Claude Renoir

Director Of Photography

About

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Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
December 04, 1914
Died
September 05, 1993

Biography

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Apprenticed under noted cinematographers Christian Matras and Boris Kaufman and shot or co-shot several films directed by his uncle, Jean Renoir. Renoir did the photography for one of his uncle's cinematic apogees, "Un Partie de Campagne" (1936) and was the camera operator for the tragic, ebullient master text "Le Grande Illusion" (1937). As a cinematographer, Claude Renoir was respons...

Filmography

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La Bete Humaine (1938)
Assistant Director
La Marseillaise (1938)
Assistant Director
The Mystery of Picasso (1958)
Himself
Le Toubib (1979)
Camera
La Zizanie (1978)
Camera
Attention, The Kids Are Watching (1978)
Camera

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Burglars, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not A Ghost Ship
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Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) We All Make Mistakes, Mr. Bond

Notes

Not to be confused with his producer/uncle Claude Renoir.

Biography

Apprenticed under noted cinematographers Christian Matras and Boris Kaufman and shot or co-shot several films directed by his uncle, Jean Renoir. Renoir did the photography for one of his uncle's cinematic apogees, "Un Partie de Campagne" (1936) and was the camera operator for the tragic, ebullient master text "Le Grande Illusion" (1937). As a cinematographer, Claude Renoir was responsible for the luminous color work of the "The River" (1951), "The Golden Coach" (1953) and "Elena and Her Men" (1955). He also generated the stark black-and-white compositions of Maurice Cloche's "Monsieur Vincent" (1947) and the psychedelic 60s colors of Roger Vadim's "Barbarella" (1967). Renoir has lensed a stunning array of films, including "Le Mystere Picasso" (1956), second unit work on "Cleopatra" (1963) and Bertrand Blier's "Calmos" (1975). After his final DP credit, "The Spy who Loved Me" (1977), Renoir worked as a cameraman on three films, as he, sadly, lost his sight. Son of character actor Pierre Renoir (1885-1952).

Filmography

 

Assistant Direction (Feature Film)

La Bete Humaine (1938)
Assistant Director
La Marseillaise (1938)
Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Mystery of Picasso (1958)
Himself

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Le Toubib (1979)
Camera
La Zizanie (1978)
Camera
Attention, The Kids Are Watching (1978)
Camera
Docteur Francoise Gailland (1978)
Director Of Photography
L' Animal (1977)
Director Of Photography
The Spy who Loved Me (1977)
Director Of Photography
L'aile ou la cuisse (1976)
Director Of Photography
Une Femme Fidele (1976)
Cinematographer
Calmos (1975)
Cinematographer
French Connection II (1975)
Director Of Photography
La Traque (1975)
Director Of Photography
Paul et Michelle (1974)
Cinematographer
Impossible Object (1973)
Director Of Photography
Le Serpent (1973)
Cinematographer
Helle (1972)
Director Of Photography
The Horsemen (1971)
Director of Photography
The Killer (1971)
Director Of Photography
The Burglars (1971)
Cinematographer
Les Maries de l'an Deux (1971)
Director Of Photography
The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun (1970)
Director of Photography
The Adventurers (1970)
Director of Photography
Don't Look Now (1969)
Director of Photography
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Director of Photography
Spirits of the Dead (1969)
Photographer for "Metzengerstein"
Barbarella (1968)
Director of Photography
Toni (1968)
Director of Photography
Paris in the Month of August (1968)
Director of Photography
The Game Is Over (1967)
Director of Photography
Marco the Magnificent (1966)
Original Photographer
Symphony for a Massacre (1965)
Director of Photography
Circus World (1964)
2nd unit Photographer
Paris When It Sizzles (1964)
Director Photographer (see note)
Lafayette (1963)
Director of Photography
Cleopatra (1963)
2nd unit Photographer
Have I The Right To Kill (1963)
Cinematographer
The Lovers of Teruel (1962)
Director of Photography
End of Desire (1962)
Director of Photography
Blood and Roses (1961)
Director of Photography
The Cheaters (1961)
Director of Photography
The Mystery of Picasso (1958)
Cinematographer
The Witches of Salem (1957)
Director Of Photography
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Director Of Photography
Elena and Her Men (1956)
Director Of Photography
The Golden Coach (1953)
Cinematographer
The Green Glove (1952)
Director of Photography
The Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1952)
Director of Photography
The River (1951)
Director of Photography
Rendez-vous de Juillet (1948)
Director Of Photography
Le Pere Tranquille (1946)
Director Of Photography
La Bete Humaine (1938)
Camera Operator
Toni (1936)
Cinematographer

Producer (Feature Film)

The Rules of the Game (1939)
Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Alice in Wonderland (1949)
Photography (French Version)
Impasse des deux anges (1948)
Photography
Un Partie de Campagne (1936)
Photography

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Spy who Loved Me (1977)
Dp/Cinematographer

Life Events

1934

Debut as cinematographer on uncle Jean Renoir's "Toni"

1938

Debut as an assistant director "La Marseillaise"

