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Lucien Andriot is a Director of Photography and Cinematography French born on 19 november 1892 at Paris (France)

Lucien Andriot

Lucien Andriot
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Birth name Lucien Marius Andriot
Nationality France
Birth 19 november 1892 at Paris (France)
Death 19 march 1979 (at 86 years) at Riverside County (USA)

Lucien Andriot, né le 19 novembre 1892 à Paris 20e, mort le 19 mars 1979 à Riverside (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie français.

Ayant fait carrière essentiellement aux États-Unis, il était membre de l'American Society of Cinematographers et parfois crédité sous le nom américanisé de Lucien N. Andriot.

Biography

Au cinéma, Lucien Andriot débute comme chef opérateur sur une quarantaine de courts métrages muets français, presque tous réalisés par Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset et sortis entre 1909 et 1913. L'actrice Josette Andriot (1886-1942), sa sœur, joue dans la plupart d'entre eux.

En 1914, il s'installe définitivement aux États-Unis et poursuit son activité à Hollywood. Ainsi, il est directeur de la photographie sur plus de cent-cinquante films américains (dont des westerns), le premier sorti cette même année 1914, le dernier — une coproduction américano-japonaise — sorti en 1955.

En particulier, il collabore avec sept réalisateurs français ayant fait partiellement carrière à Hollywood, Albert Capellani (ex. : La Dame aux camélias en 1915, avec Clara Kimball Young), Émile Chautard (Daytime Wives en 1923), René Clair (Dix petits Indiens en 1945, avec Barry Fitzgerald et Walter Huston), Léonide Moguy (Paris after Dark en 1943, avec George Sanders, Philip Dorn et Brenda Marshall), Léonce Perret (ex. : N'oublions jamais en 1918), Jean Renoir (ex. : L'Homme du sud en 1945, avec Zachary Scott et Betty Field), et enfin, Maurice Tourneur (ex. : Pauvre petite fille riche en 1917, avec Mary Pickford). Le deuxième cité, Émile Chautard, s'installe lui aussi définitivement en 1914 aux États-Unis (il est de plus naturalisé américain).

Lucien Andriot travaille également, entre autres, aux côtés des réalisateurs américains Edward H. Griffith (ex. : Café métropole en 1937, avec Loretta Young et Tyrone Power), William K. Howard (ex. : A Ship Comes In en 1928, avec Rudolph Schildkraut et Louise Dresser), Edgar George Ulmer (Le Démon de la chair en 1946, avec Hedy Lamarr et George Sanders), William A. Seiter (ex. : Borderline en 1950, avec Fred MacMurray et Claire Trevor), Charles Vidor (ex. : The Lady in Question en 1940, avec Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth et Glenn Ford), ou encore Raoul Walsh (ex. : La Piste des géants en 1930, avec John Wayne et Ian Keith).

À la télévision, il est chef opérateur sur onze séries, un téléfilm et une émission de divertissement, entre 1950 et 1960, année où il se retire. Son épouse est décédée en 1988 à 89 ans.

Best films

The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
(Director of Photography)
A Ship Comes In (1928)
(Director of Photography)

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Richard Day
Richard Day
(9 films)
Lynn Bari
Lynn Bari
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Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lucien Andriot (71 films)

