Marcel Weiss (1912–2009) 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 ...

.Smith p.281 He began his career as a

cameraman A camera operator, or depending on the context cameraman or camerawoman, is a professional operator of a film camera or video camera as part of a film crew. The term "cameraman" does not necessarily imply that a male is performing the task. ...

during the 1930s, before graduating to

director of photography 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 ...

Selected filmography

* '' A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) * '' Operation Swallow'' (1948) * ''

Scandal on the Champs-Élysées A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a ...

'' (1949) * ''

Thirst of Men ''Thirst of Men'' (French: ''La soif des hommes'') is a 1950 French historical film, historical drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Georges Marchal, Dany Robin and Andrée Clément.Monaco p.354 It was filmed and set in French Alger ...

'' (1950) * ''

My Brother from Senegal ''My Brother from Senegal'' (French: ''Mon frangin du Sénégal'') is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Guy Lacourt and starring Raymond Bussières, Annette Poivre and Noël Roquevert.Vincendeau p.153 The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1953) * '' This Man Is Dangerous'' (1953) * ''

The Blonde Gypsy ''The Blonde Gypsy'' (French: ''La caraque blonde'') is a 1953 French drama film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Tilda Thamar, Roger Pigaut and Gérard Landry.Pallister & Hottell p.78 Cast * Tilda Thamar as Myra Milagros * Roger Pigau ...

'' (1953) * ''

One Bullet Is Enough ''One Bullet Is Enough'' (French:'' Une balle suffit'', Spanish: ''La canción del penal'') is a 1954 French-Spanish crime film directed by Juan Lladó and Jean Sacha and starring Georges Ulmer, Véra Norman and Jacques Castelot.Crusells p.156 ...

'' (1954) * ''

OSS 117 Is Not Dead ''OSS 117 n'est pas mort'' is the 1957 film debut of Jean Bruce's fictitious secret agent Hubert Bonnisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117, and the beginning of a long-lasting series. It was released in the United States by Republic Pictures under th ...

'' (1957) * '' The Amorous Corporal'' (1958) * '' Mimi Pinson'' (1958) * ''

The Long Absence ''The Long Absence'' (, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French drama film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a Puteaux café owner mourning the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A t ...

'' (1961) * '' Codine'' (1963) * ''

Un linceul n'a pas de poches ''Un linceul n'a pas de poches'' (English: ''No Pockets in a Shroud'') is a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky in 1974. Plot A journalist, Michel Dolannes, decides to use his newspaper to denounce the corruption of the established system. O ...

'' (1974)

References

Bibliography

* Smith, Allison. ''French Cinema in the 1970s: The Echoes of May''. Manchester University Press, 2005.

External links

* 1912 births 2009 deaths Cinematographers from Paris {{France-film-bio-stub