Willy Kurant
Willy Kurant (* February 15, 1934 in Liege, Belgium) is a Belgian cameraman.
Life
Willy Kurant is the nephew of German cameraman Curt Courant ( 1899-1968 ). During the Second World War, he was still living in his native city of Liège and was forced to move with his sister in the country. Then he lived until he was 17 in an orphanage. Despite his father, he then wanted to study photography rather than to be a cameraman. But when he worked in a film lab and in the evening attended a small film school, he opted for the camera being. His film career began when he in 1954 in the Belgian Congo made a documentary. Then he turned ten commercials for the French Ministry Ministère des Outre- mer. Thanks to a grant from the Pinewood Studios, Kurant in 1957 was allowed to work as an assistant for cinematographers as Geoffrey Unsworth, Harry Waxman and Jack Hildyard. In 1962, he moved to France to intensify his study cinematography.
Rotated with the two for Agnes Varda and Jean -Luc Godard 's creatures and Masculin - Feminin or: The Children of Marx and Coca -Cola debuted Kurant in 1966 as a cameraman for Langspielme. Kurant able to establish itself in the coming years as a cameraman and turned national and international productions, including cannabis - Angel of violence, China Moon and Milo - The Earth must wait. For The Sun of Satan Kurant in 1988 nominated for Best Cinematography for the French César film award.
Kurant is members of the American Society of Cinematographers and the French counterparts of the Association française de la photographie directeurs cinématographique.