Michel Kelber

Director Of Photography

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Born

April 09, 1908

Died

October 23, 1996

Biography

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Worked as an assistant cameraman from 1928, graduating to cinematographer in the early 1930s. Kelber worked with a number of acclaimed French directors including Claude Autant-Lara, Rene Clair, Julien Duvivier and Jean Renoir....

Filmography

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Docteur Justice (1975)

Cinematographer

Le Banquet (1972)

Cinematographer

No encontre rosas para mi madre (1972)

Cinematographer

I Am a Dancer (1972)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Johnny Banco (1969)

Director of Photography

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Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) What Are You Waiting For?

Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Besides, He's Welsh!

Biography

Worked as an assistant cameraman from 1928, graduating to cinematographer in the early 1930s. Kelber worked with a number of acclaimed French directors including Claude Autant-Lara, Rene Clair, Julien Duvivier and Jean Renoir.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Docteur Justice (1975)

Cinematographer

Le Banquet (1972)

Cinematographer

No encontre rosas para mi madre (1972)

Cinematographer

I Am a Dancer (1972)

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Johnny Banco (1969)

Director of Photography

The Story of a Three Day Pass (1968)

Director of Photography

Mata Hari, Agent H-21 (1967)

Director of Photography

How NOT To Rob a Department Store (1965)

Director of Photography

Magnificent Sinner (1963)

Director of Photography

In the French Style (1963)

Director of Photography

A View From the Bridge (1962)

Director of Photography

L' Affaire Nina B (1961)

Cinematographer

John Paul Jones (1959)

Bitter Victory (1958)

Director of Photography

Girl on the Third Floor (1958)

Director Of Photography

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1957)

Director of Photography

House of Lovers (1957)

Director Of Photography

The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

Main Street (1956)

Director Of Photography

French Cancan (1955)

Director Of Photography

Rouge et Noir (1954)

Director Of Photography

Le Grand Jeu (1954)

Director Of Photography

La Chair et le Diable (1953)

Cinematographer

Bal Tabarin (1952)

French unit Camera

Pasha's Wives (1939)

Cinematographer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Beauty and the Devil (1949)

Parents Terribles, Les (1948)

Le Diable au corps (1947)

Jeunes filles en detresse (1939)

Nuits blanches de Saint-Petersbourg, Les (1937)

Affaire du Courrier de Lyon (1937)

Un Carnet de Bal (1937)

Gribouille (1937)

Aventure a Paris (1936)

Le Mioche (1936)

Trois... six... neuf (1936)

Sous les yeux de l'Occident (1936)

La Route imperiale (1935)

Epoux scandaleux, Les (1935)

Beaux jours, Les (1935)

Filles de la Concierge, Les (1934)

L' Or dans la rue (1934)

Le Gendarme est sans pitie (1932)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

I Am a Dancer (1972)

Life Events

Videos

Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) What Are You Waiting For? Nazis, Arabs and British commandos in local garb as Brand (Curt Jurgens) and Leith (Richard Burton) lead a raid on a German outpost in North Africa, in Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory, 1958.

Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Besides, He's Welsh! Welshman Richard Burton (as "Leith") in his first appearance, following Brand (Curt Jurgens) to be interviewed by officers (Alfred Burke, Anthony Bushell) choosing a leader for a commando raid , at a British outpost in North Africa, ca. 1942, in Bitter Victory, 1958.

Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Talk To Me In Riddles The "bitter" part delivered in this scene from Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory, 1958, in which Leith (Richard Burton), a British officer in WWII Libya, counsels ex-lover Jane (Ruth Roman) on pre-mission psychology for her husband.

Bitter Victory (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Be Quick About It! In North Africa, Welshman Leith (Richard Burton) is left behind, ordered by his superior to oversee death of two mortally wounded soldiers, one German (Raoul Delfosse) and one British (Andrew Crawford), in Nicholas Ray's Bitter Victory, 1958.

Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Would Have Preferred A Crocodile Looks like work on location in Toulon, Josephine Baker (title character) disappointed when her childhood mate Jean (Gabin), whom she hasn’t seen in ages, doesn’t get off the boat, but thrilled when he appears later, with their adoptive de-facto stage-father (Pierre Larquey), in Zouzou, 1934.

Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) ...And Count The Days First scene for title character, American Josephine Baker, in her first talking feature, made in France, running her old act for a young friend when her adoptive dad (Pierre Larquey) gets the post card from their long-lost brother, son, colleague and sailor Jean (Gabin), in Zouzou, 1934.

Zou Zou (1934) -- (Movie Clip) She Always Causes Problems Laundress Josephine Baker (title character) and colleague Claire (Yvette Lebon) with her childhood circus-performer pal Jean (Jean Gabin), quickly making friends at a club when she’s assaulted by a goon, leading to a big fight and quick exit, in director Marc Allégret’s Zouzou, 1934.

John Paul Jones (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Your Audacity Amazes Me Denied a command in the Continental Navy, but seconded to the shrewd Commodore Hopkins (Thomas Gomez), Robert Stack (title character) offers a brainy plan and bold attack in the Bahamas, a fictional event in a roughly accurate context, in producer Samuel Bronston's John Paul Jones, 1959.

John Paul Jones (1959) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Not Disappointed Now released from duties to seek naval prizes for his victorious ship's crew, Captain Jones (Robert Stack) meets Empress Catherine of Russia (Bette Davis), who tests his virtue with dancing girls, in John Farrow's John Paul Jones, 1959.

John Paul Jones (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Give You Liberty New on the pre-Revolutionary Virginia social scene, youthful captain Jones (Robert Stack), escorted by eminent Patrick Henry (Macdonald Carey), tangles with a bellicose Brit (Peter Cushing) and meets Dorothea (Erin O'Brien), early in John Paul Jones, 1959.

Ambassador's Daughter, The -- (Movie Clip) Poker Face Posing as a Paris native and dating soldier Danny (John Forsythe) on a bet, Joan (Olivia de Havilland) plays tour-guide at the Eiffel Tower, in Norman Krasna's The Ambassador's Daughter, 1956.

Ambassador's Daughter, The -- (Movie Clip) Kind Of Dull For Her After fancy Paris opening, introduction of Joan (Olivia de Havilland), her ambassador father (Edward Arnold), Senator Cartwright (Adolphe Menjou) and wife (Myrna Loy), in writer-producer-director Norman Krasna's The Ambassador's Daughter, 1956.

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