Léonce-Henri Burel

Age: N/A | From: Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France

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Aliases: Léonce-Henry Burel , H. Burel , L.-H. Burel , L.H. Burel , L. Burel

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France

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Movie Involvements: 69

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Biography

Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company in 1915 he was noticed by Abel Gance and began a collaboration with him which extended over 16 films, including J'accuse, La Roue, and Napoléon. In the period of silent films he also worked on several productions with Jacques Feyder. During the 1930s he worked regularly with Jean Dréville and Henri Decoin. With Le Journal d'un curé de campagne, for which he won the best cinematography award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, Burel began another important collaboration with the director Robert Bresson which continued through three further films. Burel also directed three films himself between 1922 and 1932. Source: Article "Léonce-Henri Burel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Year	Character	Movie/Tv
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

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Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1963	Director of Photography	Highway Pick-Up 1963-11-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Thank Heaven for Small Favors 1963-08-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Trial of Joan of Arc 1963-02-13 Movie
1961	Director of Photography	One Night at the Beach 1961-06-14 Movie
1959	Director of Photography	Pickpocket 1959-12-16 Movie
1957	Director of Photography	Les fanatiques 1957-11-08 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	A Man Escaped 1956-11-11 Movie
1955	Director of Photography	Diamond Machine 1955-12-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Tant qu'il y aura des femmes 1955-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	La madone des sleepings 1955-06-20 Movie
1954	Director of Photography	Strange Desire of Mr. Bard 1954-01-04 Movie
1953	Director of Photography	Other Side of Paradise 1953-07-19 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	The Truth About Bebe Donge 1952-02-13 Movie
1951	Director of Photography	Diary of a Country Priest 1951-02-07 Movie
1949	Director of Photography	Valse brillante 1949-12-02 Movie
1948	Director of Photography	Rocambole 1948-04-08 Movie
1945	Director of Photography	La route du bagne 1945-10-16 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	Mysteries of Paris 1943-09-08 Movie
1942	Director of Photography	Sacred Fire 1942-11-12 Movie
1941	Director of Photography	Blind Venus 1941-09-14 Movie
1938	Director of Photography	Return at Dawn 1938-11-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mirages 1938-01-28 Movie
	Director of Photography	Carrefour 1938-01-01 Movie
1937	Director of Photography	Abused Confidence 1937-11-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Virgin Bride 1937-08-06 Movie
1936	Director of Photography	Hélène 1936-10-17 Movie
1935	Director of Photography	The Man with a Broken Ear 1935-03-29 Movie
1934	Director of Photography	Toboggan 1934-03-30 Movie
1933	Director of Photography	Abbot Constantine 1933-10-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	Don't Need Money 1933-04-20 Movie
1932	Director of Photography	Baroud 1932-11-18 Movie
1931	Director of Photography	Dragnet Night 1931-07-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The stranger 1931-02-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Stranger 1931-02-05 Movie
1930	Director of Photography	La straniera 1930-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Mystery of the Yellow Room 1930-09-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	One night woman 1930-06-16 Movie
1929	Director of Photography	Princely nights 1929-10-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Vénus 1929-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	L'évadée 1929-08-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Frivolities 1929-01-01 Movie
1928	Director of Photography	The Three Passions 1928-12-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	Woman of Destiny 1928-04-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Crew 1928-03-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	Morgane, the Enchantress 1928-03-02 Movie
1927	Director of Photography	Loves of Casanova 1927-10-08 Movie
	Additional Photography	Napoleon 1927-04-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Napoleon 1927-04-07 Movie
1926	Director of Photography	Michel Strogoff 1926-06-30 Movie
1925	Director of Photography	Faces of Children 1925-01-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Salammbô 1925-01-01 Movie
1923	Director of Photography	The Portrait 1923-10-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	La Roue 1923-02-17 Movie
1922	Director of Photography	Crainquebille 1922-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	L'Arlésienne 1922-10-03 Movie
1921	Director of Photography	La Terre 1921-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Mademoiselle de La Seiglière 1921-03-04 Movie
1920	Director of Photography	Facing the Ocean 1920-11-20 Movie
1919	Director of Photography	J'accuse 1919-04-25 Movie
1918	Director of Photography	The Tenth Symphony 1918-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Count of Monte Cristo 1918-01-02 Movie
1917	Director of Photography	Barberousse 1917-04-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Torture of Silence 1917-03-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Right to Life 1917-01-05 Movie
1916	Director of Photography	Les gaz mortels 1916-09-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Alsace 1916-01-02 Movie
1915	Director of Photography	The Madness of Dr. Tube 1915-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv