William Lubtchansky | |
Birth Date: | 1937 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Vincennes, France |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Relatives: | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky (brother)[1] |
William Lubtchansky (26 October 1937 – 4 May 2010) was a French cinematographer.
Lubtchansky's first film was Agnès Varda's 1965 short, Elsa la Rose. He shot over 100 films, including several for Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Jean Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet and Nadine Trintignant. He has also worked with Philippe Garrel, François Truffaut, Marcel Camus and Peter Brook (for the 1989 6-hour version of The Mahabharata). Lubtchansky died in Paris, France, on 4 May 2010 from heart disease.[2] [3]