---
name: "Jacques Mercanton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jacques-mercanton"
fi1m_id: "jacques-mercanton"
imdb_id: "nm0580195"
tmdb_id: 11562
wikidata_id: "Q3159551"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "22 November 1909"
died: "27 September 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:26:37.714706+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jacques Mercanton

## Identity

Jacques Mercanton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-mercanton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacques-mercanton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580195
- **TMDB ID:** 11562
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3159551
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Mercanton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3159551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11562

Cinematographer. Born 22 November 1909 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Died 27 September 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 22 November 1909, Neuilly-sur-Seine
- **Died:** 27 September 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Mercanton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3159551, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580195/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11562

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Monsieur Hulot's Holiday*](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md) (86)

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## Biography

Jacques Mercanton (1909–1997) was a French cinematographer. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine and died in Grasse.

Mercanton worked as director of photography on Jacques Tati’s *Jour de Fête* (1949) and *Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday* (1953). His other credits include *Zouzou* (1934), *Les Bas-Fonds* (1936), *Ultimatum* (1938), *Personal Column* (1939) and *Girls of the Night* (1958).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La tour de Nesle* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Évariste Galois* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Four Truths* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Nationale 6* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Adventure* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Wolves in the Sheepfold* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Secrets of a French Nurse* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Plaisir du théâtre* (1956), series, Cinematography
- *Dust of Life* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Monsieur Hulot's Holiday* (1953), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsieur-hulots-holiday.md)
- *Le Grand Méliès* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Les mousquetaires du roi* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Jour de Fête* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Happy Go Lucky* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Ultimatum* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Gibraltar* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Zouzou* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Bread Peddler* (1934), Cinematography

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