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Sacha Vierny

Career

Active from 1956 to 2000, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Night and Fog
Night and Fog
GoodWatch score94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sacha Vierny Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Wholesome
    1.7, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French New Wave 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Psychological Drama 4
  • Avant-Garde 4
  • Visually Striking 4
  • Character Study 4
  • French Cinema 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • European Cinema 3
  • Complex Narrative 3
  • Visually Poetic 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
Les Mémoires de Don Quichotte
Les Mémoires de Don Quichotte (2019)

Camera Operator

2000s

1 title · average score 49
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Cried (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

1990s

9 titles · average score 62
8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women (1999)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

Dormez, je le veux!
Dormez, je le veux! (1998)

Director of Photography

The Pillow Book
The Pillow Book (1995)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

The Baby of Mâcon
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Rosa
Rosa (1992)

Director of Photography

A Walk Through Prospero's Library
A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992)

Director of Photography

Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books (1991)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Three Crowns of the Sailor
Three Crowns of the Sailor (1991)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

M Is for Man, Music and Mozart
M Is for Man, Music and Mozart (1991)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

1980s

13 titles · average score 70
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Drowning by Numbers
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

The Belly of an Architect
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

A Zed & Two Noughts
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

The Future of Emily
The Future of Emily (1985)

Director of Photography

The Public Woman
The Public Woman (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Love Unto Death
Love Unto Death (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Clash
Clash (1984)
GoodWatch score 42

Director of Photography

Le rose et le blanc
Le rose et le blanc (1982)

Director of Photography

Beau Pere
Beau Pere (1981)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

My American Uncle
My American Uncle (1980)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

The Lost Way
The Lost Way (1980)

Director of Photography

1970s

10 titles · average score 63
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

The Suspended Vocation
The Suspended Vocation (1978)

Director of Photography

Baxter, Vera Baxter
Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

500 grammes de foie de veau
500 grammes de foie de veau (1977)

Director of Photography

Stavisky...
Stavisky... (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

The Burned Barns
The Burned Barns (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

The Holy Family
The Holy Family (1973)

Director of Photography

The Monk
The Monk (1972)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

La Nuit bulgare
La Nuit bulgare (1972)

Director of Photography

Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy
Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

1960s

17 titles · average score 75
The Tattoo
The Tattoo (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Dear Caroline
Dear Caroline (1968)

Director of Photography

Belle de Jour
Belle de Jour (1967)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

La Musica
La Musica (1967)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

The War Is Over
The War Is Over (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

Director of Photography

A Taste for Women
A Taste for Women (1964)

Director of Photography

Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps (1964)

Director of Photography

Muriel, or the Time of Return
Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Last Year at Marienbad
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

The Season for Love
The Season for Love (1961)

Director of Photography

Le Bel Âge
Le Bel Âge (1960)

Director of Photography

Paris la belle
Paris la belle (1960)

Director of Photography

1950s

7 titles · average score 77
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
GoodWatch score 88

Director of Photography

The Song of Styrene
The Song of Styrene (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

as The worker

Diary of a Pregnant Woman
Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Letter from Siberia
Letter from Siberia (1957)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

The Mystery of Workshop 15
The Mystery of Workshop 15 (1957)

Director of Photography

Night and Fog
Night and Fog (1956)
GoodWatch score 94

Director of Photography

Pantomimes
Pantomimes (1954)

Cinematography

1940s

1 title
The Mark of the Day
The Mark of the Day (1949)

Assistant Director