Biography
Georges Périnal was a French cinematographer. He began working in French films in 1913 and collaborated with directors including Jean Grémillon, René Clair and Jean Cocteau on early features such as The Blood of a Poet (1932).
In 1933 he moved to Britain to work for Alexander Korda’s London Films. His credits there include The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), Things to Come (1936), The Four Feathers (1939), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and The Fallen Idol (1948). He later photographed A King in New York (1957) and Bonjour Tristesse (1958).
Périnal received an Academy Award for colour cinematography on The Thief of Bagdad. He retired after Oscar Wilde (1960) and died in London in 1965.
