Claude Renoir

About

Claude Renoir (December 4, 1913 – September 5, 1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son of actor Pierre Renoir, the nephew of director Jean Renoir, and the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was born in Paris, his mother being actress Véra Sergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brother of Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the United States on such films as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoir was the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such as Monsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoir's The River (1951), Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). At the time of Claude Renoir's death, The Times of London wrote of The River that "its exquisite evocation of the Indian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema, one in which color was finally accepted as a medium fit for great film makers to...

Known for

ArenaSeries • 1975The Spy Who Loved MeMovie • 1977BarbarellaMovie • 1968Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!Movie • 1966Grand IllusionMovie • 1937Elena and Her MenMovie • 1956French Connection IIMovie • 1975The Wing or the Thigh?Movie • 1976The RiverMovie • 1951Femmes FatalesMovie • 1976The DiscordMovie • 1978The Golden CoachMovie • 1952Spirits of the DeadMovie • 1968AnimalMovie • 1977Circus WorldMovie • 1964The Witches of SalemMovie • 1957The BurglarsMovie • 1971La Bête HumaineMovie • 1938The MedicMovie • 1979The Married Couple of the Year TwoMovie • 1971Symphony for a MassacreMovie • 1963The SerpentMovie • 1973The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a GunMovie • 1970Doctor Francoise GaillandMovie • 1976