Biografía y filmografía

Constant Girel

Constant Girel was the son of a pharmacist and studied the subject at Lyon, at which time his brother-in-law was employed at the Lumière factory. He was taken on as a Lumière operator some time in 1896, filming for them in Germany in September of that year, when he made contact with Ludwig Stollwerck and filmed Tsar Nikolas II's inspection of the German army at Breslau. It was the Stollwerk connection that no doubt led him to Switzerland, where he worked for another Lumière representative, Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, before filming the Tsar again towards the end of the year at Cherbourg and Chalons. On 6 December he left for Japan, arriving at Kobe on 9 January 1897, where he met up with the Lumière representative for Japan, Inabata Katsutaro. The pair then inaugurated the cinema in Japan with a program at Osaka's Nanchi Theatre on 15 February 1897. Girel's competence as a cameraman has been questioned, but he filmed a wide number of Japanese scenes, many of which ended up in the Lumière catalog. He returned to France after a year, being replaced by Gabriel Veyre, approached Pathé Frères but failed to find further work in film, and returned to pharmacy.

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Películas (38)

Un pont à Kyoto

1898 · Director

Procession shintoïste

1898 · Director

Lutteurs japonais

1898 · Director

Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles

1898 · Director

Danseuses japonaises : la danse des éventails

1898 · Director

Japanese Sword Fencing

1897 · Director

Les Aïnos à Yeso, [II]

1897 · Director

Les Aïnos à Ueso, [I]

1897 · Director

Coolies in Saigon

1897 · Director

Une scène au théâtre japonais

1897 · Director

Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise

1897 · Director

Acteurs japonais : danse d’homme

1897 · Director

Chutes du Rhin vues de près

1897 · Director

Bersagliers

1897 · Director

Acteurs japonais : bataille au sabre

1897 · Director

Une rue à Tokyo

1897 · Director

Arrivée d'un train

1897 · Director

Dîner japonais

1897 · Director

Déchargement dans un port

1897 · Director

Sortie d’un temple shintoïste

1897 · Director

Repas en famille

1897 · Camera Operator, Cinematography, Director

King and Queen of Italy

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Boat Bridge

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Woodcutters

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Panorama taken from a Boat

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Tyrolean Dance

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Cherbourg: Landing of the Russian Sovereigns

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Cherbourg: Entry of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the Hall

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

III. Hussar Parade before Wilhelm II

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

I. Before the Inauguration. Arrival of the Sovereigns

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

II. Inauguration

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Défilé du 8e bataillon

1896 · Director

Chutes du Rhin vues de loin

1896 · Director

Wilhelm II and Nicholas II on Horseback

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Pont sur le Rhin

1896 · Director

Stuttgart: 26th Dragoons Jumping Obstacles

1896 · Cinematography

Görlitz: Parade in front of Wilhelm II and Nicholas II

1896 · Director, Camera Operator

Procession

1896 · Director

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