---
name: "Lucien Tainguy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lucien-tainguy"
fi1m_id: "lucien-tainguy"
imdb_id: "nm0846831"
tmdb_id: 11526
wikidata_id: "Q3838751"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "10 August 1881"
died: "1 February 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T23:18:13.345573+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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# Lucien Tainguy

## Identity

Lucien Tainguy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lucien-tainguy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lucien-tainguy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0846831
- **TMDB ID:** 11526
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3838751
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3838751, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11526

Cinematographer. Born 10 August 1881 in Paris, France. Died 1 February 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 10 August 1881, Paris, France
- **Died:** 1 February 1971
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3838751, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11526

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Trip to the Moon*](https://film.one/film/a-trip-to-the-moon.md) (82)

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## Biography

Lucien Tainguy was a French cinematographer. He worked as a camera operator on Georges Méliès' *A Trip to the Moon* (1902), alongside Théophile Michault, at the director's Montreuil studio.

Tainguy later emigrated to the United States and served as cinematographer on more than forty silent films. His credits include *Cleopatra* (1912), *Checkers* (1913), *Courage for Two* (1919) and *God's Country and the Law* (1921).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, shotonwhat.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Trip to the Moon* (1902), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-trip-to-the-moon.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Girl from Porcupine* (1921), Cinematography
- *The North Wind's Malice* (1920), Director of Photography
- *The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes* (1920), Cinematography
- *A Damsel in Distress* (1919), Cinematography
- *The Love Cheat* (1919), Cinematography
- *Hit or Miss* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Courage for Two* (1919), Director of Photography
- *The Echo of Youth* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Mandarin's Gold* (1919), Cinematography
- *Love in a Hurry* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Hitting the Trail* (1918), Director of Photography
- *Tinsel* (1918), Director of Photography
- *Leap to Fame* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Purple Lily* (1918), Cinematography
- *His Royal Highness* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Good for Nothing* (1917), Director of Photography
- *The Corner Grocer* (1917), Director of Photography
- *Beloved Adventuress* (1917), Director of Photography
- *A Hungry Heart* (1917), Cinematography
- *The Man Who Forgot* (1917), Director of Photography
- *All Man* (1916), Director of Photography
- *The Heart of a Hero* (1916), Director of Photography
- *Friday the 13th* (1916), Director of Photography
- *The Rack* (1915), Director of Photography
- *The Boss* (1915), Director of Photography
- *Cleopatra* (1912), Director of Photography
- *A Trip to the Moon* (1902), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-trip-to-the-moon.md)

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