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Joseph C. Brun is a Director of Photography and Cinematography French born on 21 april 1907 at Paris (France)

Joseph C. Brun

Joseph C. Brun
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Birth name Joseph Brun
Nationality France
Birth 21 april 1907 at Paris (France)
Death 13 november 1998 (at 91 years) at Boca Raton (USA)

Joseph C. Brun est un directeur de la photographie américain (membre de l'ASC) d'origine française, né Joseph Brun le 21 avril 1907 à Paris, mort le 13 novembre 1998 à Boca Raton (Floride).

Biography

Joseph Brun se forme dans sa ville natale et débute comme chef opérateur, sous le pseudonyme qu'il utilise uniquement dans les années 1930 de Curt J. Braun, à l'occasion du moyen métrage français Bric-à-brac et compagnie d'André Chotin (avec Fernandel et Raoul Marco), aux côtés de son collègue Nicolas Farkas. Son premier long métrage, sous le second pseudonyme de Joseph Braun, est le documentaire L'Or des mers de Jean Epstein, tourné en 1932 et sorti en 1933. Il retrouve Jean Epstein sur La Femme du bout du monde (avec Charles Vanel et Germaine Rouer), sorti en 1938.

Après un autre film sorti la même année 1938 et Visages de femmes de René Guissart (avec Huguette Duflos et Meg Lemonnier), tourné en 1938 et sorti en 1939, il choisit au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale de s'exiler au Canada, car il est de confession juive. Sous le nom de Joseph Braun, il contribue à trois courts métrages documentaires canadiens, dont Ships and Men de Leslie McFarlane (1944).

Il rejoint ensuite les États-Unis et s'y installe définitivement, obtenant la citoyenneté américaine en 1947. Son premier film américain (son ultime contribution sous le pseudonyme de Joseph Braun) est le documentaire Congo, splendeur sauvage , tourné en Technicolor et sorti en 1949, année où il devient membre de l'American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Son premier film hollywoodien de fiction, sous le nom américanisé de Joseph C. Brun (utilisé désormais, en alternance avec son nom de naissance), est The Whistle at Eaton Falls de Robert Siodmak (1951, avec Lloyd Bridges et Dorothy Gish). Son dernier film est Touch Me Not, coproduction britanno-franco-germano-espagnole sortie en 1974, après quoi il se retire.

Au nombre de ses films américains notables, citons L'Homme qui tua la peur de Martin Ritt (1957, avec John Cassavetes et Sidney Poitier), La Forêt interdite de Nicholas Ray (1958, avec Christopher Plummer et Burl Ives), Au milieu de la nuit de Delbert Mann (1959, avec Kim Novak et Fredric March) et Esclaves d'Herbert J. Biberman (1969, avec Dionne Warwick et Ossie Davis).

De plus, il revient tourner trois films français dans son pays d'origine, sortis en 1955-1956, dont Cette sacrée gamine de Michel Boisrond (1956, avec Brigitte Bardot et Jean Bretonnière).

Notons encore que le film biographique germano-américain Martin Luther de (et avec) Irving Pichel (1953, où Niall MacGinnis tient le rôle-titre) lui vaut d'obtenir en 1954 une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie.

Joseph Brun collabore aussi à deux séries télévisées américaines, avec pour chacune un épisode, le tout diffusé en 1952.

Best films

That Naughty Girl (1956)
(Director of Photography)

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Filmography of Joseph C. Brun (15 films)

