French lighting designer.
Professor at LIDHEC (La Fmis)
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1983
Was captured and imprisoned by the Germans when they invaded France in 1940, but he escaped from prison and formed his own resistance group.
Worked as camera operator under Eugene Schufftan in the late 1930s.
A former puppeteer, he started as third assistant cameraman at the Billancourt studios in 1927.
Member of AFC (Association Franaise de la photo Cinmatographique).
