Other names for Henri Decaë (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Henri Decae"
Henri Decaë frequently works together with these people:
Claude Chabrol (15x, Crew)
Louis Malle (11x, Crew)
Gérard Oury (11x, Actor)
Bernard Evein (11x, Crew)
Jean-Paul Belmondo (10x, Actor)
Alain Delon (9x, Actor)
Jean-Claude Brialy (8x, Actor)
Georges Lautner (8x, Crew)
Roger Vadim (8x, Crew)
Jacques Saulnier (7x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:286742, Added: 08/10/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024