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Cameraman

The 300-Year Weekend, 1h23
Origin USA
Actors William Devane, Michael Tolan, Gabriel Dell, Dorothy Lyman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.86352.86352.86352.86352.8635
Trilogy
Trilogy (1969)
, 1h50
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Martin Balsam, Truman Capote, Jane Connell, Richard Hamilton, Mildred Natwick, Geraldine Page
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75% 3.792633.792633.792633.792633.79263
The Fat Spy, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Phyllis Diller, Jack E. Leonard, Brian Donlevy, Jayne Mansfield, Linda Harrison, Jordan Christopher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating26% 1.3445751.3445751.3445751.3445751.344575
A mostly-deserted island, which is believed to be the home to the fountain of youth, is off the coast of Florida. The island gets some visitors in the form of a teenage boy band, "the Wild Ones" led by Jordan Christopher, and their gang of swimsuit-clad young people, who head there in a crowded powerboat ostensibly for a scavenger hunt. However, they spend about half their screen time crooning to each other, or dancing on the beach.
Who Killed Teddy Bear?, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Tom Aldredge, Jan Murray, Elaine Stritch, Frank Campanella
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2933653.2933653.2933653.2933653.293365
Norah Dain (Juliet Prowse), a nightclub disc jockey and aspiring actress living alone in a Manhattan apartment, receives a series of obscene phone calls from someone who seems to be watching her on a daily basis. She also finds a decapitated teddy bear in her apartment. At first it is not clear to either the viewer or Norah who is making the calls. A police detective, Lt. Dave Madden (Jan Murray), whose own wife was raped and murdered, takes a personal interest in Norah and her case. Lt. Madden engages in suspicious behavior such as suggesting to Norah several times that he himself could be the caller, secretly tape recording his discussions with Norah, listening to tapes of Norah and other women talking about obscene phone calls, and obsessively studying pornography and the behavior of sex perverts, despite the fact that he is exposing his ten-year-old daughter to such adult concepts and he is being reported to his superiors at work.
Flipper
Flipper (1963)
, 1h27
Directed by James B. Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Children's films
Actors Chuck Connors, Luke Halpin, Kathleen Maguire, Joe Higgins, Robertson White
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0454853.0454853.0454853.0454853.045485
Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) is a young boy living in the Florida Keys who rescues and befriends a dolphin injured by a harpoon. His father, fisherman Porter Ricks (Chuck Connors) is upset as dolphins compete for fish which jeopardizes the family income. He is also upset that, after befriending the dolphin, Sandy neglects his chores especially those assigned by his Dad repairing various items damaged by a dangerous hurricane, from which Sandy and Porter escape at the beginning of the movie.
Odds Against Tomorrow, 1h36
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about racism, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters, Richard Bright
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6933853.6933853.6933853.6933853.693385
David Burke (Ed Begley) is a former policeman who was ruined when he refused to cooperate with state crime investigators. He has asked hard-bitten, racist, ex-con Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) to help him rob an upstate bank, promising him $50,000 if the robbery is successful. Burke also recruits Johnny Ingram (Belafonte), a nightclub entertainer who doesn’t want the job but who is addicted to gambling and is in debt.
Middle of the Night, 1h58
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Fredric March, Kim Novak, Glenda Farrell, Albert Dekker, Martin Balsam, Lee Grant
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.543863.543863.543863.543863.54386
A 24-year-old divorcee, Betty Preisser, a receptionist for a clothing manufacturer, takes some office work home. Her boss, widower Jerry Kingsley, a man of 56, drops by to pick up the documents.
The Last Mile, 1h21
Directed by Howard W. Koch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Overton, Michael Constantine, Clifford David, Ford Rainey, Johnny Seven
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.286333.286333.286333.286333.28633
In a death row cell block nine inmates are scheduled for execution. Then "Killer" John Mears (Rooney) comes along. His viciousness infects the environment and his plans to break out of prison are the catalyst for tragedy.
Wind Across the Everglades, 1h33
Directed by Nicholas Ray, Budd Schulberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Gypsy Rose Lee, MacKinlay Kantor, Peter Falk, Curt Conway
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2443253.2443253.2443253.2443253.244325
L'action se passe dans le Sud de la Floride à la toute fin du XIX siècle. La ville de Miami vient tout juste de naître.
Edge of the City, 1h25
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Val Avery
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5965653.5965653.5965653.5965653.596565
Young drifter Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) arrives at the waterfront on the west side of Manhattan, seeking employment as a longshoreman, and giving his name as "Alex North." He goes to work in a gang of stevedores headed by Charlie Malik (Jack Warden) a vicious bully, and is befriended by Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier), who also supervises a stevedore gang. Malik resents blacks in positions of authority, and is antagonized when Axel goes to work for Tommy.
That Naughty Girl, 1h26
Directed by Michel Boisrond
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Jean Bretonnière, Françoise Fabian, Mischa Auer, Michel Serrault, Jean Poiret
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8586252.8586252.8586252.8586252.858625
Handsome cabaret entertainer Jean Clery is engaged to his psychiatrist, Lili. He sings at a nightclub owned by Paul Latour which is being used as a front for a gang of forgers.
Walk East on Beacon, 1h38
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore, Karel Štěpánek, Louisa Horton Hill, Peter Capell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.848712.848712.848712.848712.84871
Federal agent Belden (George Murphy) is assigned to locate the communist mastermind behind the leak, and to trace all avenues of informational access utilized by the Communists. Professor Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) a scientist who is being blackmailed by the Reds into cooperating with them, while Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) is the top Eastern-Bloc spy.

Team

The 300-Year Weekend, 1h23
Origin USA
Actors William Devane, Michael Tolan, Gabriel Dell, Dorothy Lyman
Roles Cinematography
Rating57% 2.86352.86352.86352.86352.8635