Born: 18 April 1924, Antwerp, Belgium, as Ghislain Pierre Cloquet.

Died: 2 November 1981, Montainville, France.

Education: In Brussels until 1940, then in Paris. Studied film at l'École Nationale de Photographie et de Cinématographie de la rue de Vaugirard [1943-44 & 1945-46] and the IDHEC [1946-47].

Career: Became French citizen in 1940. Entered industry in 1947 as 2nd c.asst. Became 1st c.asst, later c.op working with doph Edmond Séchan, Louis Page, Roger Arrignon, a.o. Was in charge of cinematography courses at the IDHEC [1954-62]. Founded - with Raymond Ravar, Antoine Bonfanti & André Delvaux - the INSAS, the French-speaking Belgian film academy. Worked there for 2 months every year from 1962-74. Since 1974, director of studies at the IDHEC. Was under contract to French ORTF-tv [1963-64].

Ph commercials. Was member of the AFC & ASC. Was married to script girl Sophie Becker, daughter of dir Jacques Becker. His son Arthur [1954-] is a c.op and doph.

Awards: 'Oscar' AA [1980; shared], 'César' Award [1980], LAFCA Award [1980; shared], NYFCC Award [1980; shared], BSC Award nom [1981; shared]  & BAFTA Film Award [1982; shared] for 'Tess'.

'In the 70's movie photography generally has reached such superb standards that only the very best cameramen stand out from the crowd. Cloquet is one of these. Like all great cameramen, his genius lies in his ability to embody the director's vision in the textures and tones of his images. From a career crowded with outstanding achievements, in both colour and monochrome, mention should be given to (colour) the leisurely and graceful camera movements and incandescent lighting of 'Les demoiselles de Rochefort' and 'Peau d'âne', and (monochrome) the restless, bravura camerawork and masterly chiaroscuro of 'Mickey One'. To my mind, however, Cloquet surpasses even his own high standards in each of his films for André Delvaux. In these mysterious and hermetic works Cloquet often achieves, with photography of breathtaking beauty and delicacy, textures that are almost painterly, as in the shot (in 'Rendez-vous à Bray') of Anna Karina looking out of a window whilst holding a mixing bowl, a composition of which Vermeer would have been proud.' [David Badder in 'Film Dope', #7, April 1975.]

1956        Brahim (ou le collier de beignets) [Jean Flechet] b&w

1956        Me and the Colonel [Peter Glenville] b&w; 2uc; ph: Burnett Guffey

1957        Un amour de poche/Girl in His Pocket [Pierre Kast] c

1958        Les naufrageurs [Charles Brabant] ds/b&w

1958        Le bel âge/Love Is When You Make It! [Pierre Kast] b&w; cph: Sacha Vierny

1959        Le trou/The Night Watch [Jacques Becker] b&w

1959        Classe tous risques/The Big Risk [Claude Sautet] b&w

1960        Les honneurs de la guerre/The Honors of War [Jean Dewever] b&w; cph: Georges Lévy

1961        La belle Américaine/The American Beauty [Robert Dhéry] b&w-c

1961        Un nommé La Rocca/A Man Named Rocca [Jean Becker] b&w

1961        Carillons sans joie [Charles Brabant] ds/b&w

1963        Le feu follet/The Fire Within/A Time to Live and a Time to Die [Louis Malle] b&w

1964        Mickey One [Arthur Penn] b&w

1964        L'arme à gauche/The Dictator's Gun [Claude Sautet] b&w; cph: Walter Wottitz

1965        Pas de caviar pour tante Olga [Jean Becker] b&w

1965        De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen/L'homme au crâne rasé/The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short [André

                    Delvaux] b&w

1965        au hasard balthazar [Robert Bresson] b&w

1966        Les demoiselles de Rochefort/The Young Girls of Rochefort [Jacques Demy] fs/c; restored by Agnès Varda in 1996

1966        Mouchette [Robert Bresson] b&w

1967        Un soir... un train/One Night... a Train/De trein der traagheid [André Delvaux] c

1967        Benjamin [ou les mémoires d'un puceau]/The Diary of an Innocent Boy [Michel Deville] c

1968        Mazel tov ou le mariage/Marry Me! Marry Me! [Claude Berri] c

1968        Une femme douce/A Gentle Creature [Robert Bresson] c

1969        La maison des Bories [Jacques Doniol-Valcroze] c

1970        La ville-bidon/La décharge [Jacques Baratier] c

1970        Peau d'âne/Donkey Skin/Once Upon a Time [Jacques Demy] c

1970        Quatre nuits d'un rêveur/Four Nights of a Dreamer [Robert Bresson] c; gangster seq ph; ph: Pierre Lhomme

1971        Rendez-vous à Bray/Appointment in Bray [André Delvaux] c; cph: Michel Baudour & Charlie Van Damme

1971        Pouce!/Thumbs Up [Pierre Badel] c

1971        Faustine et le bel été [Nina Companéez] c

1972        Les fous du stade/Stadium Nuts [Claude Zidi] c

1972        Nathalie Granger [Marguerite Duras] b&w

1972        Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse/Expulsion of the Devil [Juan Luis Buñuel] c

