Jean Bourgoin (1913–1991) was a French

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He won the

Academy Award for Best Cinematography The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a cinematographer for work on one particular motion picture. History In its first film season, 1927–28, this award (like others such as the acting awards) ...

for the 1962 war film '' The Longest Day''.Langman p.51

Selected filmography

* '' The Time of the Cherries'' (1938) * ''

La Marseillaise "La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by France against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du R ...

'' (1938) * ''

Cristobal's Gold ''Cristobal's Gold'' (French: ''L'or du Cristobal'') is a 1940 French drama film directed by Jean Stelli and Jacques Becker and starring Charles Vanel, Conchita Montenegro and Albert Préjean. Jean Renoir helped the original director, Jacques Becke ...

'' (1940) * ''

It Happened at the Inn ''It Happened at the Inn'' (French: ''Goupi mains rouges'') is a 1943 French mystery film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Fernand Ledoux, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Rollin and Blanchette Brunoy. It follows an investigation into the famil ...

'' (1943) * '' Box of Dreams'' (1945) * ''

Sybille's Night ''Sybille's Night'' (French: ''La nuit de Sybille'') is a 1947 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Lucien Baroux, Paulette Élambert and Daniel Gélin.Rège p.799 The film's sets were designed by the art director René Mo ...

'' (1947) * ''

Branquignol ''Branquignol'' is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and starring Colette Brosset, Julien Carette and Annette Poivre.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.143 It takes its name from a comedy troupe of the same name. It was shot at the Epinay S ...

'' (1949) * ''

Justice Is Done ''Justice Is Done'' (french: Justice est faite) is a 1950 French drama film directed by André Cayatte. It tackles the subject of euthanasia by depicting a court case in which a woman is tried for killing her terminally ill employer at his reques ...

'' (1950) * ''

Shadow and Light ''Shadow and Light'' (French: ''Ombre et lumière'') is a 1951 French psychological drama film directed by Henri Calef and starring Simone Signoret, María Casares and Jean Marchat.Hayward p.244 The film's sets were designed by Daniel Guéret and ...

'' (1951) * ''

Rue des Saussaies Rue des Saussaies is a short (50m long) street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris that adjoins the Ministry of the Interior. It begins at place Beauvau and finishes at place Saussaies. At number 10, lived the comte de Ségur, Napoleon I ...

'' (1951) * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952) * ''

We Are All Murderers ''We Are All Murderers'' (french: Nous sommes tous des assassins, also known as ''Are We All Murderers?'') is a 1952 French film written and directed by André Cayatte, a former attorney. It tells the story of René, a young man from the slums, tra ...

'' (1952) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * '' Follow That Man'' (1953) * ''

Open Letter An open letter is a Letter (message), letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally. Open letters usually take the form of a letter (mess ...

'' (1953) * ''

Before the Deluge ''Before the Deluge'' (french: Avant le déluge) is a 1954 French-Italian drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1954) * '' Black Dossier'' (1955) * ''

The River of Three Junks ''The River of Three Junks'' (French: ''La rivière des trois jonques'') is a 1957 French thriller film directed by André Pergament and starring Dominique Wilms, Lise Bourdin and Jean Gaven.Goble p.183 It is set in Vietnam. It was remade in 1965 u ...

'' (1957) * ''

Goha ''Goha'' is a 1958 French-Tunisian film. It starred Omar Sharif and it was the cinema debut of Claudia Cardinale. At the 1958 Cannes Film Festival it was awarded with the Jury Prize and it had been nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was shown as part ...

'' (1958) * ''

Mon Oncle ''Mon Oncle'' (; ''My Uncle'') is a 1958 comedy film by French filmmaker Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, ''Mon Oncle'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Fil ...

'' (1958) * ''

Black Orpheus ''Black Orpheus'' (Portuguese: ''Orfeu Negro'' ) is a 1959 romantic tragedy film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and Breno Mello. It is based on the play '' Orfeu da Conceição'' by Vinicius de Morae ...

'' (1959) * ''

A Mistress for the Summer A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes'' ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Counterfeit Traitor ''The Counterfeit Traitor'' is a 1962 espionage thriller film starring William Holden, Hugh Griffith, and Lilli Palmer. Holden plays an American-born Swedish citizen who agrees to spy on the Nazis in World War II. It was based on a nonfiction boo ...

'' (1962) * ''

Gigot Gigot is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Edward Gigot (1847–1928), German-born Canadian merchant and politician *Francis Gigot (1859–1920), French Roman Catholic priest *François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747) ...

'' (1962) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) * '' Germinal'' (1963) * ''

Impossible on Saturday ''Impossible on Saturday'' (french: Pas question le samedi, ''lit.'' "No question Saturday") is a 1965 Italian- French-Israeli comedy film co-production directed by Alex Joffé. Cast * Robert Hirsch as Carlo, plus 11 other roles * Dalia Friedland ...

'' (1965)

References

Bibliography

* Langman, Larry. ''Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking''. McFarland, 2000.

External links

* 1913 births 1991 deaths Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Cinematographers from Paris French expatriates in the United States {{France-film-bio-stub