Sacha Vierny
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Sacha Vierny was a French cinematographer
. He was born in Bois-le-Roi
, Seine-et-Marne
, Île-de-France
, France
, and died in Paris
, France, at the age of 81. He is most famous for his work with Alain Resnais
, especially for the two films Hiroshima mon amour
, L'année dernière à Marienbad, and with Peter Greenaway
(The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
, Prospero's Books
).
(Nuit et brouillard in original French) and ending with L'amour à mort
. He was the cinematographer of choice of British film-maker Peter Greenaway from A Zed & Two Noughts
(1985) onward, and shot virtually everything Greenaway directed, including his television work, up to and including 8½ Women
(1999). Greenaway has also referred to Vierny as his "most important collaborator".http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/880127/index.html
Vierny also worked with such directors as Luis Buñuel
(Belle de jour
), Raoul Ruiz
, Pierre Kast
, Chris Marker
and Paul Paviot
.
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. He was born in Bois-le-Roi
Bois-le-Roi, Seine-et-Marne
Bois le Roi is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-Transportation:Bois-le-Roi is served by the Bois-le-Roi station on the Transilien Paris – Lyon.-External links:* * *...
, Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
, Île-de-France
Île-de-France (région)
Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France, at the age of 81. He is most famous for his work with Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
, especially for the two films Hiroshima mon amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
, L'année dernière à Marienbad, and with Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...
(The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 romantic crime drama written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, and Alan Howard in the titular roles...
, Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books , written and directed by Peter Greenaway, is a cinematic adaptation of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. John Gielgud is Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters...
).
Career
Nowadays most film-lovers know his work through his many collaborations with Alain Resnais. They made 10 films together from 1955 to 1984, starting with the Holocaust film Night and FogNight and Fog (film)
Night and Fog is a 1955 French documentary short film. Directed by Alain Resnais, it was made ten years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. The documentary features the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek while describing the lives of prisoners in the camps. Night and Fog was...
(Nuit et brouillard in original French) and ending with L'amour à mort
L'amour à mort
L'amour à mort is a 1984 film directed by Alain Resnais.The film was shot in Uzès, Gard, in the south of France.-Cast:* Sabine Azéma - Elisabeth Sutter* Fanny Ardant - Judith Martignac* Pierre Arditi - Simon Roche...
. He was the cinematographer of choice of British film-maker Peter Greenaway from A Zed & Two Noughts
A Zed & Two Noughts
Elements of Michael Nyman's score invoke the "Dies Irae" section from Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Requiem ex F con terza minore. The Angelfish Decay/Swan Rot/L'Escargot theme was originally written for Childs Play, a dance work commissioned by Lucinda Childs. Performance of the soundtrack is credited...
(1985) onward, and shot virtually everything Greenaway directed, including his television work, up to and including 8½ Women
8½ Women
8½ Women is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, and starring John Standing, Matthew Delamere, and Vivian Wu. The international co-production was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:After the death of his wife , wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal 8½...
(1999). Greenaway has also referred to Vierny as his "most important collaborator".http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/880127/index.html
Vierny also worked with such directors as Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
(Belle de jour
Belle de jour
Belle de Jour is a 1967 French film directed by Luis Buñuel. The film stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman who decides to spend her days as a prostitute while her husband is at work....
), Raoul Ruiz
Raoul Ruiz
Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
, Pierre Kast
Pierre Kast
Pierre Kast was a French screenwriter and film and television director.Kast died from a heart attack on board an aircraft on 20 October 1984, aged 64.- Director :...
, Chris Marker
Chris Marker
Chris Marker is a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La jetée , A Grin Without a Cat , Sans Soleil and AK , an essay film on the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa...
and Paul Paviot
Paul Paviot
Paul Paviot is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1952 and 1974.-External links:...
.
Filmography (Features)
- The Man Who CriedThe Man Who CriedThe Man Who Cried is an 2000 Anglo-French film, written and directed by Sally Potter. The film stars Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean Stanton, and John Turturro....
(2000) - 8 ½ Women (1999)
- Dormez, je le veux! (1998)
- The Pillow BookThe Pillow Bookis a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her time as court lady to Empress Consort Teishi during the 990s and early 11th century in Heian Japan. The book was completed in the year 1002....
(1996) - Autoreverse (1995)
- The Baby of MâconThe Baby of MâconThe Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond and Philip Stone.-Plot:A town cursed with barren women and famine is saved by a miracle birth to an old, ugly woman: the Mother. Immediately afterwards, the old woman's Daughter claims to...
(1993) - L'Autre Célia (1992)
- Rosa (1992)
- M Is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991) (TV)
- Prospero's BooksProspero's BooksProspero's Books , written and directed by Peter Greenaway, is a cinematic adaptation of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. John Gielgud is Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and the voices to the other story characters...
(1991) - A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1991) (TV)
- Final (1990)
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 romantic crime drama written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, and Alan Howard in the titular roles...
(1989) - Drowning by NumbersDrowning by NumbersDrowning by Numbers is a 1988 British film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film's plot centers on three women — a grandmother, mother and daughter — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses each woman successively drowns her husband...