1972        La femme du Gange/Woman of the Ganges [Marguerite Duras] c; ph: Jean Mascolo & Bruno Nuytten (G. Cloquet did

                    not collaborate on this film)

1973        Belle [André Delvaux] c; cph: Charlie Van Damme

1973        L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise/The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot

                    [Nina Companéez] c

1973        Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline/Eulalie quitte les champs [Jérôme Savary] c; cph: William Lubtchansky

1973        Dites-le avec des fleurs [Pierre Grimblat] scope/c

1974        Love and Death [Woody Allen] c

1975        Monsieur Albert [Jacques Renard] c

1978        Tess [Roman Polanski] p/c; cph: Geoffrey Unsworth; finished film after the death of G. Unsworth; for more information

                    click here.

1979        Chère inconnue/I Sent a Letter to My Love [Moshe Mizrahi] c

1980        Four Friends/Georgia's Friends/Georgia [Arthur Penn] c

1950        Une ligne sans incident [Marc Magnin] ?

1951        Curare et curarisants de synthèse [Jacques Lemoigne & Pierre Huguénard] ?; cph: Maurice Blettery

1952        Les statues meurent aussi/Statues Also Die [Alain Resnais & Chris Marker] b&w; doc/30m; first screened in 1953 -

                    released in cut version in 1961 - complete film shown in 1968

1952        Soldats d'eau douce [Jean Leduc] ?; short/?m

1952        Saint-Tropez, devoir de vacances [Paul Paviot] b&w; doc/23m

1952        Aux frontières de l'homme [Nicole Védrès & Jean Rostand] ?; doc/?m; cph: N. Védrès

1953        Lumière et l'invention du Cinématographe/Louis Lumière [Paul Paviot] b&w; doc/33m

1953        La belle journée [Marcel Gibaud] ?

1953        Statues d'épouvante/Le cubisme/L'école de Paris [Robert Hessens] 16mm/b&w; doc/24m

1954        Pantomimes [Paul Paviot] c; short/20m

1954        Conte à dormir debout [Jean-Charles Lagneau] ?; short/?m

1954        Deux bobines et un fil [François Villiers] ?

1954        Neiges [Jean-Jacques Languépin] c; short/20m; cph: André Dumaître, Georges Strouvé & Sacha Vierny

1955        Nuit et brouillard/Night and Fog [Alain Resnais] 16mm-35bu/b&w-c; doc/32m

1956        Le ciel est par-dessus le toit/Le roman d'un constructeur/Ma famille et mon toit [Jean-Pierre Decourt] 16mm/

                    b&w; short/26m

1956        Toute la mémoire du monde [Alain Resnais] b&w; doc/21m

1957        Le mystère de l'atelier quinze [Alain Resnais & André Heinrich] b&w; short/18m; cph: Sacha Vierny

1958        Chopin [Jean Mitry & Theodora Olembert] b&w; mus doc/22m; ph scenes dir by T. Olembert; other ph: Sammy Brill &

                    Henry Hall

1959        La caravane passe [Jean-Pierre Decourt] c; doc/9m

1960        Description d'un combat/Description of a Struggle [Chris Marker] c; doc/60m

1961        Vive le Tour! [Louis Malle] c; doc/18m; cph: L. Malle & Jacques Ertaud

1961        Touiste encore [Louis Malle] c; doc/11m; edited from 'Vive le Tour!' footage

1962        Le poulet/The Chicken [Claude Berri] b&w; short/22m

1964        Le pain et le vin [Serge Witta] ; short/14m

1967        Loin du Vietnam/Far from Vietnam [Alain Resnais, William Klein, Joris Ivens, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch & Jean-Luc

                    Godard; Chris Marker (superv)] 16mm+35mm-to-35mm/b&w-c; doc/120m; 11 seg + intro & epilogue; ph seg dir by

                    Agnès Varda (cut from film before release); other ph: Jean Boffety, Willy Kurant, Alain Levent, Bernard Zitzermann,

