Biography
Constant Girel was the son of a pharmacist and studied the subject at Lyon, at which time his brother-in-law was employed at the Lumière factory. He was taken on as a Lumière operator some time in 1896, filming for them in Germany in September of that year, when he made contact with Ludwig Stollwerck and filmed Tsar Nikolas II's inspection of the German army at Breslau. It was the Stollwerk connection that no doubt led him to Switzerland, where he worked for another Lumière representative, Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, before filming the Tsar again towards the end of the year at Cherbourg and Chalons. On 6 December he left for Japan, arriving at Kobe on 9 January 1897, where he met up with the Lumière representative for Japan, Inabata Katsutaro. The pair then inaugurated the cinema in Japan with a program at Osaka's Nanchi Theatre on 15 February 1897. Girel's competence as a cameraman has been questioned, but he filmed a wide number of Japanese scenes, many of which ended up in the Lumière catalog. He returned to France after a year, being replaced by Gabriel Veyre, approached Pathé Frères but failed to find further work in film, and returned to pharmacy.
Filmography
all 37
Movies 37
Director 34
Japanese Actors: Wig Exercise (1900)
Un pont à Kyoto (1898)
Procession shintoïste (1898)
Lutteurs japonais (1898)
Danseuses japonaises : la danse des ombrelles (1898)
Danseuses japonaises : la danse des éventails (1898)
Japanese Sword Fencing (1897)
Les Aïnos à Yeso, [II] (1897)
Les Aïnos à Yeso, [I] (1897)
Procession, I (1897)
Coolies à Saïgon (1897)
Une scène au théâtre japonais (1897)
Acteurs japonais : danse d’homme (1897)
Chutes du Rhin vues de près (1897)
Bersagliers (1897)
Une rue à Tokyo (1897)
Acteurs japonais : bataille au sabre (1897)
Repas en famille (1897)
Arrivée d’un train à Nagoya (1897)
Yokohama : déchargement dans un port (1897)
Dîner japonais (1897)
Sortie d’un temple shintoïste (1897)
Roi et Reine d'Italie (1896)
Cherbourg : débarquement des souverains russes (1896)
Cherbourg : entrée des souverains russes et du président de la République sous le hall (1896)
Chutes du Rhin vues de loin (1896)
Défilé du 8e bataillon (1896)
Woodcutters (1896)
Panorama pris d'un bateau (1896)
Pont de bateaux (1896)
Danse Tyrolienne (1896)
Pont sur le Rhin (1896)
Görlitz : revue devant Guillaume II et Nicolas II (1896)
III. Défilé de hussards devant Guillaume II (1896)
Guillaume II et Nicolas II à cheval (1896)
II. Inauguration (1896)
I. Avant l'inauguration. Arrivée des souverains (1896)
Ratings
Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1873-01-01
Deathday1952-01-01 (78 years old)
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsFrançois-Constant Girel
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- Constant Girel
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons