Claude RenoirClaudeRenoir (December 4, 1913[1] September 5,1993) was a French cinematographer. He was the son ofactor Pierre Renoir and nephew of director Jean Renoirand also the grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.He was born in Paris, his mother being actress VraSergine. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman, a brotherof Dziga Vertov, who much later worked in the UnitedStates on such lms as On the Waterfront (1954). Renoirwas the lighting cameraman on numerous pictures such asMonsieur Vincent (1947), Jean Renoirs The River (1951),Cleopatra (1963), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968), andthe James Bond lm The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Atthe time of Claude Renoirs death, The Times of Londonwrote of The River that its exquisite evocation of the In-dian scene, helped to inaugurate a new era in the cinema,one in which color was nally accepted as a medium tfor great lm makers to work in.[2]He also participated in the making ofTheMysteryofPicasso (1956),the documentary on painter Pablo Pi-casso directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. He was thecinematographer forTheCrucible (1957) and lived inEast Germany during lming.[3] Renoirs career came toa close in the late 1970s, as he was rapidly losing sight.In his nal years he was largely blind.He married twice and had two children, a son and adaughter, actress Sophie Renoir. Claude Renoir died atage 79 in Troyes, 55 miles east of Paris, near the villageof Essoyes, where he had a home.Renoir sometimes worked on the same lms as his un-cle and namesake Claude Renoir[2]ain (senior), nick-named 'Coco', (190169),[4] and many reference sources(including IMDb) combine the career credits of the twomen as if they were the same person.1 Selected lmographyToni (1935)Serenade (1940)Jericho (1946)The Ideal Couple (1946)One Life (1958)Une femme dle (1976)2 References[1] Some sources, such as Ginette Vincendeaus Encyclopediaof European Cinema, London: Cassell/BFI, 1995, p.328indicate 1914 as his year of birth[2] see Eric Pace Claude Renoir, 79, A CinematographerWith a Painters Eye, NewYorkTimes, 13 September1993[3] Signoret, Simone (1978). Nostalgia Isn't What It Used toBe. Harper & Row. p. 139. ISBN 0-06-013986-2.[4] Renoir mss., ca. 1913-1968, Indiana University OnlineArchives3 External linksClaude Renoir at the Internet Movie Database12 4 TEXT AND IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES4 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses4.1 Text Claude Renoir Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Renoir?oldid=660398782 Contributors: Jashiin, Philip Cross, Grenavitar,Woohookitty, BD2412, FlaBot, Thefourdotelipsis, Astorknlam, Fram, SmackBot, TonyTheTiger, Magioladitis, Waacstats, Sealman, LordCornwallis, Addbot, Smetanahue, Yobot, AnomieBOT, MonsieurLange, LittleWink, Full-date unlinking bot, RjwilmsiBot, EmausBot,Peaceray, ZroBot, SporkBot, Helpful Pixie Bot, Dana Kilalps, VIAFbot, Theog11, Wiki13565, KasparBot and Anonymous: 74.2 Images File:Commons-logo.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg License: ? Contributors: ? Originalartist: ? File:Wikibooks-logo.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Wikibooks-logo.svg License: CC BY-SA 3.0Contributors: Own work Original artist: User:Bastique, User:Ramac et al. File:Wikinews-logo.svgSource: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Wikinews-logo.svgLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0Contributors: This is a cropped version of Image:Wikinews-logo-en.png. Original artist: Vectorized by Simon 01:05, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Updated by Time3000 17 April 2007 to use ocial Wikinews colours and appear correctly on dark backgrounds. Originally uploaded bySimon. File:Wikiquote-logo.svgSource: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svgLicense: Public domainContributors: ? Original artist: ? File:Wikisource-logo.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg License: CC BY-SA 3.0Contributors: Rei-artur Original artist: Nicholas Moreau File:Wiktionary-logo.svg Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Wiktionary-logo.svg License: CC BY-SA 3.0Contributors: ? Original artist: ?4.3 Content license Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0