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name: "Sacha Vierny"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "10 August 1919"
died: "15 May 2001"
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updated: "2026-09-17T04:38:47.401858+00:00"
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# Sacha Vierny

Cinematographer. Born 10 August 1919 in Bois-le-Roi, Seine-et-Marne, France. Died 15 May 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 10 August 1919, Bois-le-Roi, Seine-et-Marne, France
- **Died:** 15 May 2001
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005916/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9752

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Night and Fog*](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md) (91)

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## Biography

Sacha Vierny (10 August 1919 – 15 May 2001) was a French cinematographer. Born in Bois-le-Roi, Seine-et-Marne, he trained at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris.

He first collaborated with Alain Resnais as assistant cameraman on the 1955 documentary *Night and Fog*, and subsequently shot ten films with the director from 1955 to 1984, including *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959) and *Last Year at Marienbad* (1961). From 1985 he served as cinematographer on nearly all of Peter Greenaway’s projects, among them *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989) and *Prospero’s Books* (1991). Vierny also worked with directors including Luis Buñuel on *Belle de Jour* (1967), Raoul Ruiz and Chris Marker.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Night and Fog* (1956), Fi1m 91, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/night-and-fog.md)

## Also known for

- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Hiroshima Mon Amour* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Last Year at Marienbad* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Man Who Cried* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Tattoo* (1968), Director of Photography
- *My American Uncle* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Muriel, or the Time of Return* (1963), Director of Photography

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