Lucien Andriot


Director Of Photography

About

Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
November 19, 1897
Died
March 19, 1979

Biography

In Hollywood from before the age of 20, Andriot worked on a throng of pedestrian B pictures, occasionally collaborating on more notable films. In the 1940s, he was teamed with Rene Clair, for "And Then There Were None" (1945), and Jean Renoir, for "The Southerner" (1945) and "Diary of a Chambermaid" (1946)....

Biography

In Hollywood from before the age of 20, Andriot worked on a throng of pedestrian B pictures, occasionally collaborating on more notable films. In the 1940s, he was teamed with Rene Clair, for "And Then There Were None" (1945), and Jean Renoir, for "The Southerner" (1945) and "Diary of a Chambermaid" (1946).

Filmography

 

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Half Human (1957)
Director of Photography
Home Town Story (1951)
Photography
Johnny One-Eye (1950)
Cinematographer
Borderline (1950)
Director of Photography
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Director of Photography
Dishonored Lady (1947)
Director of Photography
Intrigue (1947)
Director of Photography
New Orleans (1947)
Director of Photography
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Director of Photography
Lady Luck (1946)
Director of Photography
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Cinematographer
The Strange Woman (1946)
Photography
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
Addl Photographer
The Southerner (1945)
Director of Photography
And Then There Were None (1945)
Director of Photography
The Hairy Ape (1944)
Director of Photography
The Sullivans (1944)
Director of Photography
Jitterbugs (1943)
Director of Photography
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
Director of Photography
Margin for Error (1943)
Photography
Paris After Dark (1943)
Director of Photography
Over My Dead Body (1943)
Director of Photography
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
Director of Photography
Manila Calling (1942)
Director of Photography
Just Off Broadway (1942)
Director of Photography
The Lone Star Ranger (1942)
Director of Photography
Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
Director of Photography
The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
Fill-in Photographer
Young America (1942)
Director of Photography
On the Sunny Side (1942)
Director of Photography
The Mad Martindales (1942)
Director of Photography
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Director of Photography
Dance Hall (1941)
Director of Photography
Ride on Vaquero (1941)
Director of Photography
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
Director of Photography
Riders of the Purple Sage (1941)
Director of Photography
Earthbound (1940)
Director of Photography
The Lady in Question (1940)
Director of Photography
Charter Pilot (1940)
Director of Photography
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Director of Photography
High School (1940)
Director of Photography
The Girl from Avenue A (1940)
Director of Photography
City of Chance (1940)
Director of Photography
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Photography
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Photography
The Jones Family in Quick Millions (1939)
Photography
Boy Friend (1939)
Photography
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Director of Photography
While New York Sleeps (1939)
Photography
Stop--Look and Love (1939)
Photography
The Arizona Wildcat (1939)
Photography
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Photography
I'll Give a Million (1938)
Photography
Always in Trouble (1938)
Photography
International Settlement (1938)
Photography
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Photography
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)
Photography
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Photography
Big Town Girl (1937)
Photography
I'll Take Romance (1937)
Photography
The Lady Escapes (1937)
Photography
On the Avenue (1937)
Photography
Café Metropole (1937)
Photography
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Photography
The Gay Desperado (1936)
Photography
His Family Tree (1935)
Photography
Captain Hurricane (1935)
Photography
Hooray for Love (1935)
Photography
The Return of Peter Grimm (1935)
Photography
Chasing Yesterday (1935)
Photography
Grand Old Girl (1935)
Photography
Straight Is the Way (1934)
Photography
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Photography
Two Alone (1934)
Photography
Crime Doctor (1934)
Photography
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Photography
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
2nd unit Photographer
Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933)
Photography
Before Dawn (1933)
Photography
Topaze (1933)
Photography
The Right to Romance (1933)
Photography
Penthouse (1933)
Photography
Bondage (1933)
Photography
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Photography
Prestige (1932)
Photography
Cock of the Air (1932)
Photography
Women of All Nations (1931)
Photography
The Spy (1931)
Photography
Don't Bet on Women (1931)
Photography
Daddy Long Legs (1931)
Photography
Cuando el amor ríe (1930)
Director of Photography
The Golden Calf (1930)
Director of Photography
The Big Trail (1930)
Director of Photography
Happy Days (1930)
Director of Photography
Christina (1929)
Director of Photography
The Valiant (1929)
Director of Photography
Love, Live and Laugh (1929)
Camera
Chasing Through Europe (1929)
Director of Photography
The River Pirate (1928)
Director of Photography
Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
Director of Photography
Blindfold (1928)
Director of Photography
A Ship Comes In (1928)
Director of Photography
Almost Human (1927)
Director of Photography
White Gold (1927)
Director of Photography
The Main Event (1927)
Director of Photography
Loves of Carmen (1927)
Director of Photography
The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926)
Director of Photography
Bachelor Brides (1926)
Director of Photography
Volcano (1926)
Director of Photography
Red Dice (1926)
Director of Photography
Gigolo (1926)
Director of Photography
The Thundering Herd (1925)
Director of Photography
Code of the West (1925)
Director of Photography
The Light of Western Stars (1925)
Director of Photography
The Man Who Came Back (1924)
Director of Photography
East of Broadway (1924)
Director of Photography
The Dangerous Flirt (1924)
Director of Photography
Nellie, The Beautiful Cloak Model (1924)
Director of Photography
Traffic in Hearts (1924)
Director of Photography
In the Palace of the King (1923)
Director of Photography
Daytime Wives (1923)
Director of Photography
Bucking the Barrier (1923)
Director of Photography
A Fool There Was (1922)
Director of Photography
The Ragged Heiress (1922)
Director of Photography
When Love Comes (1922)
Camera
West of Chicago (1922)
Director of Photography
Trooper O'Neil (1922)
Director of Photography
Rough Shod (1922)
Director of Photography
Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
Director of Photography
Monte Cristo (1922)
Director of Photography
That Girl Montana (1921)
Director of Photography
The Last Trail (1921)
Director of Photography
The Primal Law (1921)
Director of Photography
Shame (1921)
Director of Photography
Why Trust Your Husband? (1921)
Director of Photography
Half a Chance (1920)
Camera
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court (1920)
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Help Wanted -Xxx Male (1920)
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The Man Who Lost Himself (1920)
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The Virtuous Model (1919)
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Oh, Boy! (1919)
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The Right to Lie (1919)
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Lest We Forget (1918)
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The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
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The Pride of the Clan (1917)
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The Whip (1917)
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On Dangerous Ground (1917)
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The Mad Lover (1917)
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The Silent Master (1917)
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Broken Chains (1916)
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La Vie De Boheme (1916)
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The Almighty Dollar (1916)
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The Feast of Life (1916)
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A Butterfly on the Wheel (1915)
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The Impostor (1915)
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Camille (1915)
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The Price (1915)
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The Face in the Moonlight (1915)
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M'liss (1915)
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The Marked Woman (1914)
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Life Events