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Cameraman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman, 1h34
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Momoko Kōchi, Akira Takarada, Nobuo Nakamura, Akemi Negishi, John Carradine, Russell Thorson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.794242.794242.794242.794242.79424
The Japanese version is told in flashbacks framed by scenes of a reporter questioning the expedition after they have returned from their harrowing ordeal in the mountains. Five young friends, university students, have come to the Japanese Alps during New Year's for a skiing vacation. Among them are Takashi Iijima (Akira Takarada) his girlfriend Machiko Takeno (Momoko Kochi) and her brother Nakada (Sachio Sakai). The other members of the group are their friends, Gen and Kaji.
Home Town Story, 1h1
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marilyn Monroe, Marjorie Reynolds, Alan Hale Jr., Barbara Brown
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50% 2.5059152.5059152.5059152.5059152.505915
Jeffrey Lynn plays a defeated politician who takes over as editor of a small town newspaper in an effort to get himself elected. His campaign is intended to be a continuing expose of the evils of big industry, and his strategy is to publish daily investigations of industrial skullduggery and pollution. Marilyn Monroe, listed as one of the film's stars, actually plays a very small bit as Iris Martin, the shapely office secretary.
Borderline
Borderline (1950)
, 1h28
Directed by William A. Seiter, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr, José Torvay, Morris Ankrum, Roy Roberts
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.997722.997722.997722.997722.99772
Pete Ritchie (Raymond Burr) runs a narcotics smuggling operation to the USA from Mexico, which the Los Angeles Police Department and the US federal government have unsuccessfully tried to stop. Because of Ritchie's careful operating procedures, US authorities haven't even been able to find out the identities of his sources or customers and are desperate for a breakthrough. As a last resort, Madeleine Haley (Claire Trevor), an LAPD officer and former OSS operative, is sent undercover to Mexico to charm her way into Ritchie's confidence.
Johnny One-Eye, 1h18
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran, Donald Woods, Barton Hepburn, John Doucette
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7680452.7680452.7680452.7680452.768045
In Manhattan, former gangster turned legitimate businessman Martin Martin (Pat O'Brien) has become the target of a politically ambitious district attorney, who has offered immunity for Martin's former partner in crime Dane Cory in exchange for his testimony. After being informed about the deal and narrowly escaping arrest, Martin pays a visit to Cory to persuade him not to testify. The meeting ends up with a shootout, with Martin killing one of Cory's henchmen and being hit himself before fleeing. With his picture on newspaper front pages and a reward on his head, Martin decides to hide in an abandoned house. While recovering to prepare a final assault on Cory, he adopts an injured dog that strays into his hideout and names him Johnny One-Eye.
One Hour in Wonderland
Directed by Richard Wallace, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Walt Disney, Kathryn Beaumont, Bobby Driscoll, Edgar Bergen, Hans Conried, Adriana Caselotti
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.468593.468593.468593.468593.46859
Edgar Bergen informs Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd that Walt Disney has invited them to a tea party. Charlie is hesitant to go, but reluctantly changes his mind when he learns Kathryn Beaumont will be there. While driving to the studio, Edgar tells the story of Alice in Wonderland, much to Charlie's dismay. When they arrive, Walt Disney tells everyone that he was able to buy the Magic Mirror from Snow White (who apparently got it from the Wicked Queen). Charlie insults the mirror, calling it a "hopped-up television set." This enrages the mirror but Walt calms him down. The Mirror then shows everybody what they wish to see. He shows Kathryn a scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Charlie the Mickey Mouse short Clock Cleaners (although Charlie wanted to see himself), Bobby Driscoll a Br'er Rabbit story, Mortimer a Pluto short, and Edgar a performance by Firehouse Five Plus Two. At the end of the song, they see Walt, and frantically finish a scene with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The Mirror at first refuses to show the unfinished Alice in Wonderland, but changes his mind when everyone wants to see it. The Mirror then reluctantly shows a scene from Alice in Wonderland. At the end of the special, Edgar has acquired the Magic Mirror. Charlie tries to make a deal with the mirror, but it turns out Mortimer is the new slave of the magic mirror. Charlie changes his mind and goes to sleep.
Outpost in Morocco, 1h32
Directed by Richard Rosson, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors George Raft, Marie Windsor, Akim Tamiroff, John Litel, Ernő Verebes, Eduard Franz
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.610442.610442.610442.610442.61044
