Claude Renoir(1913-1993)
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Set Decorator
Apprenticed under noted cinematographers Christian Matras and Boris Kaufman and shot
or co-shot several films directed by his uncle, Jean Renoir. Renoir did the
photography for one of his uncle's cinematic apogees, _Une partie de campagne (1936)_ and was
the camera operator for the tragic, ebullient master text La grande illusion (1937). As a
cinematographer, Claude Renoir was responsible for the luminous color
work of Le fleuve (1951), _Carrosse d'or, Le (1952)_ and Elena et les hommes (1956). He also generated the stark
black-and-white compositions of Maurice Cloche's Monsieur Vincent (1947) and the psychedelic
60s colors of Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968). Renoir lensed a stunning array of
films, including Le mystère Picasso (1956), Cléopâtre (1963) and Bertrand Blier's Calmos (1976). After his
final DP credit, L'Espion qui m'aimait (1977), Renoir worked as a cameraman on three films
as he, sadly, lost his sight. Son of character actor Pierre Renoir.