                    Denys Clerval & Kieu Tham

1970        Travailler en usine [Jean-Pierre Chartier] c; doc/500mtr

1970        C'était un jour comme les autres [Jean-Pierre Chartier] ?; doc/?m

1978        The Secret Life of Plants [Walon Green] p/c; doc/98m; cph: Bob Bailin, David Myers, Daniel Pearl, Robert Primes, a.o.;

                    natural history ph: Ken Middleham

1960        L'exécution [Maurice Cazeneuve] tvm

1963        Le cinéma polonais [André Delvaux] 9-part doc series/b&w/16mm

1963        Un panier de chat [J. Villa] ?

1963        La belle marinière [Jean-Pierre Marchand] tvm

1964        La chambre [Michel Mitrani] tvm

1968        Le danseur [Maurice Béjart] doc/50m

1969        Charles Aznavour [Jean-Christophe Averty] ep series 'Music Hall de France'

1974        Histoires insolites [ep 'Une dernière fois Catherine' dir by Pierre Grimblat] 11-part series; other ph: Jacques Loiseleux,

                    Jean Rabier & Claude Robin

1977        Madame le juge [ep #2 'Monsieur Bais' dir by Claude Barma] 6-part series; other ph: Alain Levent, Jean Rabier, a.o.

1977        Claudine à Paris [Edouard Molinaro] tvm

1947        Blanc comme neige [André Berthomieu] 2nd c.asst; ph: Fred Langenfeld

1948        Cent ans de mission [Jean-Jacques Méhu; short] 2nd c.asst; ph: Edmond Séchan

1948        Mademoiselle de la Ferte [Roger Dallier & Georges Lacombe (superv)] 2nd c.asst; ph: ?

1948        L'évangile de la pierre [André Bureau; doc] c.asst; ph: Edmond Séchan & André Villard

1949        Retour à la vie [seg #5 'Le retour de Jean' dir by Henri-Georges Clouzot] 2nd c.asst; ph: Louis Page

1949        La perspective/Le dessin de perspective [Georges Régnier; short] 1st c.asst; ph: ?; also part of 'Le dessin' (1952)

1949        La profession de géomètre expert [Marcel Gibaud; short] 1st c.asst; ph: ?

1949        Moissons d'aujourd'hui/Chevaux d'acier [Jacques Dupont; short] 1st c.asst; ph: Edmond Séchan

1949        Pétrole de la Gironde [Jacques Lemoigne; doc] c.op; ph: ?

1949        Un certain monsieur [Yves Ciampi] 2nd c.asst; ph: Roger Arrignon

1950        Georges Braque [André Bureau; doc] 1st c.asst; ph: André Villard

1950        L'espoir au village [Serge de Boissac; short] 1st c.asst; ph: ?

1950        Hommes des oasis [Georges Régnier; short] 1st c.asst; ph: Roger Arrignon

1950        Les musiciens de la mine [Jean-Jacques Méhu; short] c.op; ph: ?

1950        Avalanche [Raymond Segard] 1st c.asst; ph: Roger Arrignon

1951        La petite diligence [Georges Croses; short] c.op; ph: ?

1951        Labor Goes to School [Georges Croses; short] 1st c.asst; ph: ?

1951        The Green Glove/The Gauntlet/The White Road [Rudolph Maté] 1st c.asst; ph: Claude Renoir

1952        Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer/Dr. Schweitzer [André Haguet] 1st c.asst; ph: Lucien Joulin

1953        La classe de mathématiques [Daniel Lecomte; short] c.op; ph: ?

1953        La classe de lettres [Daniel Lecomte; short] c.op; ph: ?

1953        La classe d'histoire [Daniel Lecomte; short] c.op; ph: ?

1953        L'homme à l'oeillet blanc [Jacques Séverac; short] c.op; ph: ?

1953        Le grand pavois/The Big Flag [Jacques Pinoteau] 1st c.asst; ph: Roger Arrignon

1954        Napoléon [Sacha Guitry] 1st c.asst 2u; 2uc: Roger Dormoy; ph: Pierre Montazel

1955        Les possédées/Passionate Summer [Charles Brabant] c.op; ph: Edmond Séchan

1956        Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin [Jacques Becker] c.op; ph: Edmond Séchan

1957        Le piège/No Escape [Charles Brabant] c.op; ph: Edmond Séchan

1982        Sans soleil/Sunless [Chris Marker; doc] co-friend/adviser (Paris); ph: Chris Marker, Jean-Michel Humeau, a.o.