Henri Alekan

Henri Alekan (10 February 1909 Paris, France – 15 June 2001) was a French cinematographer. From the 1930s he was involved in many classics of French cinema. His philosophy was one of ‘light and shadows’, which he practised impressively in movies like La Belle et la Bête (1946), La Bataille du rail (1946) and Der Himmel über Berlin (1987). In his long career, Alekan adapted his style to the script and the director he was working with. Alekan died from leukemia on June 15, 2001 in Auxerre, Bourgogne, France, aged 92. —wikipedia