Pierre-William Glenn
Pierre-William Glenn (31 October 1943 – 24 September 2024) was a French cinematographer and film director. He contributed to more than seventy films from 1968 to 2024, including Day for Night and Street of No Return. Glenn died on 24 September 2024, at the age of 80.
Pierre-William Glenn
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- Name
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Born
- 31 October 1943
- Birthplace
- Paris, German-occupied France
- Died
- 24 September 2024
- Occupation
- Cinematographer
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- filmmaking · film · film direction
- Education
- Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Officer of the National Order of Merit · Knight of the National Order of Merit · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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At age 21, he enrolled at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).
Pierre-William Glenn studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is filmmaking, film and film direction. Positions recorded include president. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Pierre-William Glenn • Born — 31 October 1943 • Birthplace — Paris, German-occupied France • Died — 24 September 2024 • Occupation — Cinematographer • Years Active — 1968–2024
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Pierre-William Glenn was a cinematographer, director and screenwriter, born on 31 October 1943 in Paris and died on 24 September 2024 in Paris. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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1943
Pierre-William Glenn born at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
2024
Pierre-William Glenn died at Nogent-sur-Marne.
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6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Nogent-sur-Marne.
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- 1.LesGensducinema.com, source : l'extrait de naissance 6/1753/1943.
- 2.Pierre-William Glenn, AFC, nous a quittés. Afcinema. 2024-10-01.
- 3.Jean Tulard, Dictionnaire du cinéma, Tome 2
- 4.Pierre-William Glenn - Cinémathèque française. cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr.
- 5.Afcinema. Notre travail à La fémis – Afcinema. 20-09-2020.
- 6.Nomination et renouvellement à la tête de La Fémis. Afcinema. 2019-08-14.
- 7.CV sur le site de l'AFC
- 8.Les Silences de Johnny. Festival de Cannes 2019.
- 9.État civil sur le fichier des personnes décédées en France depuis 1970
- 10.Disparition de Pierre-William Glenn. Le Film Français.
- 11.Les Silences de Johnny, 2019.
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