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Henri Alekan

Career: Active from 1936 to 1993, busiest in 1982 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 1
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Beauty and the Beast
86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

César Awards · César Award
1983 · Won
Source: Wikidata
César Awards · Best Cinematography
1983 · Won
The Trout
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
1954 · Nominated · 26th Academy Awards
Roman Holiday
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Henri Alekan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Family Dynamics
3.7, average 4.9
Tech & Humanity
0.7, average 1.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 6
French Cinema 6
Historical Context 3
Classic French Cinema 3
Visually Stunning 3
Redemption Story 2
Moral Dilemma 2
1960s 2
Noir Elements 2
Tragic Romance 2
Character-Driven 2
Dialogue-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

83

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

6 titles · average score 64

Golem: The Petrified Garden

Director of Photography

Faraway, So Close!

64

as Captain

Golem, the Spirit of Exile

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

Director of Photography

Birth of a Golem

Director of Photography

1980s

15 titles · average score 67

Wings of Desire

84

Director of Photography

Esther

Director of Photography

A Strange Love Affair

Director of Photography

Our Nazi

78

Director of Photography

Wundkanal

Director of Photography

The Beautiful Prisoner

64

Director of Photography

A Stone in the Mouth

Director of Photography

The State of Things

56

Director of Photography

The Trout

60

Director of Photography

On Top of the Whale

69

Director of Photography

En rachâchant

62

Director of Photography

The Territory

63

Director of Photography

1970s

5 titles · average score 57

La Dame de Monte-Carlo

Cinematography

The Divisions of Nature

Director of Photography

Gun Moll

57

Director of Photography

Red Sun

53

Director of Photography

Figures in a Landscape

60

Director of Photography

1960s

14 titles · average score 57

The Christmas Tree

67

Director of Photography

Fun and Games for Everyone

Director of Photography

Mayerling

55

Director of Photography

Triple Cross

55

Director of Photography

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

51

Director of Photography

Lady L

39

Director of Photography

Topkapi

81

Director of Photography

The Other Christopher

Director of Photography

Five Miles to Midnight

44

Director of Photography

Tales of Paris

58

Director of Photography

Black Tights

65

Director of Photography

Austerlitz

52

Director of Photography

1950s

24 titles · average score 66

The Great Deception

Director of Photography

The Magic of the Kite

Director of Photography

The Case of Dr. Laurent

68

Director of Photography

Frou-Frou

Director of Photography

Queen Margot

66

Director of Photography

Roman Holiday

85

Director of Photography

When You Read This Letter

64

Director of Photography

Forbidden Fruit

61

Director of Photography

Paris Is Always Paris

57

Director of Photography

Juliette, or Key of Dreams

69

Director of Photography

Just Me

Director of Photography

Marie of the Port

61

Director of Photography

1940s

12 titles · average score 72

Such a Pretty Little Beach

71

Director of Photography

The Lovers of Verona

59

Director of Photography

Anna Karenina

63

Director of Photography

The Damned

86

Director of Photography

Woman of Evil

Director of Photography

Beauty and the Beast

86

Director of Photography

The Battle of the Rails

70

Director of Photography

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Les Chevaux du Vercors

Camera Operator

Blind Venus

Director of Photography

The Musicians of the Sky

Cinematography

1930s

7 titles · average score 74

Port of Shadows

88

Camera Operator

Hatred

73

Camera Operator

The Shanghai Drama

Assistant Camera

Street of Shadows

Assistant Camera

La Danseuse rouge

Director of Photography

Life Is Ours

61

Director of Photography

Fanny

76

Assistant Camera