About
Lucien N. Andriot
Overview
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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.
Known for
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1912 | Zigomar vs. Nick Carter | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Camera |
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1958 | Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1951 | Home Town Story | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1950 | One Hour in Wonderland | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1950 | Johnny One-Eye | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1950 | Borderline | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1949 | Outpost in Morocco | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1947 | Intrigue | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1947 | Dishonored Lady | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1947 | New Orleans | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1946 | The Strange Woman | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1945 | And Then There Were None | Camera | Director of Photography | 63 Fair |
1945 | The Southerner | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1944 | The Hairy Ape | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1944 | The Fighting Sullivans | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1943 | Paris After Dark | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1943 | Jitterbugs | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1943 | They Came to Blow Up America | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1942 | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1942 | On the Sunny Side | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1942 | Over My Dead Body | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1941 | Ride on Vaquero | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1941 | Golden Hoofs | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1940 | The Lady in Question | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1940 | Earthbound | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1940 | High School | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1940 | City of Chance | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1939 | The Arizona Wildcat | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1938 | I'll Give a Million | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1938 | International Settlement | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1937 | You Can't Have Everything | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1937 | The Lady Escapes | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1937 | Café Metropole | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1937 | On the Avenue | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1936 | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1936 | The Gay Desperado | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1935 | His Family Tree | Camera | Camera Operator | 58 Average |
1935 | The Return Of Peter Grimm | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1935 | Hooray for Love | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1935 | Chasing Yesterday | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1935 | Captain Hurricane | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1934 | Anne of Green Gables | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1934 | Straight Is the Way | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1934 | The Crime Doctor | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1934 | Two Alone | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1933 | The Right To Romance | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1933 | Penthouse | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1933 | Topaze | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1933 | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1932 | Bird of Paradise | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1929 | Christina | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1929 | The Valiant | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1928 | Let 'Er Go Gallegher | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1928 | A Ship Comes In | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1927 | Almost Human | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1927 | The Main Event | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1927 | The Loves of Carmen | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1927 | White Gold | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1926 | The Cruise of the Jasper B | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1926 | Gigolo | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1924 | Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1923 | Daytime Wives | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1922 | Monte Cristo | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1922 | A Fool There Was | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1921 | Shame | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1921 | That Girl Montana | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1919 | The Right To Lie | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1917 | The Silent Master | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1917 | The Whip | Camera | Camera Operator | 58 Average |
1917 | The Poor Little Rich Girl | Camera | Director of Photography | 58 Average |
1917 | The Pride of the Clan | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1913 | What the Gods Decree | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1913 | Protéa | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
1913 | Balaoo the Demon Baboon | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
1911 | Zigomar the Eelskin | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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1940 | Charter Pilot | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
1933 | Before Dawn | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
1932 | Westward Passage | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
1931 | The Spy | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
1928 | The River Pirate | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
1924 | The Dangerous Flirt | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
1921 | The Primal Law | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
1917 | On Dangerous Ground | Crew | Cinematography | 59 Average |
1912 | Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 2: Le saboteur | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |
1912 | Les batailles de la vie - Épisode 3: Le testament | Crew | Cinematography | N/A N/A |