1. Jacques Natteau was a French director of photography.
10 Facts About Jacques Natteau
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Jacques Natteau's father, Edouard Chiuminatto, was a captain in the French Army who had fought in World War I and was wounded multiple times in the battles of the Somme, Chemin des Dames, and Verdun.
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When Jacques Natteau was three years old, Kemal Ataturk came to power and ended the Allied occupation of Turkey.
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The family settled in Paris and the young Jacques Natteau won admittance to Paris's prestigious Lycee Henri IV where he graduated in 1938 earning his Baccalaureat.
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Jacques Natteau later remembered that, on 4 February 1934, he literally ran for his life as violent riots broke out in Paris prior to the collapse of the French government.
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Jacques Natteau's exploits earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross and the French Legion of Honor.
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Jacques Natteau served as cinematographer for such French directors including Jean Renoir, Claude Autant-Lara, Marc Allegret, Marcel Carne and Jules Dassin.
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Jacques Natteau was married twice, first in 1942 to Genevieve Langevin, with whom he had a daughter, Catherine; the couple divorced in 1953.
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Jacques Natteau had two children: Catherine with Genevieve and Nicholas Natteau, a director and producer, with Yvonne.
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Jacques Natteau died of pneumonia while traveling in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 17 April 2007.