Clément Maurice
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Clément Maurice (1853–1933) was a French photographer, film director, and producer.[1]
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's studio at 8 boulevard des Italiens, above the , property of the future filmmaker Georges Méliès. This and that allow him to enter the world of cinematography.
From 1898 to 1906, he was the cameraman for surgeon for whom he filmed for educational purposes around sixty operations. He worked there with: (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 , he developed the , a pioneering system of sound cinema, presented at the Universal Exhibition of 1900.
Filmography[]
- Producer
- 1900: Le Duel d'Hamlet
- 1900: (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
- 1900: (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
- 1900:
- 1900: (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
- 1900: (Clément-Maurice Gratioulet)
- Director
- 1900: Le Duel d'Hamlet
- 1900:
- 1900: Roméo et Juliette
- 1900: Cyrano de Bergerac
- 1911:
- Chief camera operator
- 1899: produced by l'Association frères Lumière, opérateur
- 1912:
References[]
- ^ Abel, Richard (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
External links[]
- 1853 births
- 1933 deaths
- French film directors
- French film producers
- French photographers
- People from Lot-et-Garonne
- Silent film directors
- French artist stubs