Spahi Captain Paul Gerard (George Raft) is assigned to lead a patrol to the city of Bel-Rashad en route to a French Foreign Legion fort. Gerard is to escort the Emir's daughter, Cara, who has been studying in France, to Bel-Rashad that is off limits to Frenchmen and investigate whether there may be anti-French activity in the city. On their ten day journey Gerard and Cara fall in love. Leaving Cara at Bel-Rashad, Gerard reports to the Legion fort commanded by Commandant Fronval and his executive officer Lieutenant Glysko, a former Cossack.
Dishonored Lady, 1h25
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Hunt Stromberg, Jack Chertok
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Douglass Dumbrille, Morris Carnovsky
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1953453.1953453.1953453.1953453.195345
Madeleine Damien is the fashion editor of a slick Manhattan magazine called Boulevard. Men are attracted to her, including boss Victor Kranish, wealthy advertiser Felix Courtland and a former assistant, Jack Garet, who is now working for Courtland and blackmailing her about events from her past.
Intrigue
Intrigue (1947)
, 1h30
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Raft, June Havoc, Helena Carter, Tom Tully, Marvin Miller, Marvin Miller
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.906262.906262.906262.906262.90626
Court-martialed pilot Brad Dunham now flies smuggled goods into post-war China. He insists to contact Ramon Perez that he be paid more money, but the boss of this black-market operation resists, so Brad steals the cargo back.
The Diary of a Chambermaid, 1h31
Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Films based on plays
Actors Hurd Hatfield, Paulette Goddard, Francis Lederer, Burgess Meredith, Judith Anderson, Florence Bates
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.294173.294173.294173.294173.29417
In 1885 France, chambermaid Celestine begins her new position at the Lanlaire family home, a rural mansion, with the intention of moving up the social ladder. She starts working on her new employer, Monsieur Lanlaire, and he soon takes a liking to her, preferring her company to that of his dominant wife. Soon the excentric neighbor, Captain Mauger becomes quite obsessed with having her working for him instead, and offers to marry her as reward for her coming to live with him, which would give her considerable wealth. Monsieur Lanlaire's sickly son Georges temporarily returns home to the estate, and in an attempt to make him stay longer, his mother does her best to make the attractive Celestine more beautiful by buying her fancy clothes, and orders her to take extra good care of her son.
The Strange Woman, 1h40
Directed by Douglas Sirk, Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Noir, Romance
Actors Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart, Hillary Brooke, Rhys Williams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2471053.2471053.2471053.2471053.247105
In Bangor, Maine in 1824, a cruel young girl named Jenny Hager pushes a terrified Ephraim Poster into a river knowing he cannot swim. She is prepared to let him drown until Judge Saladine happens by, at which point Jenny jumps into the water and takes credit for saving the boy's life.
The Southerner, 1h32
Directed by Jean Renoir, Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Estelle Taylor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5446253.5446253.5446253.5446253.544625
Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) is a cotton picker in Texas who decides to start his own farm. He and wife Nona (Betty Field), Granny (Beulah Bondi) and children Jot and Daisy set out with nothing but two mules and a bit of seed.
And Then There Were None, 1h37
Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, Richard Haydn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6953953.6953953.6953953.6953953.695395
Eight people, all total strangers to each other, are invited to small, isolated Indian Island off the coast of Devon, England, by Mr. and Mrs. Owen. They settle in at a mansion tended by two newly hired servants, Thomas and Ethel Rogers, but their hosts are absent. When the guests sit down to dinner, they notice the centerpiece, ten figurines of Indians in a circle. Afterward, Thomas Rogers puts on a gramophone record, from which a voice accuses them all of murder:
The Fighting Sullivans, 1h52
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Trudy Marshall, John Alvin, Roy Roberts
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.741493.741493.741493.741493.74149
The Irish-American, Catholic Sullivan brothers are introduced through a progression of baptisms: George Thomas in 1914, Francis "Frank" Henry in 1916, Joseph Eugene in 1918, Madison "Matt" Abel in 1919, and Albert Leo in 1922 in their hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. There is also sister Genevieve, nicknamed "Gen", making the Sullivans a happy family of eight. As the boys grow, they are doted upon by their mother and sister Genevieve and given stern but loving guidance by their father, who is a railroad freight conductor. Each day, the boys climb the water tower by the tracks and wave to their father as he passes by on the train. The brothers are shown getting into their fair share of trouble growing up: a fight, a near drowning (after which their mother makes them promise not to set foot on a boat again until they are adults), and accidentally flooding the kitchen.
The Hairy Ape, 1h32
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder, Dorothy Comingore, Roman Bohnen, Alan Napier
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0488453.0488453.0488453.0488453.048845
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