Gabriel Veyre
Gabriel Veyre | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gabriel Antoine Veyre |
| Occupation(s) | Filmaker, photographer |
| Years active | 1896 - 1936 |
Gabriel Veyre was an early film director and photographer born in France, but mainly known for his work in México, Indochina and Morocco.
Biography
Veyre graduated from Lyon University. In 1896, he traveled along with Claude Ferdinand Von Bernard to Latin America, in order of show the early films made by the Lumiere Brothers and to exploit the Cinematograph.
Between 1896 and 1897 he directed and produced 35 films, with Von Bernard as the camera operator, in México. Many of those films feature Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in daily activities.
After leaving México, he continued touring Canada, Japan, China and Indochina. His films and autochromes were presented in Paris in 1900's Exposition Universelle.
He continued his work in Morocco where he lived until his death in 1936.
Some of his work is preserved at the Cinémathèque Française.
Bibliography
- Philippe Jacquier et Marion Pranal, Gabriel Veyre, opérateur Lumière - Autour du monde avec le Cinématographe -Correspondance (1896-1900), éd. Institut Lumière / Actes Sud, 1996, 289p.
- Farid Abdelouahab, Philippe Jacquier et Marion Pranal, Le Maroc de Gabriel Veyre : 1901-1936, Kubik Editions, 2005, 191p. ISBN 978-2350830186
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