Ghislain Cloquet
Camera
- Born
- April 18, 1924 · Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium
- Died
- November 2, 1981 (age 57)
Ghislain Cloquet (18 April 1924 – 2 November 1981) was a Belgian-born French cinematographer. Cloquet was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1924. He went to Paris to study and became a French citizen in 1940.
Cloquet is known for his work with Robert Bresson, though he also collaborated with Claude Sautet, Jacques Demy, André Delvaux, Chris Marker, and Marguerite Duras. He shot Jacques Becker's last film, Le Trou, and then worked several times with Becker's son Jean, who was also Cloquet's brother-in-law. He also worked with several non-French directors, including Woody Allen (Love and Death), Arthur Penn (Four Friends) and, most notably, Roman Polanski, winning an Oscar (on his first nomination) for his work on Polanski's Tess, which he completed after the death of Geoffrey Unsworth.
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Cloquet married into the Becker filmmaking family (which included directors Jacques and Jean, cinematographer Étienne, and actress Françoise Fabian), when he wed Jacques Becker's daughter Sophie, then a script girl.
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Known for
Behind the camera53
- 1983Sans Soleil Additional Photography
- 1981Four Friends Director of Photography
- 1980I Sent a Letter to My Love Director of Photography
- 1979Tess Director of Photography
- 1978The Secret Life of Plants Director of Photography
- 1976Monsieur Albert Director of Photography
- 1976La Décharge Director of Photography
- 1975Love and Death Director of Photography
- 1975The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan Director of Photography
- 1974











