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Clément Maurice (1853–1933) was a French photographer, film director, and producer.
Career
First employed in the Lumière factories, where he entered in 1894, he became a portrait photographer in Paris, where he settled in
Antoine Lumière
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's studio at 8 boulevard des Italiens, above the
Robert-Houdin Theater, property of the future filmmaker
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
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. This and that allow him to enter the world of cinematography.
From 1898 to 1906, he was the cameraman for surgeon
Eugène Doyen for whom he filmed for educational purposes around sixty operations. He worked there with:
Ambroise-François Parnaland (1854 - 1913), who founded in 1908 with
Charles Jourjon (1876 - 1934) the Éclair Laboratories.
In 1899, the production company Association frères Lumière hired him as a cinematographer collaborator and technician for the shooting of the film Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan. Quickly, he started producing and directing feature films such as
Le Duel d'Hamlet or
Cyrano de Bergerac.
With
Henri Lioret, he developed the
Phono-Cinema-Theater, a pioneering system of sound cinema, presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1900.
Filmography
;Producer
*1900: ''
Le Duel d'Hamlet''
*1900: ''
Jules Moy
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Selected filmography
* ''The Vein'' (1928)
* ''Cagliostro'' (1929)
* '' Mistigri'' (1931)
* ''The Man at Midnight'' (1931)
* '' Let's Touch Wood'' (1933)
*'' Bach the Detecti ...
'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
*1900: ''
Little Tich et ses Big Boots'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
*1900: ''
Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne may refer to:
* Marie-Thérèse Figueur (1774–1861), French female soldier
* Catherine Hübscher (1753–1835), wife of Marshal of France François Joseph Lefebvre, whose life has been dramatised in:
** ''Madame Sans-Gêne'' ...
''
*1900: ''
Mariette Sully
Mariette Sully (1878–1950)
biography at the ''Association l'Art Lyrique Français'' website (in French)
'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
*1900: ''
Mily Mayer
Mily may refer to:
People
* Juraj Milý (born 1996), Slovak ice hockey player
* Mily Balakirev
* Mily Clément
* Mily Possoz (1888–1968),, Portuguese artist
* Mily Sidauy (born 1943), Mexican sculptor
* Mily Treviño-Sauceda (1957–1958), Amer ...
'' (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
;Director
* 1900: ''
Le Duel d'Hamlet''
* 1900: ''
Madame Sans-Gêne
Madame Sans-Gêne may refer to:
* Marie-Thérèse Figueur (1774–1861), French female soldier
* Catherine Hübscher (1753–1835), wife of Marshal of France François Joseph Lefebvre, whose life has been dramatised in:
** ''Madame Sans-Gêne'' ...
''
* 1900: ''
Roméo et Juliette''
* 1900: ''
Cyrano de Bergerac''
* 1911: ''
L'Inutile Sacrifice''
;Chief camera operator
*1899: ''
Excursion automobile Paris-Meulan
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Public transportatio ...
'' produced by l'Association frères Lumière, opérateur
*1912: ''
La Dame aux camélias''
References
External links
*
''Cyrano de Bergerac'' short film by Maurice
1853 births
1933 deaths
French film directors
French film producers
French photographers
People from Lot-et-Garonne
Silent film directors
Articles containing video clips
Place of birth missing
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