Name
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1908-08-22
Deathday
2004-08-03 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
Biography
Henri Cartier-Bresson (22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment.
Known For
7.5
The Marquis de la Chesnaye and his wife host a weekend gala where a variety of complicated...
6.2
Heinz Bütler interviews Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) late in life. Cartier-Bresson p...
7.3
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in lov...
6.4
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the prol...
4.8
This advocacy documentary about the Lincoln Brigade was shot during the Spanish Civil War ...
- 1991 Lest We Forget as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
- 2001 Just Plain Love as himself
- 1939 The Rules of the Game as Le domestique anglais (uncredited)
- 1993 Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II as Self (voice)
- 2003 Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye as Self
- 1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur as Self
- 1973 The Decisive Moment as Himself
- Soon Henri Cartier-Bresson? : Point d'interrogation as Himself
- 1946 A Day in the Country as Seminarian (uncredited)
- 2007 Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge as self
- 1963 Stop Laughing, This Is England as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson
- 1962 Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Adventure as Self
