---
name: "Willy Kurant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/willy-kurant"
fi1m_id: "willy-kurant"
imdb_id: "nm0005763"
tmdb_id: 38168
wikidata_id: "Q45857"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 February 1934"
died: "3 May 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:15:37.059744+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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# Willy Kurant

## Identity

Willy Kurant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/willy-kurant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** willy-kurant
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005763
- **TMDB ID:** 38168
- **Wikidata ID:** Q45857
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Kurant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38168

Cinematographer. Born 15 February 1934 in Liège - Belgium. Died 3 May 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 February 1934, Liège - Belgium
- **Died:** 3 May 2021
- **Also known as:** Willy Curtis
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Kurant, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45857, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005763/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38168

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Masculin Féminin*](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md) (76)

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## Biography

Willy Kurant was a Belgian cinematographer. Born in Liège in 1934, he began his career as a documentary and news cameraman in the 1950s, working on short films and television reports in Belgium and abroad before moving to France in 1962 to study cinematography.

Kurant shot his first features in 1966: Agnès Varda’s *Les Créatures* and Jean-Luc Godard’s *Masculin Féminin*. He went on to work with directors including Orson Welles on *The Immortal Story* (1968), Maurice Pialat on *Under the Sun of Satan* (1987), and others such as Jerzy Skolimowski, Chris Marker and Philippe Garrel. He also collaborated with musician Serge Gainsbourg and, under the name Willy Curtis, on some American productions. Kurant received a César nomination for *Under the Sun of Satan* and was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and the French Society of Cinematographers. He died in Paris in 2021.

*Sources: theasc.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Jealousy* (2013), Director of Photography
- *A Burning Hot Summer* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Deep* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Pootie Tang* (2001), Director of Photography
- *An Unlikely Couple* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Delivering Milo* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The New Swiss Family Robinson* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Rose Hill* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Day and Night* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Little Riders* (1996), Director of Photography
- *White Man's Burden* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Little Boy* (1995), Director of Photography
- *A Business Affair* (1994), Director of Photography
- *China Moon* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Kitchen with Apartment* (1993), Cinematography
- *The Big Pardon 2* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Both Sides of the Street* (1991), Cinematography
- *Adventure of Catherine C.* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Stormy Summer* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Under the Sun of Satan* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Milan noir* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Charlotte for Ever* (1986), Director of Photography
- *A State of Emergency* (1986), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Tuff Turf* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Equator* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Les Îles* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Tag: The Assassination Game* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Killing of America* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Mama Dracula* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Running Scared* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Outside Chance* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Harper Valley P.T.A.* (1978), Director of Photography
- *A Grin Without a Cat* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Sitter* (1977), Director of Photography
- *I Love You, I Don't* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Le Feu sacré* (1972), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Cannabis* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Time to Die* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Tout peut arriver* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Night of the Following Day* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Immortal Story* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Anna* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Wall Engravings* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Far from Vietnam* (1967), Director of Photography
- *My Love, My Love* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Departure* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Heroine* (1967), Cinematography
- *Trans-Europ-Express* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Elsa the Rose* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Creatures* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Masculin Féminin* (1966), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/masculin-feminin.md)
- *Roméos et Jupettes* (1966), Director of Photography
- *4XD* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Byzance* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Dark Night, Calcutta* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Bosphore* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Pehlivan* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Golden Horn* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Istanbul* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Maître Galip* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Auto* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Dans le vent* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Un jour à Paris* (1962), Director of Photography

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