---
title: 'Henri Alekan'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'cinematographer'
born: '1909-02-10'
died: '2001-06-15'
birthplace: 'Paris'
deathplace: 'Auxerre'
films_in_library: 52
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-alekan'
updated: '2026-08-20'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Alekan'
wikidata: 'Q958139'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Henri Alekan

cinematographer.

A French cinematographer who started out at sixteen as a travelling puppeteer with his brother, then worked up from third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios. He operated for Eugen Schüfftan on Carné's Quai des Brumes and took his non-naturalistic light from him; his own breakthrough came in 1946, on La Bataille du Rail and Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête.

## Notes from the fandom

Henri Alekan photographed 52 films in the CinePixo library between 1937 and 1997. Works most often with Georges Auric — 5 films together here. Start with Roman Holiday (1953).

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 1997 · [Cannes... les 400 coups](https://cinepixo.com/movies/cannes-les-400-coups-1997) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [The Blue Villa](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-blue-villa-1995) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Faraway, So Close!](https://cinepixo.com/movies/faraway-so-close-1993) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Golem, the Ghost of Exile](https://cinepixo.com/movies/golem-the-ghost-of-exile-1991) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Berlin-Jerusalem](https://cinepixo.com/movies/berlin-jerusalem-1989) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Wings of Desire](https://cinepixo.com/movies/wings-of-desire-1987) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [La Belle captive](https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-belle-captive-1983) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [A Stone in the Mouth](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-stone-in-the-mouth-1983) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [The State of Things](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-state-of-things-1982) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [The Trout](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-trout-1982) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [On Top of the Whale](https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-top-of-the-whale-1982) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [The Territory](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-territory-1981) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Sex Pot](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sex-pot-1975) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [Red Sun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-sun-1971) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [Figures in a Landscape](https://cinepixo.com/movies/figures-in-a-landscape-1970) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [The Christmas Tree](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-christmas-tree-1969) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Mayerling](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mayerling-1968) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [Triple Cross](https://cinepixo.com/movies/triple-cross-1966) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [Lady L](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lady-l-1965) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Topkapi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/topkapi-1964) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Five Miles to Midnight](https://cinepixo.com/movies/five-miles-to-midnight-1962) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [La Princesse de Clèves](https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-princesse-de-cleves-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Black Tights](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-tights-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1960 · [Austerlitz](https://cinepixo.com/movies/austerlitz-1960) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [Douze heures d'horloge](https://cinepixo.com/movies/douze-heures-dhorloge-1959) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Casino de Paris](https://cinepixo.com/movies/casino-de-paris-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [The Case of Dr. Laurent](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-case-of-dr-laurent-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Typhon sur Nagasaki](https://cinepixo.com/movies/typhon-sur-nagasaki-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1956 · [The Best Part](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-best-part-1956) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Frou-Frou](https://cinepixo.com/movies/frou-frou-1955) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [House on the Waterfront](https://cinepixo.com/movies/house-on-the-waterfront-1955) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Heroes and Sinners](https://cinepixo.com/movies/heroes-and-sinners-1955) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [Les Impures](https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-impures-1954) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [La Reine Margot](https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-reine-margot-1954) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [Roman Holiday](https://cinepixo.com/movies/roman-holiday-1953) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [When You Read This Letter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/when-you-read-this-letter-1953) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1952 · [Imbarco a mezzanotte](https://cinepixo.com/movies/imbarco-a-mezzanotte-1952) — actor, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1952 · [Forbidden Fruit](https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-fruit-1952) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1951 · [Paris Is Always Paris](https://cinepixo.com/movies/paris-is-always-paris-1951) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1950 · [La Marie du port](https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-marie-du-port-1950) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1950 · [Juliette, or Key of Dreams](https://cinepixo.com/movies/juliette-or-key-of-dreams-1950) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1949 · [Les amants de Vérone](https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-amants-de-verone-1949) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1949 · [Une si jolie petite plage](https://cinepixo.com/movies/une-si-jolie-petite-plage-1949) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1948 · [Anna Karenina](https://cinepixo.com/movies/anna-karenina-1948) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1947 · [The Damned](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-damned-1947) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1946 · [The Battle of the Rails](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-the-rails-1946) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1946 · [Beauty and the Beast](https://cinepixo.com/movies/beauty-and-the-beast-1946) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1944 · [Les Petites du quai aux fleurs](https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-petites-du-quai-aux-fleurs-1944) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1941 · [Vénus aveugle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/venus-aveugle-1941) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Tobias Is an Angel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tobias-is-an-angel-1940) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1940 · [Les Musiciens du ciel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/les-musiciens-du-ciel-1940) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1937 · [The Red Dancer](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-dancer-1937) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

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