Biography
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 work in."
He also participated in the making of The Mystery of Picasso (1956), the documentary on painter Pablo Picasso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was the cinematographer for The Crucible (1957) and lived in East Germany during filming. Renoir's career came to a close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight. In his final years he was largely blind.
He married twice and had two children, a son and a daughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died at age 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the village of Essoyes, where he had a home.
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Filmography
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Movies 85
Director 4
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The Medic (1979)
Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978)
The Discord (1978)
Animal (1977)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
Game of Seduction (1976)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
Doctor Francoise Gailland (1976)
French Connection II (1975)
The Track (1975)
Paul and Michelle (1974)
Story of a Love Story (1973)
The Serpent (1973)
Hellé (1972)
Killer (1972)
The Burglars (1971)
The Horsemen (1971)
The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971)
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
The Adventurers (1970)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Soluna (1969)
Barbarella (1968)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
The Game Is Over (1966)
Paris in August (1966)
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
The Hour of Truth (1965)
The Unvanquished (1964)
Circus World (1964)
Symphony for a Massacre (1963)
The Lovers of Teruel (1962)
Lafayette (1962)
Wasteland (1960)
Blood and Roses (1960)
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion (1960)
Gorilla's Waltz (1959)
Hit and Run (1959)
The Cheaters (1958)
End of Desire (1958)
The Witches of Salem (1957)
Crime and Punishment (1956)
Elena and Her Men (1956)
A Missionary (1955)
Madama Butterfly (1955)
Fabulous India (1954)
Maddalena (1954)
Puccini (1953)
The Golden Coach (1952)
The Green Glove (1952)
Amazing Monsieur Fabre (1951)
The River (1951)
Clara de Montargis (1951)
Dr. Knock (1951)
Gunman in the Streets (1950)
Born of Unknown Father (1950)
Prelude to Glory (1950)
Rendezvous in July (1949)
Dr. Laennec (1949)
Alice in Wonderland (1949)
Impasse of Two Angels (1948)
La Grande Volière (1948)
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The House Under the Sea (1947)
The Royalists (1947)
The Ideal Couple (1946)
A Day in the Country (1946)
Mr. Orchid (1946)
Behind These Walls (1946)
The Queer Assignment (1945)
L'aventure est au coin de la rue (1944)
Good Evening Ladies, Good Evening Gentlemen (1944)
Opéra-musette (1942)
Schubert's Serenade (1940)
La Bête Humaine (1938)
Les rois de la flotte (1938)
Lights of Paris (1938)
Le chanteur de minuit (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Life Is Ours (1936)
Toni (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1913-12-04
Deathday1993-09-05 (79 years old)
Birth NameClaude André Henri Renoir
Birth PlaceParis, France
Height
ChildrenSophie Renoir, Jacques Renoir
FatherPierre Renoir
MotherVéra Sergine
CitizenshipsFrance
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