---
name: "Nicolas Hayer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicolas-hayer"
fi1m_id: "nicolas-hayer"
imdb_id: "nm0370865"
tmdb_id: 37988
wikidata_id: "Q1627381"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 May 1898"
died: "29 October 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:50:06.244822+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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# Nicolas Hayer

## Identity

Nicolas Hayer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicolas-hayer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicolas-hayer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0370865
- **TMDB ID:** 37988
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1627381
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Hayer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37988

Cinematographer. Born 1 May 1898 in Paris, France. Died 29 October 1978.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 May 1898, Paris, France
- **Died:** 29 October 1978
- **Also known as:** Lucien Hayer, Nicholas Hayer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Hayer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/37988

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Orpheus*](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md) (82)

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## Biography

Nicolas Hayer was a French cinematographer. Born Lucien Nicolas Hayer in Paris on 1 May 1898, he began his career in the late 1920s as a newsreel cameraman before moving into feature films in the early 1930s, initially credited as Lucien Hayer.

He served as director of photography on films including *Le Corbeau* (1943), *Panique* (1946), *La Chartreuse de Parme* (1948), *Orpheus* (1950) and *Le Doulos* (1962). He received the Locarno International Film Festival award for best cinematography (black and white) in 1948 for *La Chartreuse de Parme* and later contributed to television series in the 1960s.

Hayer died on 29 October 1978 in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk, afcinema.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Orpheus* (1950), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Deux Romains en Gaule* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Cloportes* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Big Hit* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Le Doulos* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Sign of the Lion* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Dark Journey* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Two Men in Manhattan* (1959), Director of Photography
- *À la rencontre de Jean-Sébastien Bach* (1959), Director of Photography
- *A Certain Mr. Jo* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Inspecteur Grey* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Fidelio* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Don Juan* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Bel Ami* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Fortune carrée* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Nuits andalouses* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Sparrows of Paris* (1953), Camera Operator
- *The Little World of Don Camillo* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Bonnadieu House* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Under the Paris Sky* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Orpheus* (1950), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/orpheus.md)
- *A Man Walks in the City* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Hollywood Ten* (1950), Director of Photography
- *At the Grand Balcony* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Return to Life* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Between Eleven and Midnight* (1949), Director of Photography
- *The Cupboard Was Bare* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The Charterhouse of Parma* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Bethsabée* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Sky Battalion* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Panic* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Dorothy Looks for Love* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Paris Frills* (1945), Director of Photography
- *The Liberation of Paris* (1944), Camera Operator
- *Le Corbeau* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Captain Fracasse* (1943), Director of Photography
- *At Your Command, Madam* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Trump Card* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Gambling Hell* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Montmartre on the Seine* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Cristobal's Gold* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Threats* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Sacred Woods* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Métropolitain* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Miarka* (1937), Director of Photography
- *La Rose effeuillée* (1937), Director of Photography
- *My Aunts and I* (1937), Director of Photography
- *The Gardens of Murcia* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Jacques et Jacotte* (1936), Director of Photography
- *La Mystérieuse Lady* (1936), Director of Photography
- *S. S. Tenacity* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Mr Poirier's Son-in-Law* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Burning chair* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Golden Can* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Stowaway Olive* (1931), Camera Operator
- *Black and White* (1931), Camera Department Production Assistant

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