Edmond Séchan


Edmond Séchan was a French cinematographer and film director.

Biography

Passionate about image, Séchan earned a reputation as an excellent director of photography and is credited in several notable films such as L'Homme de Rio, Tendre Voyou, La Carapate and La Boum. He worked with great directors, but most notably with Louis Malle and Jacques-Yves Cousteau on Le Monde du silence. Attracted to directing, Séchan made two feature films in the 1960s, which were not successful. On the other hand, his short films earned him a harvest of prestigious prizes: Le Haricot, and Toine. Most especially, he belongs to the small French circle to have won Oscars in Hollywood, in 1960 with Histoire d'un poisson rouge, produced by Cousteau, in the category Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, and in 1975 with Les borgnes sont rois, in collaboration with Michel Leroy, produced by Paul Claudon.
Edmond Séchan is the uncle of French singer Renaud. Renaud and his brother make an appearance in the Red Balloon, a movie in which Séchan worked as director of photography.

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