Known For
Camera
Born
Dec 04, 1913
Died
Sep 05, 1993
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Credits
70 titles
Claude Renoir
Biography
Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to work in." He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind. He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home. Source: Article "Claude Renoir" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
The Medic
Director of Photography
Attention, the Kids Are Watching
Director of Photography
The Discord
Director of Photography
Animal
Director of Photography
The Spy Who Loved Me
Director of Photography
The Wing or the Thigh?
Director of Photography
Game of Seduction
Director of Photography
Femmes Fatales
Director of Photography
Doctor Francoise Gailland
Director of Photography
Arena
French Connection II
Director of Photography
The Track
Director of Photography
Paul and Michelle
Director of Photography
Impossible Object
Director of Photography
The Serpent
Director of Photography
Killer
Director of Photography
The Burglars
Director of Photography
The Horsemen
Director of Photography
The Married Couple of the Year Two
Director of Photography
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
Director of Photography
The Adventurers
Director of Photography
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Director of Photography
Soluna
Director of Photography
Barbarella
Director of Photography
Spirits of the Dead
Director of Photography
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Director of Photography
The Game Is Over
Director of Photography
Marco the Magnificent
Director of Photography
The Unvanquished
Director of Photography
Circus World
Second Unit Director of Photography
Symphony for a Massacre
Director of Photography
The Lovers of Teruel
Director of Photography
Lafayette
Director of Photography
Wasteland
Director of Photography
Blood and Roses
Cinematography
Gorilla's Waltz
Director of Photography
The Cheaters
Director of Photography
End of Desire
Director of Photography
The Witches of Salem
Director of Photography
Crime and Punishment
Director of Photography
Elena and Her Men
Director of Photography
The Mystery of Picasso
Self (uncredited)
Madame Butterfly
Director of Photography
Fabulous India
Director of Photography
Maddalena
Director of Photography
Puccini
Director of Photography
The Golden Coach
Director of Photography
The Green Glove
Director of Photography
The River
Director of Photography
Dr. Knock
Director of Photography