Jean Tournier (3 April 1926 – 9 December 2004) was a French
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...
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He was born in
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department.
The Commune of Toulon h ...
, France. He is best known for ''
The Day of the Jackal'' and ''
Moonraker''.
Filmography
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Quai du Point-du-Jour'' (1960)
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On n'enterre pas le dimanche'' (1960)
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L'Homme à femmes'' (1960)
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Amélie ou le temps d'aimer'' (1961)
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Les bras de la nuit
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People
* Les (given name)
* Les (surname)
* L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer
Space flight
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* Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies
* Lincoln Experimental S ...
'' (1961)
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Les Mystères de Paris
''The Mysteries of Paris'' () is a novel by Eugène Sue. It was published serially in 90 parts in ''Journal des débats'' from 19 June 1842 until 15 October 1843, making it one of the first serial novels (''feuilleton'') published in France. I ...
'' (1962)
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The Train'' (1964)
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Allez France!
''The Counterfeit Constable'' (French: ''Allez France!'') is a 1964 Cinema of France, French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia and starring Ronald Fraser (actor), Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors and Arthur Mullard.
Plot
A Frenc ...
'' (1964)
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Faites vos jeux, mesdames'' (1965)
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Les Deux Orphelines'' (1965)
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Compartiment tueurs
''The Sleeping Car Murders'' (also known as ''The Sleeping Car Murder'', French title: ''Compartiment tueurs'') is a 1965 French mystery film directed by Costa-Gavras from the novel by Sébastien Japrisot. It stars Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, M ...
'' (1965)
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La bourse et la vie'' (1966)
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Roger la Honte'' (1966)
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Le voyage du père'' (1966)
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Un homme de trop'' (1967)
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Le Grand Bidule'' (1967)
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L'Homme à la Buick'' (1968)
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Le Petit Baigneur
''The Little Bather'' (), is a French comedy film from 1968, directed and written by Robert Dhéry, starring Louis de Funès and Andréa Parisy.
Cast
* Louis de Funès : Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
* Robert Dhéry : André Castagnier
* Andréa ...
'' (1968)
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L'Ardoise
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'' (1970)
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Start the Revolution Without Me
''Start the Revolution Without Me'' is a 1970 British-French-American period comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin, and starring Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Orson Welles (playing himself as nar ...
'' (1970)
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Comptes à rebours'' (1971)
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La Cavale'' (1971)
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Le Viager
''Le Viager'' is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Pierre Tchernia and starring Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru and Claude Brasseur, adapted from a script by René Goscinny, the creator of the Asterix comics.
Plot
In 1930 in Paris, Dr Léon ...
'' (1972)
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Trois milliards sans ascenseur
''Trois milliards sans ascenseur'' (Translation: ''Three Billions Without an Elevator'') (/ ''Seven Brains for a Perfect Shot'') is a 1972 French-Italian film, directed by Roger Pigaut. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. The script was co-written b ...
'' (1972)
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The Day of the Jackal'' (1973)
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Les gaspards
''The Holes'' () is a 1974 French comedy film written and directed by Pierre Tchernia.
Cast
* Michel Serrault : Jean-Paul Rondin
* Philippe Noiret : Gaspard de Montfermeil
* Michel Galabru : Commissaire Lalatte
* Charles Denner : The minister
* ...
'' (1974)
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Les guichets du Louvre
''Black Thursday'' () is a French film from 1974 directed by Michel Mitrani. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1960 novel by Roger Bousinnot, the film portrays the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942, when French police arrested over 13,000 Jewish inhabita ...
'' (1974)
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Les Misérables
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'' (1978) TV Movie
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Moonraker'' (1979)
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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu'' (1980)
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Trois hommes à abattre
''Three Men to Kill'' (French: ''Trois hommes à abattre'') is a French crime film released in 1980, directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon with Dalila Di Lazzaro. The screenplay is written by Jacques Deray, Alain Delon and Christopher Fr ...
'' (1980)
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Pour la peau d'un flic'' (1981)
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Le Battant
''Le Battant'' is a 1983 French crime thriller film starring and directed by Alain Delon.
It recorded admissions of 1,935,094 in France.
Plot
Jacques Darnay is released from prison after eight years and tries to recover a cache of stolen diamonds ...
'' (1983)
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Femmes de personne'' (1984)
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Mistral's Daughter'' (1984) TV Mini-Series
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Camille'' (1984) TV Movie
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Target
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Warfare and shooting
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artille ...
'' (1985)
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Sins
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'' (1986) TV Mini-Series
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Monte Carlo
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'' (1986) TV Mini-Series
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Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story'' (1987) TV Mini-Series
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Bonjour l'angoisse'' (1988)
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Les Mannequins d'osier'' (1989)
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Les 1001 Nuits'' (1990)
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La Neige et le Feu'' (1991)
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Cache cash'' (1994)
External links
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Jean Tournier - le cinema francais
French cinematographers
Mass media people from Toulon
1926 births
2004 deaths
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