1942

Debut as a director, co-directing with Rene Lefevre "Opera-Musette"

1963

Debut as director of photography for Hollywood production 2nd unit "Cleopatra"

1977

Final credit as a director of photography, "The Spy Who Loved Me"

1979

Final feature credit (as camera operator), "La Toubib/The Medic"

Videos

Movie Clip

Burglars, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) It's Not A Ghost Ship At the port in Athens, their heist completed, the crew (Jean-Paul Belmondo as Arad, Robert Hossein as Ralph, Nicole Calfan as Helene and Renato Salvatori as Renzi) find their getaway boat missing, leading to inquiries and some cool shooting by cinematographer Claude Renoir (director Jean’s nephew) and director Henri Verneuil, in The Burglars 1971.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) We All Make Mistakes, Mr. Bond In Egypt, cooperating in chasing the microfilm snatched by “Jaws” (Richard Kiel), though it’s not clear why he’s posing as a phone repair man, or why he’s gone back to the archeological site, Bond (Roger Moore) and Soviet Major Asamova (a.k.a. Agent XXX, Barbara Bach, born Goldbach, in Queens, NY, deploying her universally convincing accent), still in evening garb, have some trouble getting away, in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Assign Our Best Agent Before the credits and even before the action opening, after a British submarine seems to vanish, the Russians get similar news (via Walter Gotell as Gen. Gogol)and activate Agent XXX (with a twist, Barbara Bach) and the Brits (via M and Moneypenny, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell) summon Bond (Roger Moore), in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Does It Better, Credits Only just beginning the true action-opening after six minutes, Roger Moore as 007, (maybe?) not knowing he’s been betrayed by his lover is pursued by unspecified assailants on skis from an Austrian Alpine hideaway, in a segment said to have caused Prince Charles to stand and applaud at a private screening, leading to the credits and hit semi-title song, by Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch, performed by Carly Simon, in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) What A Helpful Chap In Cairo looking for Fekkish, who’s said to have links to the diabolical Stromberg, Bond (Roger Moore) encounters the unlucky Felicca (Olga Bisera) whom he flips in no time, but still has to deal with thug Sandor (Milton Reid), also terminally, in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Handsome But Deadly Speedboating from Sardinia escorted by voluptuous aide Naomi (Caroline Munro), Bond (Roger Moore) and Soviet ally Major Asamova (Barbara Bach) are posing as a marine biology researcher and wife, as an alibi to visit the outrageous Atlantis facility and it’s evil creator Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977) -- (Movie Clip) To Defend Himself Against Death At the narrated light show at the Pyramids at Giza, Bond arrives seeking Fekkish (Nadim Sawalha), who’s already been apprehended by Soviet Agent XXX (Barbara Bach, a.k.a. Major Amasova), but who now flees Jaws (Richard Kiel, who represents the true villain, Stromberg), to little result, in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.
Burglars, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Only For Sale At The News Stand A full 45 minutes into the feature, the first appearance of third-billed Dyan Cannon, with no part thus far in the plot, at an Athens hotel where master thief Arad (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is hiding out before his getaway boat sails, counseling his colleague (Nicole Carfan) on the phone from Corfu, in director Henri Verneuil’s The Burglars 1971.
La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Want People Looking At Me! A train, of all things, interrupts engineer Lantier (Jean Gabin) when he gets carried away, while visiting hometown sweetheart Flore (Blanchette Brunoy), in Jean Renoir's La Bete Humaine, 1938.
Rules Of The Game (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Mingling Of Two Whims The radio report of her flier-boyfriend's proclamation of love still playing in the background, Christine (Nora Gregor) visits her unfazed husband the Marquis (Marcel Dalio), who then rings his mistress (Mila Parely), gossip continuing, early in Jean Renoir's Rules Of The Game, 1939.
Rules Of The Game (1939) -- (Movie Clip) I Did All This For Her Opening scenes, radio reporter (Lise Eline) chasing Lindbergh-y hero Andre' (Roland Toutain) on his landing in Paris, greeted by friend Octave (Jean Renoir, the director), his beloved Christine (Nora Gregor) listening, with her maid (Paulette Dubost), from Rules Of The Game, 1939.
La Bete Humaine (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Lantier, Le Havre After a prologue, cribbed from the original Emile Zola novel in his Rougon-Macquare cycle, the headlong opening scene from director Jean Renoir, in La Bete Humaine, 1938, much of it shot by the director's nephew Claude, in which Lantier (Jean Gabin) and Pecqueux (Julien Carette) bring their train into Le Havre.

Trailer

Have I The Right to Kill - (U.S. release trailer) A French army deserter (Alain Delon) takes on OAS terrorists to rescue a beautiful woman in Have I The Right To Kill (1964).

Family

Auguste Renoir
Grandfather
Painter.
Pierre Renoir
Father
Actor.
Jean Renoir
Uncle
Director.
Claude Renoir
Uncle
Producer, production manager.

Bibliography

Notes

Not to be confused with his producer/uncle Claude Renoir.

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