Jean Bourgoin (1913–1991) was a French
cinematographer. He won the
Academy Award for Best Cinematography
The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture.
History
In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) w ...
for the 1962 war film ''
The Longest Day''.
[Langman p.51]
Selected filmography
* ''
The Time of the Cherries'' (1938)
* ''
La Marseillaise
"La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du R ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Cristobal's Gold
''Cristobal's Gold'' (French: ''L'or du Cristobal'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and Jacques Becker and starring Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro and Albert Préjean. Jean Renoir helped the original director, Jacques ...
'' (1940)
* ''
It Happened at the Inn
''It Happened at the Inn'' (French: ''Goupi mains rouges'') is a 1943 French mystery film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Fernand Ledoux, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Rollin and Blanchette Brunoy. It follows an investigation into the family ...
'' (1943)
* ''
Box of Dreams'' (1945)
* ''
Sybille's Night'' (1947)
* ''
Branquignol'' (1949)
* ''
Justice Is Done'' (1950)
* ''
Shadow and Light
''Shadow and Light'' (French: ''Ombre et lumière'') is a 1951 French psychological drama film directed by Henri Calef and starring Simone Signoret, María Casares and Jean Marchat.Hayward p.244
The film's sets were designed by Daniel Guéret and ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Rue des Saussaies'' (1951)
* ''
It Happened in Paris'' (1952)
* ''
We Are All Murderers
''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The House on the Dune'' (1952)
* ''
Follow That Man'' (1953)
* ''
Open Letter
An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally.
Open letters usually take the form of a letter addressed to an indiv ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Before the Deluge'' (1954)
* ''
Black Dossier'' (1955)
* ''
The River of Three Junks'' (1957)
* ''
Goha
''Goha'' is a 1958 French-Tunisian film. It starred Omar Sharif and it was the cinema debut of Claudia Cardinale. At the 1958 Cannes Film Festival it was awarded with the Jury Prize and it had been nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was shown as pa ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Mon Oncle
''Mon Oncle'' (; ''My Uncle'') is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, ''Mon Oncle'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film ...
'' (1958)
* ''
Black Orpheus
''Black Orpheus'' ( Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play ''Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Mora ...
'' (1959)
* ''
A Mistress for the Summer'' (1960)
* ''
The Counterfeit Traitor'' (1962)
* ''
Gigot'' (1962)
* ''
The Longest Day'' (1962)
* ''
Germinal'' (1963)
* ''
Impossible on Saturday
''Impossible on Saturday'' (french: Pas question le samedi, ''lit.'' "No question Saturday") is a 1965 Italian- French-Israeli comedy film co-production directed by Alex Joffé.
Cast
* Robert Hirsch as Carlo, plus 11 other roles
* Dalia Friedland ...
'' (1965)
References
Bibliography
* Langman, Larry. ''Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking''. McFarland, 2000.
External links
*
1913 births
1991 deaths
Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners
Cinematographers from Paris
French expatriates in the United States
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