Curt Courant

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Curt Courant
Fritz Lang with cameraman Curt Courant (middle) on film Frau im Mond (1929)
Born11 May 1899
Died20 April 1968(1968-04-20) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1917–1962

Curt Courant (11 May 1899 – 20 April 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on over a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Courant worked in several European countries, collaborating with figures such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang. As he was of Jewish ancestry, Courant was forced to leave Germany in 1933 and go into exile following the Nazi takeover of power. Courant worked at several of the leading British studios during the mid-1930s. He was the uncle of Willy Kurant who also became a cinematographer.

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Bibliography[edit]

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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