Georges Périnal Explained

Georges Périnal
Birth Date:	1897
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Death Date:	23 April 1965 (aged 67)
Death Place:	London, England
Occupation:	cinematographer
Nationality:	French

Georges Périnal (pronounced as /fr/; 1897 Paris– 23 April 1965 London) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his works with Jean Grémillon, René Clair, Jean Cocteau, Michael Powell, Charlie Chaplin, Otto Preminger.^[1]

Partial filmography

• Six et demi, onze (1927)
• Misdeal (1928)
• The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)
• Les Nouveaux Messieurs (1929)
• The Ladies in the Green Hats (1929)
• Le Sang d'un poète (1930)
• Sous les toits de Paris (1930)
• À nous la liberté (1931)
• The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1931)
• Dainah the Mulatto (1932)
• The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
• Catherine the Great (1934)
• The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
• Sanders of the River (1935)
• Rembrandt (1936)
• The Drum (1938)
• The Four Feathers (1939, nominated for the 1939 Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940, winner of the 1940 Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
• Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
• The First of the Few (1942)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
• Perfect Strangers (1945)
• An Ideal Husband (1947)
• A Man About the House (1947)
• The Fallen Idol (1948)
• The Mudlark (1950)
• My Daughter Joy (1950)
• No Highway in the Sky (1951)
• Three Cases of Murder (1955)
• Loser Takes All (1956)
• A King in New York (1957)
• Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
• Tom Thumb (1958)
• Oscar Wilde (1960)
• Once More, with Feeling! (1960)

Notes and References

1. Book: Cubitt. Sean. The Practice of Light: A Genealogy of Visual Technologies from Prints to Pixels. MIT Press. 5 September 2014. 9780262027656.