Georges Benoît

Georges Benoît
Born(1883-11-27)27 November 1883
Paris, France
Died1942 (aged 58–59)
OccupationsDirector
Cinematographer
Actor
Years active1915–1942

Georges Benoît (27 November 1883 – 1942) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than sixty films during his career. During the silent era, he was employed mostly in Hollywood. Later he worked in his native France on films such as Jacques Tourneur's Departure (1931).[1] Between 1929 and 1934 he appeared in approximately ten films as an actor.

Benoît also worked in Argentina where he directed the 1919 film Juan Sin Ropa and was cinematographer for the historical epic The Charge of the Gauchos (1928).[2]

An early exponent of the tracking shot, his camerawork for Raoul Walsh’s first directorial effort has been recognized for its mobility.[3]

Selected filmography

Georges Benoît (at right) with Dan Mason (center) and director Alan Hale on the set of Forbidden Waters (1926)

References

  1. ^ Fujiwara p. 317
  2. ^ Finkielman p. 81
  3. ^ "Why cinema came of age 100 years ago". The Guardian. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Bibliography

  • Finkielman, Jorge. The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History. McFarland, 2003.
  • Fujiwara, Chris. Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. McFarland, 1998.


allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Beno%C3%AEt