About

Known credits:
89
Birthday:
1892-11-09
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Lucien N. Andriot

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Known for

Directing

1912 Zigomar vs. Nick Carter Directing Director 59
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Camera

1958 Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman Camera Director of Photography 58
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1951 Home Town Story Camera Director of Photography 58
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1950 One Hour in Wonderland Camera Director of Photography 59
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1950 Johnny One-Eye Camera Director of Photography 58
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1950 Borderline Camera Director of Photography 58
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1949 Outpost in Morocco Camera Director of Photography 58
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1947 Intrigue Camera Director of Photography 59
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1947 Dishonored Lady Camera Director of Photography 58
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1947 New Orleans Camera Director of Photography 59
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1946 The Strange Woman Camera Director of Photography 59
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1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid Camera Director of Photography 59
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1945 And Then There Were None Camera Director of Photography 63
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1945 The Southerner Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 The Hairy Ape Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 The Fighting Sullivans Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Paris After Dark Camera Director of Photography 59
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1943 Jitterbugs Camera Director of Photography 58
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1943 They Came to Blow Up America Camera Director of Photography 59
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1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Camera Director of Photography 59
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1942 On the Sunny Side Camera Director of Photography 59
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1942 Over My Dead Body Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1941 Ride on Vaquero Camera Director of Photography 58
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1941 Golden Hoofs Camera Director of Photography 59
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1940 The Lady in Question Camera Director of Photography 59
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1940 Earthbound Camera Director of Photography 58
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1940 High School Camera Director of Photography 59
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1940 City of Chance Camera Director of Photography 58
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1939 The Arizona Wildcat Camera Director of Photography 59
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1938 I'll Give a Million Camera Director of Photography 58
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1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble Camera Director of Photography 59
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1938 International Settlement Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 You Can't Have Everything Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 The Lady Escapes Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1937 Café Metropole Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 On the Avenue Camera Director of Photography 59
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1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera Camera Director of Photography 59
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1936 The Gay Desperado Camera Director of Photography 58
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1936 The Case Against Mrs. Ames Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 His Family Tree Camera Camera Operator 58
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1935 The Return Of Peter Grimm Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 Hooray for Love Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 Chasing Yesterday Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 Captain Hurricane Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 Anne of Green Gables Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 Straight Is the Way Camera Director of Photography 59
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1934 The Life of Vergie Winters Camera Director of Photography 59
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1934 The Crime Doctor Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 Two Alone Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 The Right To Romance Camera Director of Photography 58
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1933 Penthouse Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 Topaze Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Camera Director of Photography 59
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1932 Bird of Paradise Camera Director of Photography 58
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1929 Christina Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1929 The Valiant Camera Director of Photography 58
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1928 Let 'Er Go Gallegher Camera Director of Photography 59
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1928 A Ship Comes In Camera Director of Photography 59
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1927 Almost Human Camera Director of Photography 59
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1927 The Main Event Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1927 The Loves of Carmen Camera Director of Photography 58
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1927 White Gold Camera Director of Photography 59
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1926 The Cruise of the Jasper B Camera Director of Photography 59
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1926 Gigolo Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1924 Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1923 Daytime Wives Camera Director of Photography 58
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1922 Monte Cristo Camera Director of Photography 59
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1922 A Fool There Was Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1921 Shame Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1921 That Girl Montana Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The Right To Lie Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1917 The Silent Master Camera Director of Photography 58
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1917 The Whip Camera Camera Operator 58
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1917 The Poor Little Rich Girl Camera Director of Photography 58
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1917 The Pride of the Clan Camera Director of Photography 59
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1913 What the Gods Decree Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1913 Protéa Camera Director of Photography 59
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1913 Balaoo the Demon Baboon Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1911 Zigomar the Eelskin Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew

1940 Charter Pilot Crew Cinematography 59
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1933 Before Dawn Crew Cinematography 59
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1932 Westward Passage Crew Cinematography 59
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1931 The Spy Crew Cinematography N/A
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1928 The River Pirate Crew Cinematography N/A
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1924 The Dangerous Flirt Crew Cinematography N/A
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1921 The Primal Law Crew Cinematography N/A
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1917 On Dangerous Ground Crew Cinematography 59
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1912 Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 2: Le saboteur Crew Cinematography N/A
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1912 Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 3: Le testament Crew Cinematography N/A
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