Ghislain Cloquet

1924-1981

Biography: life and films

Ghislain Cloquet was a Belgian cinematographer. He was born in Antwerp, Belgium on 18th April 1924 and died in Montainville,Yvelines, France on 2nd November 1981, aged 57.

His best films as a cinematographer include Jacques Becker's Le Trou (1960), Jean Dewever's Les Honneurs de la guerre (1960), Louis Malle's Le Feu follet (1963), Robert Bresson's Au hasard Balthazar (1966) and Jacques Demy's Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967).

Ghislain Cloquet was cinematographer on 48 films and appeared in 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Robert Bresson (3 films), Paul Paviot (3), André Delvaux (3), Pierre Kast (2), Nina Companéez (2), Marguerite Duras (2), Louis Malle (2), Jean Becker (2), Jacques Demy (2), Claude Berri (2), Chris Marker (2), Charles Brabant (2), Arthur Penn (2) and Alain Resnais (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (24 films), Documentary (8), comedy (7), comedy-drama (4), romance (3), War (3), Fantasy (3) and Thriller (2).

Our average rating for Ghislain Cloquet over all films is: 3.3

Filmography

Key: c = cinematographer; a = actor

Aux frontières de l'homme (1953) [c]

Les Statues meurent aussi (1953) [c]

Nuit et brouillard (1955) [c]

Un amour de poche (1957) [c]

Les Naufrageurs (1959) [c]

Classe tous risques (1960) [c]

Le Bel âge (1960) [c]

Le Trou (1960) [c]

Les Honneurs de la guerre (1960) [c]

Description d'un combat (1961) [c]

La Belle Américaine (1961) [c]

Un nommé La Rocca (1961) [c]

Carillons sans joie (1962) [c]

Vive le tour (1962) [c]

Le Feu follet (1963) [c]

Mickey One (1965) [c]

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965) [c]

Au hasard Balthazar (1966) [c]

De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen (1966) [c]

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) [c]

Loin du Vietnam (1967) [c]

Mouchette (1967) [c]

Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un puceau (1968) [c]

Un soir, un train (1968) [c]

Mazel Tov ou le mariage (1969) [c]

Une femme douce (1969) [c]

La Maison des Bories (1970) [c]

Peau d'âne (1970) [c]

La Famille (1971) [a]

Rendez-vous à Bray (1971) [c]

Faustine et le bel été (1972) [c]

Nathalie Granger (1972) [c]

Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973) [c]

L'Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise (1973) [c]

La Ville-bidon (1973) [c]

Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974) [c]

La Femme du Gange (1974) [c]

Le Boucher, la star et l'orpheline (1975) [c]

Love and Death (1975) [c]

Monsieur Albert (1976) [c]

Tess (1979) [c]

Chère inconnue (1980) [c]

Four Friends (1981) [c]



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