Biographie et filmographie

Lucien N. Andriot

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Lucien Andriot ASC (1892-1979) was a prolific French-American cinematographer. He shot more than 200 films and television programs over the course of his career.

Born in Paris, Andriot began his career in France in 1909 working for Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset. His elder sister Josette Andriot was a French film actress, working for Jasset. He then came to the U.S. some time before 1914 as an employee of the Éclair American Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

The outbreak of World War I drove a re-organization of foreign film-industry assets in Fort Lee, including the employees. Now working for the World Film Company, financed by Lewis J. Selznick and run by William A. Brady, Andriot became a member of a separate French-speaking unit within World Film. For about three years, Maurice Tourneur, George Archainbaud, Emile Chautard, and Albert Capellani worked together on films such as the 1915 version of Camille, including the teaching of Josef von Sternberg.

Andriot moved to Hollywood around 1920 and went to work for Fox. The cinematography of the early widescreen John Wayne western The Big Trail in 1930 is unfortunately not his work. It was the standard-looking 35mm version, shot in parallel alongside Arthur Edeson's ground-breaking "70mm Grandeur" version.

Andriot did show a long-standing affinity for French directors working in Hollywood, initially Maurice Tourneur, and later René Clair, Robert Florey, and Jean Renoir. In the 1930s and 1940s, Andriot worked principally on B pictures for major studios. He did some television work in the 1950s and early 1960s, and retired to Palm Springs, California.

Andriot is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.

Films (114)

Cool and Lam

1958 · Director of Photography

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

1957 · Director of Photography

Meet the O'Briens

1954 · Director of Photography

Home Town Story

1951 · Director of Photography

One Hour in Wonderland

1950 · Director of Photography

Johnny One-Eye

1950 · Director of Photography

Borderline

1950 · Director of Photography

Outpost in Morocco

1949 · Director of Photography

Intrigue

1947 · Director of Photography

Dishonored Lady

1947 · Director of Photography

New Orleans

1947 · Director of Photography

The Strange Woman

1946 · Director of Photography

The Diary of a Chambermaid

1946 · Director of Photography

And Then There Were None

1945 · Director of Photography

The Southerner

1945 · Director of Photography

The Hairy Ape

1944 · Director of Photography

The Fighting Sullivans

1944 · Director of Photography

Paris After Dark

1943 · Director of Photography

Jitterbugs

1943 · Director of Photography

They Came to Blow Up America

1943 · Director of Photography

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942 · Director of Photography

Just Off Broadway

1942 · Director of Photography

On the Sunny Side

1942 · Director of Photography

Over My Dead Body

1942 · Director of Photography

Ride on Vaquero

1941 · Director of Photography

Golden Hoofs

1941 · Director of Photography

Charter Pilot

1940 · Cinematography

The Lady in Question

1940 · Director of Photography

Earthbound

1940 · Director of Photography

High School

1940 · Director of Photography

City of Chance

1940 · Director of Photography

Quick Millions

1939 · Camera Operator

The Arizona Wildcat

1939 · Director of Photography

I'll Give a Million

1938 · Director of Photography

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938 · Director of Photography

International Settlement

1938 · Director of Photography

You Can't Have Everything

1937 · Director of Photography

The Lady Escapes

1937 · Director of Photography

Café Metropole

1937 · Director of Photography

On the Avenue

1937 · Director of Photography

Charlie Chan at the Opera

1936 · Director of Photography

The Gay Desperado

1936 · Director of Photography

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

1936 · Director of Photography

His Family Tree

1935 · Camera Operator

The Return Of Peter Grimm

1935 · Director of Photography

Hooray for Love

1935 · Director of Photography

Chasing Yesterday

1935 · Director of Photography

Captain Hurricane

1935 · Director of Photography