Georges Benoît
| Georges Benoît | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 November 1883 Paris, France |
| Died | 1942 |
| Occupation |
Director Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1915 - 1942 |
Georges Benoît (1883–1942) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than sixty films during his career. During the silent era, he was employed mostly in Hollywood. Later he worked in his native France on films such as Jacques Tourneur's Departure (1931).[1]
Benoît also worked in Argentina where he directed the 1919 film Juan Sin Ropa and was cinematographer for the historical epic The Charge of the Gauchos (1928).[2]
Selected filmography
- The Charge of the Gauchos (1928)
- Departure (1931)
- In the Name of the Law (1932)
- The Baker's Wife (1938)
References
Bibliography
- Finkielman, Jorge. The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History. McFarland, 2003.
- Fujiwara, Chris. Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. McFarland, 1998.