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Georges Benoît

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Years active
  
1915 - 1942

Died
  
1942

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Born
  
27 November 1883
Paris, France

Occupation
  
Director Cinematographer Actor

Movies
  
The Baker's Wife, Fanny, Regeneration, Princesse Tam‑Tam, Gribouille

Similar
  
Jean Mamy, Roger Richebé, Vincent Scotto, André Berthomieu, Yves Mirande

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). Between 1929 and 1934 he appeared in approximately ten films as an actor.

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).

Selected filmography

  • The Wonder Man (1920)
  • The Charge of the Gauchos (1928)
  • Captain Fracasse (1929)
  • Departure (1931)
  • In the Name of the Law (1932)
  • The Two Orphans (1933)
  • The Uncle from Peking (1934)
  • Return to Paradise (1935)
  • The Secret of Polichinelle (1936)
  • The Baker's Wife (1938)

    • References

    Georges Benoît Wikipedia
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