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name: "Maurice Krafft"
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born: "25 March 1946"
died: "3 June 1991"
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# Maurice Krafft

Actor. Born 25 March 1946 in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France. Died 3 June 1991.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 March 1946, Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
- **Died:** 3 June 1991
- **Also known as:** モーリス・クラフト, موريس كرافت
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15052805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0991840/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1701876

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fire of Love*](https://film.one/film/fire-of-love.md) (76)

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## Biography

Maurice Krafft was a French volcanologist, cinematographer and director. Born in Mulhouse, he studied geology and began filming volcanic eruptions in the late 1960s. With his wife Katia, whom he married in 1970, he documented eruptions around the world over more than two decades.

The couple’s extensive archive of 16 mm footage and photographs forms the basis of the 2022 documentary *Fire of Love*, in which Krafft appears in archive footage. He died on 3 June 1991 during the eruption of Mount Unzen in Japan.

*Sources: imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com, newscientist.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fire of Love* (2022), Fi1m 76, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/fire-of-love.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Deadly Peaks* (1997), Acting
- *Killer Volcanoes* (1997), Acting
- *Maurice and Katia Krafft: To the rhythm of the Earth* (1995), Cinematography
- *Inside Hawaiian Volcanoes* (1989), Cinematography, Director, Producer
- *The Volcano Watchers* (1987), Cinematography
- *The First Eden* (1987), series, Thanks

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Liotard Award 1975: Liotard Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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