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: Clément Maurice (March 22, 1853 – July 15, 1933) was a French photographer, film director, and producer.


Career

First employed in the Lumière factories, where he entered in 1894, he became a portrait photographer in Paris, where he settled in
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's studio at 8 boulevard des Italiens, above the Robert-Houdin Theater, property of the future filmmaker
Georges Méliès Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès ( , ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French magic (illusion), magician, toymaker, actor, and filmmaker. He led many technical and narrative developments in the early days of film, cinema, primarily in th ...
. This and that allow him to enter the world of cinematography. From 1898 to 1906, he was the cameraman for surgeon
Eugène Doyen Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Ambroise-François Parnaland (1854 - 1913), who founded in 1908 with Charles Jourjon (1876 - 1934) the Éclair Laboratories. In 1899, the production company Association frères Lumière hired him as a cinematographer collaborator and technician for the shooting of the film Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan. Quickly, he started producing and directing feature films such as Le Duel d'Hamlet or
Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th ce ...
. With Henri Lioret, he developed the Phono-Cinema-Theater, a pioneering system of sound cinema, presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1900.


Filmography

;Producer *1900: '' Le Duel d'Hamlet'' *1900: ''
Jules Moy Jules Moy (1862–1938) was a French stage and film actor.Tanitch p.271 Selected filmography * '' The Vein'' (1928) * ''Cagliostro'' (1929) * '' Mistigri'' (1931) * '' The Man at Midnight'' (1931) * '' Let's Touch Wood'' (1933) *'' Bach the Detec ...
'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet) *1900: '' Little Tich et ses Big Boots'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet) *1900: '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' *1900: '' Mariette Sully'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet) *1900: '' Mily Mayer'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet) ;Director * 1900: '' Le Duel d'Hamlet'' * 1900: '' Madame Sans-Gêne'' * 1900: ''
Roméo et Juliette ''Roméo et Juliette'' (, ''Romeo and Juliet'') is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on ''Romeo and Juliet'' by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Ly ...
'' * 1900: ''
Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th ce ...
'' * 1911: '' L'Inutile Sacrifice'' ;Chief camera operator *1899: ''
Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan An excursion is a trip, usually made for leisure, education, or physical purposes. It is often an adjunct to a longer journey or visit to a place, sometimes for other (typically work-related) purposes. Public transportation companies issue ...
'' produced by l'Association frères Lumière, opérateur *1912: ''
La Dame aux camélias ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (), sometimes called ''Camille'' in English, is a novel by Alexandre Dumas ''fils''. First published in 1848 and subsequently adapted by Dumas for the stage, the play premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in P ...
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External links

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''Cyrano de Bergerac'' short film by Maurice
1853 births 1933 deaths French film directors French film producers French photographers People from Lot-et-Garonne French silent film directors Articles containing video clips Place of birth missing Shakespearean directors {{France-artist-stub