1917

Began film work as photographer for Maurice Tourneur's "The Poor Little Rich Girl"

1922

First worked with director William K. Howard on "Captain Fly-By-Night"

1931

Final collaboration with William K. Howard, "Don't Bet on Women"

1945

Worked with Jean Renoir on "The Southerner" and "The Diary of a Chambermaid"

1951

Last film work, credited as cinematographer, for Arthur Pierson's "Home Town Story"

Videos

Movie Clip

New Orleans (1947) — (Movie Clip) — (Do You Know What It Means To Miss) New Orleans Not a little bit mind-bending, Billie Holiday is well composed as an actress, playing the maid Endie, with Dorothy Patrick the enthused daughter of her employer, before her first song in her only movie, a standard by Louis Alter and Eddie DeLange, with Louis Armstrong her boyfriend in the band, in the independent jazz showcase from producers Herbert Biberman and Jules Levey, New Orleans, 1947.
Lady In Question, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I'm One Of The Family Acquitted murder suspect Natalie (Rita Hayworth) has belatedly accepted an offer of help from Parisian bike shop owner Morestan (Brian Aherne), who was on her jury, leading to her first day at work, where his wife (Irene Rich) and bedazzled son (Glenn Ford) don’t know the back-story, in The Lady In Question, 1940.
Lady In Question, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) This Is An Unusual Case Bouncy opening from director Charles Vidor, in the Columbia remake of the French director Marc Allegret’s comedy Griboulle (1937), introducing Glenn Ford as handsome amateur Paris astronomer Pierre, Evelyn Keyes his sister, Irene Rich his mother, George Davis a customer and top-billed Brian Aherne his father, in The Lady In Question, 1940, also starring Rita Hayworth.
Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Grow Your Own Crops Uncle Pete (Paul Burns) goes down in a Texas cotton field, Sam (Zachary Scott) and Nona (Betty Field) ministering as best they can, the first dramatic scene from Jean Renoir's independent American film, The Southerner, 1945.
Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) What It Cost Me New share-cropping neighbor Sam (Zachary Scott) visits Devers (J. Carrol Naish) seeking a favor, their complex first meeting in director Jean Renoir's The Southerner, 1945, from a novel by George Sessions Perry.
Southerner, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) As Good As Any Man Granny (Beulah Bondi) griping as Sam (Zachary Scott) and Nona (Betty Field) arrive at their new share-cropping farm, artfully presented in director Jean Renoir's American pastoral, The Southerner, 1945.
Bird Of Paradise (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Suppose They're Cannibals? Cracking nautical opening from King Vidor, presumably shot near Catalina, because the scheduled shoot in Hawaii was plagued with bad weather, leading man Joel McCrea at the bow, John Halliday the captain Mac, from Bird Of Paradise, 1932, also starring Dolores del Rio.
Bird Of Paradise (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Little Devil! Yacht crewman Johnny (Joel McCrea) is just having a smoke when he hears a swimmer nearby, turns out it’s island princess Luana (Dolores del Rio), who’s shown significant interest in him, director King Vidor going light on the swimwear, in the pre-Code Bird Of Paradise, 1932.
Bird Of Paradise (1932) -- (Movie Clip) She's Taboo Dolores del Rio as princess Luana is the center of attention at the dance on the first evening of the yacht crew’s visit to her nameless South Sea island, Joel McCrea as Johnny, whom she rescued from a shark earlier that day, but trouble brews, in David O. Selznick’s Bird Of Paradise, 1932.
Anne Of Green Gables (1934) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Anne Shirley Anne Shirley, a movie veteran at 16, introduces herself by the name of her character, which she would use for the rest of her career (she retired in 1944), met by her prospective adopted father (O.P. Heggie), in the 1934 version of the L.M. Montgomery novel, Anne Of Green Gables.
Anne Of Green Gables (1934) -- (Movie Clip) You Mean Hateful Boy! Anne Shirley, as the character whose name she took, is the red-headed orphan on her first school day on Prince Edward Island, with teacher (Murray Kinnell), friend Diana (Gertrude Messinger) and meeting Gilbert (Tom Brown), in Lucy Maude Montgomery's Anne Of Green Gables, 1934.
And Then There Were None (1945) -- (Movie Clip) The Place For Nursery Rhymes Director Rene Clair is still cycling through Agatha Christie's ten island guests, Walter Huston and Barry Fitzgerald, Mischa Auer on the piano, Richard Haydn playing the record, when the gimmick is revealed, to C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, June Duprez, Louis Hayward, Roland Young and Queenie Leonard, early in And Then There Were None, 1945.

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