Léonce-Henri Burel
Camera
1892-11-24 · Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France
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 Bresson which continued through three further films. Burel also directed three films himself between 1922 and 1932. Source: Article "Léonce-Henri Burel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
1968 · Movie
Order of the Daisy
1967 · Movie
Highway Pick-Up
1963 · Movie
Light-Fingered George
1963 · Movie
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1963 · Movie
One Night at the Beach
1961 · Movie
Pickpocket
1959 · Movie
A Bomb for a Dictator
1957 · Movie
A Man Escaped
1956 · Movie
Diamond Machine
1955 · Movie
Tant qu'il y aura des femmes
1955 · Movie
La Madone des sleepings
1955 · Movie
Marianne de ma jeunesse
1955 · Movie
The Secrets of the Bed
1954 · Movie
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954 · Movie
Other Side of Paradise
1953 · Movie
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952 · Movie
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Movie
Valse brillante
1949 · Movie
Métier de fous
1948 · Movie
Rocambole
1948 · Movie
La Route du bagne
1945 · Movie
Mysteries of Paris
1943 · Movie
Sacred Fire
1942 · Movie
Blind Venus
1941 · Movie
For the Yellow Jersey
1940 · Movie
Return at Dawn
1938 · Movie
Bargekeepers Daughter
1938 · Movie
Crossroads
1938 · Movie
Mirages
1938 · Movie
Abused Confidence
1937 · Movie
The Virgin Bride
1937 · Movie
Hélène
1936 · Movie
The Last Waltz
1936 · Movie
The Man with a Broken Ear
1935 · Movie
A Man and His Woman
1934 · Movie
Toboggan
1934 · Movie
Abbot Constantine
1933 · Movie
Don't Need Money
1933 · Movie
Baroud
1933 · Movie
Baroud
1932 · Movie
Dragnet Night
1931 · Movie
The stranger
1931 · Movie
The Stranger
1931 · Movie
La straniera
1930 · Movie
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
1930 · Movie
La Femme d'une nuit
1930 · Movie
Princely Nights
1929 · Movie
Vénus
1929 · Movie
L'évadée
1929 · Movie
Frivolities
1929 · Movie
The Three Passions
1928 · Movie
Woman of Destiny
1928 · Movie
The Crew
1928 · Movie
Morgane, the Enchantress
1928 · Movie
Loves of Casanova
1927 · Movie
Napoleon
1927 · Movie
Salammbô
1926 · Movie
Michel Strogoff
1926 · Movie
Faces of Children
1925 · Movie
The Swallow and the Titmouse
1924 · Movie
Around The Wheel
1923 · Movie
The Portrait
1923 · Movie
La Roue
1923 · Movie
Crainquebille
1922 · Movie
L'Arlésienne
1922 · Movie
La Terre
1921 · Movie
Mademoiselle de La Seiglière
1921 · Movie
Facing the Ocean
1920 · Movie
J'accuse
1919 · Movie
The Tenth Symphony
1918 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
1918 · Movie
Barberousse
1917 · Movie
The Torture of Silence
1917 · Movie
The Right to Life
1917 · Movie
Deadly Gas
1916 · Movie
Alsace
1916 · Movie
The Madness of Dr Tube
1915 · Movie