Georges Benoît, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Benoît

1883-1942 French cinematographer

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1883

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: actor, cinematographer, film director

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Georges Benoît (27 November 1883 – 1942) was a French cinematographer who worked on more than sixty films during his career.
During the silent era, he was employed mostly in Hollywood.
Later he worked in his native France on films such as Jacques Tourneur's Departure (1931).
Between 1929 and 1934 he appeared in approximately ten films as an actor. Benoît also worked in Argentina where he directed the 1919 film Juan Sin Ropa and was cinematographer for the historical epic The Charge of the Gauchos (1928).