Louis Née

Louis Née

Cinematographer. Born 31 October 1895 in Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Died 29 December 1977.

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Born
31 October 1895, Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died
29 December 1977
Active
1932–1953

Biography

Louis Née (1895–1977) was a French cinematographer whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the 1950s. He began as a camera assistant and progressed to director of photography on numerous French productions.

Née served as director of photography or camera operator on Vampyr (1932), directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, working alongside Rudolph Maté. He later shot Hôtel du Nord (1938) and other features including Fric-Frac (1939) and Miquette (1950). In later years he frequently worked as a camera operator on films such as Diabolique (1955) and The Wages of Fear (1953).

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