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René Gaveau

French cinematographer (1900–1972)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
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René Gaveau (1900–1972) was a French cinematographer and film director. Born on September 2, 1900 in Saint-Mandé (France), and died on February 8, 1972 in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. He was also a film producer and screenwriter.

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This entry incorporates text from “René Gaveau” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.