L. H. Burel

Director Of Photography

About

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Also Known As
Leonce-Henry Burel
Birth Place
France
Born
November 23, 1892

Biography

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Cinematographer on several classic French films, from Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927) to Robert Bresson's "Diary of a Country Priest" (1951) and "The Trial of Joan of Arc" (1962)....

Filmography

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L' Evadee (1929)
Director
Rapaces diurnes et Nocturnes, Les (1913)
Director
La Floraison (1913)
Director
La Pousse des plantes (1913)
Director
L' Industrie du verre (1913)
Director
Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1965)
Director of Photography

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Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Done Them

Biography

Cinematographer on several classic French films, from Abel Gance's "Napoleon" (1927) to Robert Bresson's "Diary of a Country Priest" (1951) and "The Trial of Joan of Arc" (1962).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

L' Evadee (1929)
Director
Rapaces diurnes et Nocturnes, Les (1913)
Director
La Floraison (1913)
Director
La Pousse des plantes (1913)
Director
L' Industrie du verre (1913)
Director

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Thank Heaven for Small Favors (1965)
Director of Photography
Highway Pickup (1965)
Director of Photography
A Man Escaped (1956)
Director Of Photography
Marianne de ma jeunesse (1955)
Director Of Photography
Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)
Director Of Photography

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Verite sur Bebe Donge (1951)
Photography
Carrefour (1938)
Photography
Mirages (1937)
Photography
La Mort du cygne (1937)
Photography
Mademoiselle ma mere (1937)
Photography
Helene (1936)
Photography
Petites alliees, Les (1936)
Photography
La Derniere valse (1936)
Photography
Un Homme en or (1934)
Photography
Danton (1932)
Photography
Le Mystere de la chambre jaune (1930)
Photography
Napoleon (1929)
Photography
The Three Passions (1928)
Photography
Casanova (1927)
Photography
La Roue (1922)
Photography
J'Accuse (1919)
Photography
La Dixieme symphonie (1918)
Photography
La Zone de la mort (1917)
Photography
Le Droit a la vie (1917)
Photography
Mater Dolorosa (1917)
Photography
L' Heroisme de Paddy (1916)
Photography
Barbe-Rousse (1916)
Photography
Ce que les flots racontent (1916)
Photography
Le Fou de la falaise (1916)
Photography
Fioritures (1916)
Photography
L' Enigme de 10 heures (1916)
Photography
Gaz Mortels, Les (1916)
Photography
La Femme inconnue (1916)
Photography
Mouettes, Les (1916)
Photography
La Fleur des Ruines (1916)
Photography
Alsace (1915)
Photography

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

L' Hirondelle et la mesange (1983)
Other
A Man Escaped (1956)
Dp/Cinematographer

Life Events

1913

Directorial debut

1915

First film as photographer, "Alsace"

Videos

Movie Clip

Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Taught Me Generously Afraid that he's being watched by the cops, Michel (Martin La Salle) discovers that his observer is really a fellow thief (Henri Kassagi, a well-known French illusionist of the time), who offers advice, illustrated in the austere style of writer-director Robert Bresson, in Pickpocket, 1959.
Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Done Them Writer and director Robert Bresson from his first original screenplay, novice actor Martin La Salle as "Michel" narrating, at the race track and later meeting a police inspector (Jean Pelegri), opening Pickpocket, 1959.
Pickpocket (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Honest And Resourceful Emboldened Michel (Martin La Salle) with no preamble introducing his friend Jacques (Pierre Leymarie), in a Paris cafe, then joined by his own arresting police inspector (Jean Pelegri), early in writer-director Robert Bresson's Pickpocket, 1959.
Proces De Jeanne D'Arc -- (Movie Clip) They Falsely Accused Her Opening sequence, the mother (uncredited) of Joan delivers a plea for her posthumous pardon, from Robert Bresson's Proces De Jeanne D'Arc (a.k.a. The Trial Of Joan Of Arc), 1965.
Proces De Jeanne D'Arc -- (Movie Clip) Are You In God's Grace? Her second appearance in the film, Joan (Florence Carrez) from the dungeon and presented to her judges led by Bishop Cauchon (Jean-Claude Fourneau), from Robert Bresson's Proces De Jeanne D'Arc (a.k.a. The Trial Of Joan Of Arc, 1965.

Trailer

Napoleon (1927) -- (Trailer) San Francisco Silent Film Festival The trailer promoting the exclusive screening of Abel Gance's Napoleon, 1927, at the 2012 San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

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