Claude Renoir

Biography

Claude Renoir was a French cinematographer born in Paris on December 4, 1913. He was apprenticed to Boris Kaufman and worked on notable films such as Jean Renoir's The River, Cleopatra, and the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Renoir's career spanned the 1950s to the late 1970s, with his work contributing to the acceptance of color in cinema. He passed away on September 5, 1993, at age 79.