Apprenticed under noted cinematographers Christian Matras and Boris Kaufman and shot
or co-shot several films directed by his uncle, Jean Renoir. Renoir did the
photography for one of his uncle's cinematic apogees, _Une partie de campagne (1936)_ and was
the camera operator for the tragic, ebullient master text Die große Illusion (1937). As a
cinematographer, Claude Renoir was responsible for the luminous color
work of Der Strom (1951), _Carrosse d'or, Le (1952)_ and Weiße Margeriten (1956). He also generated the stark
black-and-white compositions of Maurice Cloche's Monsieur Vincent (1947) and the psychedelic
60s colors of Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968). Renoir lensed a stunning array of
films, including Das Wunder Picasso (1956), Cleopatra (1963) and Bertrand Blier's Calmos (1976). After his
final DP credit, Der Spion, der mich liebte (1977), Renoir worked as a cameraman on three films
as he, sadly, lost his sight. Son of character actor Pierre Renoir.
