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Georges Specht

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Camera

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Gender
Male

Birthday
July 4, 1883 (143 years old)

Place of Birth
Bourges, France

Georges Specht

Biography

Georges Specht, born Georges Auguste Bonjour on July 4, 1883 in Bourges (Cher) and died on December 9, 1971 in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis), was a French director of photography.

Natural son of Annette Bonjour, he was recognized a few years later by his father, Jean Georges Specht, who then passed on his surname to him. Passionate about photography and who came to Paris in 1905, Georges Specht started there as a professional photographer, before joining the Gaumont company the following year (1906). There he became Léonce Perret's official cinematographer, thus contributing to a large number of films - mainly short films - directed (and often acted) by the latter, released between 1910 and 1917, including Molière (1910) and Le Roi de la mountain (1916).

Other directors with whom he collaborated include Jacques Feyder (L'Atlantide in 1921), Marcel L'Herbier (three films, including L'Inhumane in 1924) and Abel Gance (the short film Help! in 1924) who plays Young Molière in the aforementioned eponymous film from 1910.

His last fiction film was La Brière (1925). The director is Léon Poirier, whom he follows on the automotive expeditions of the black cruise (1924-1925) then the yellow cruise (1931-1932). This resulted in two documentaries also produced by Poirier, of which he was director of photography, La Croisière noire (1926) and La Croisière jaune (production started by André Sauvage, 1934), his last contribution as chief operator.

Twenty years later, Georges Specht returned to documentaries for a third time as a cameraman for the short film Les Deux Visages du Sahara by Jean Lehérissey, released in 1954.

Known For

Camera

1934The Yellow Cruise...Director of Photography
1926The Black Cruise...Director of Photography
1924The Inhuman Woman...Director of Photography
1924The Gallery of Monsters...Director of Photography
1924Au secours !...Director of Photography
1921El Dorado...Director of Photography
1921Ninety-Three...Director of Photography
1921L'Atlantide...Director of Photography
1919Sa gosse...Director of Photography
1916Dernier amour...Director of Photography
1916Marraines de France...Director of Photography
1916L'Angelus de la victoire...Director of Photography
1915L'X Noir...Director of Photography
1915A Page of Glory...Director of Photography
1914The Redemption of the Past...Director of Photography
1913Léonce: Cinematographer...Director of Photography
1913Léonce pot-au-feu...Director of Photography
1913Léonce en ménage...Camera Operator
1913Le homard...Director of Photography
1912The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador...Director of Photography
1912Sur les rails...Director of Photography
1912La conquête d'Aurélia...Director of Photography
1912Main de Fer contre la bande aux gants blancs...Director of Photography
1911Fire at the Mine...Director of Photography
1910The Guardian of Camargue...Director of Photography

Crew

1915Les poilus de la revanche...Cinematography
1913Léonce poète...Cinematography

Acting