
Georges Specht
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-07-04
Day of Death
1971-12-09 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Bourges, France
Georges Specht
Biography
Georges Specht, born Georges Auguste Bonjour on July 4, 1883 in Bourges (Cher) and died on December 9, 1971 in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis), was a French director of photography.
Natural son of Annette Bonjour, he was recognized a few years later by his father, Jean Georges Specht, who then passed on his surname to him. Passionate about photography and who came to Paris in 1905, Georges Specht started there as a professional photographer, before joining the Gaumont company the following year (1906). There he became Léonce Perret's official cinematographer, thus contributing to a large number of films - mainly short films - directed (and often acted) by the latter, released between 1910 and 1917, including Molière (1910) and Le Roi de la mountain (1916).
Other directors with whom he collaborated include Jacques Feyder (L'Atlantide in 1921), Marcel L'Herbier (three films, including L'Inhumane in 1924) and Abel Gance (the short film Help! in 1924) who plays Young Molière in the aforementioned eponymous film from 1910.
His last fiction film was La Brière (1925). The director is Léon Poirier, whom he follows on the automotive expeditions of the black cruise (1924-1925) then the yellow cruise (1931-1932). This resulted in two documentaries also produced by Poirier, of which he was director of photography, La Croisière noire (1926) and La Croisière jaune (production started by André Sauvage, 1934), his last contribution as chief operator.
Twenty years later, Georges Specht returned to documentaries for a third time as a cameraman for the short film Les Deux Visages du Sahara by Jean Lehérissey, released in 1954.
Crew
(1934)
The Yellow Cruise
Cinematography
(1926)
La croisière noire
Director of Photography
(1924)
Au secours !
Director of Photography
(1924)
The Gallery of Monsters
Director of Photography
(1924)
L'Inhumaine
Director of Photography
(1921)
El Dorado
Director of Photography
(1921)
L'Atlantide
Director of Photography
(1921)
Ninety-Three
Director of Photography
(1919)
Sa gosse
Director of Photography
(1916)
Dernier amour
Director of Photography
(1916)
Marraines de France
Director of Photography
(1916)
L'Angelus de la victoire
Director of Photography
(1915)
A Page of Glory
Director of Photography
(1915)
L'X Noir
Director of Photography
(1914)
The Redemption of the Past
Director of Photography
(1913)
Léonce: Cinematographer
Director of Photography
(1913)
Le homard
Cinematography
(1913)
Léonce en ménage
Camera Operator
(1913)
Léonce pot-au-feu
Cinematography
(1912)
The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador
Director of Photography
(1912)
La conquête d'Aurélia
Cinematography
(1912)
Sur les rails
Director of Photography
(1911)
Fire at the Mine
Director of Photography
(1910)
The Guardian of Camargue
Director of Photography