Director

Jacques-André Boiffard

Camera

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 3571773

Known for: Camera

Born: July 29, 1902

Died: July 22, 1961

Age: 58

Place of birth: Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1929 - 2024

Years active: 96

Average TMDB rating: 6.57

Also known as

J.A. Boiffard

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Director (1)Director of Photography (1)

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Biography

Jacques-André Boiffard, also known as J.A. Boiffard, initially studied at medical school in Paris until devoting himself to the Surrealist art scene led by André Breton. In 1924, he began working under Man Ray as an apprentice, training as a photographer and often operating cameras on Ray's experimental short films. Boiffard eventually split from the Breton movement and struck out on his own with limited success. Following his father's death, he returned to school, merging his photographic skills with his medical training to become a radiologist from 1940 to 1959, later dying at age 58.

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