Henri Cartier-Bresson

★ Directing #12,313

1908 - 2004 (age 95) • Directing

Born: 8/22/1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France

Died: 8/3/2004 (age 95)

Known for: Directing

Henri Cartier-Bresson

★ Directing #12,313

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

The Rules of the Game

75%

First Assistant Director

1939

A Day in the Country

73%

Second Assistant Director

1946

Life Is Ours

64%

Director

1936

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

62%

Self

2003

With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain

48%

Director

1937

Omnibus

72%

Self

1967

Reunion

68%

Director

1946

Return to Life

58%

Director

1937

Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson

80%

2012

Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge

50%

self

2007

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye

62%

Self

2003

Just Plain Love

67%

himself

2001

Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II

85%

Self (voice)

1993

Lest We Forget

70%

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")

1991

The Decisive Moment

63%

Himself

1973

The Decisive Moment

63%

Writer

1973

Southern Exposures

Director

1971

Southern Exposures

Cinematography

1971

Henri Cartier-Bresson? : Point d'interrogation

Himself

California Impressions

Director

1970

California Impressions

Director of Photography

1970

Omnibus

72%

Self

1967

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur

83%

Self

1967

Stop Laughing, This Is England

Narrator (voice)

1963

Stop Laughing, This Is England

Director

1963

A Day in the Country

73%

Seminarian (uncredited)

1946

A Day in the Country

73%

Second Assistant Director

1946

Reunion

68%

Director

1946

The Rules of the Game

75%

Le domestique anglais (uncredited)

1939

The Rules of the Game

75%

First Assistant Director

1939

L'Espagne vivra

70%

Director

1939

Return to Life

58%

Director

1937

With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain

48%

Director

1937

Life Is Ours

64%

Director

1936