(1988) - Fear of DrowningFear of Drowning"Fear of Drowning" is a song by British Sea Power, which was the group's very first single release. It was a self-financed single issued on their own Golden Chariot label, and mainly sold at concerts. Only 1,000 CD copies were pressed and these became the most collectable, and thus valuable,...
(1988) - The Belly of an ArchitectThe Belly of an ArchitectThe Belly of an Architect is a 1987 film drama written and directed by Peter Greenaway, featuring original music by Glenn Branca and Wim Mertens....
(1987) - Flügel und Fesseln (1985)
- A Zed & Two NoughtsA Zed & Two NoughtsElements of Michael Nyman's score invoke the "Dies Irae" section from Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Requiem ex F con terza minore. The Angelfish Decay/Swan Rot/L'Escargot theme was originally written for Childs Play, a dance work commissioned by Lucinda Childs. Performance of the soundtrack is credited...
(1985) - L'amour à mortL'amour à mortL'amour à mort is a 1984 film directed by Alain Resnais.The film was shot in Uzès, Gard, in the south of France.-Cast:* Sabine Azéma - Elisabeth Sutter* Fanny Ardant - Judith Martignac* Pierre Arditi - Simon Roche...
(1984) - La femme publiqueLa femme publiqueThe Public Woman is a 1984 French drama film inspired by Dostoevsky's novel The Devils and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the lead actors. The film had a total of 1,302,425 admissions in France where it was the 28th highest grossing...
(1984) - Les trois couronnes du matelot (1983)
- Le Rose et le blanc (1982)
- Beau-pèreBeau-pèreBeau-père is a 1981 French film directed by Bertrand Blier. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. The film had a total of 1,197,816 admissions in France...
(1981) - Mon oncle d'AmériqueMon oncle d'AmériqueMon oncle d'Amérique is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais.- Plot :The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henri Laborit, who plays himself in the film...
(1980) - Le fils puni (1980)
- Le chemin perdu (1980)
- L'hypothèse du tableau voléThe Hypothesis of the Stolen PaintingThe Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting is a 1979 French mystery film directed by Raúl Ruiz.-Cast:* Jean Rougeul - The collector* Chantal Paley - Tableaux Personnel* Jean Raynaud - Tableaux Personnel* Daniel Grimm - Tableaux Personnel...
(1979) - Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
- Le Conseiller Crespel (1977)
- Le Diable dans la boîte (1977)
- La vocation suspendue (1977)
- StaviskyStaviskyStavisky... is a 1974 French film drama based on the life of the financier and embezzler Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This gave rise to a political scandal known as the Stavisky Affair, which led to fatal riots in Paris, the resignation of two...
(1974) - Le MoineLe MoineLe Moine is a mountain in the Pennine Alps, situated near Bourg Saint Pierre in Switzerland. It is located on the ridge Les Maisons Blanches in the Grand Combin massif.-External links:*...
(1973) - Les Granges bruléesLes Granges BrûléesLes Granges Brûlées is an album by Jean Michel Jarre, released on Eden Roc in France and Canada in 1973. It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name starring Simone Signoret and Alain Delon...
(1973) - Le Fusil à lunette (1972)
- La Sainte famille (1972)
- Bof... Anatomie d'un livreur (1971)
- La Main (1969)
- La Nuit Bulgare (1969)
- Le tatouéLe tatouéLe tatoué is a French–Italian comedy movie from 1968, directed by Denys de La Patellière, written by Alphonse Boudard, and starring by Jean Gabin and Louis de Funès.- Cast :...
(1968) - Caroline chérie (1968)
- Belle de jourBelle de jourBelle de Jour is a 1967 French film directed by Luis Buñuel. The film stars Catherine Deneuve as a woman who decides to spend her days as a prostitute while her husband is at work....
(1967) - La Bien-aiméeLa Bien-aiméeLa Bien-aimée is a 1967 French television drama directed by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze. It was based on short story "Fanny" by Lucie Faure who wrote screenplay. The music score is by Maurice Leroux...
(1967) (TV) - La MusicaLa MusicaLa Musica is a chamber music festival located in Sarasota, Florida. Concerts are performed annually throughout the month of April at the Sarasota Opera House. Founded in 1987 by Artistic Directors Bruno Giuranna and Derek Han , the festival draws many of the world's finest performers...
(1967) - The War Is Over (1966)
- De Dans van de ReigerDe Dans van de ReigerDe Dans van de Reiger is a 1966 Dutch film directed by Fons Rademakers....
(1966) - Aimez-vous les femmes? (1964)
- Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (1963)
- Climats (1962)
- Portrait-robot (1962)
- L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
- Main chaude, La (1960)
- Merci Natercia! (1960)
- La Morte saison des amours (1960)
- Une question d'assurance (1960)
- Hiroshima mon amourHiroshima Mon AmourHiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
(1959) - Le Bel âge (1959)
- L'Opéra mouffe (1958)
- Lettre de Sibérie (1957)
- Le Mystère de l'atelier quinze (1957)
- Nuit et brouillard (1955)
- Pantomimes (1954)