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Georges Périnal

Georges Périnal

Cinematographer · Died April 23, 1965, aged 68 · Paris, France

Georges Périnal was born in 1897 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). He died on April 23, 1965 in London, England, UK.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1897
Died
April 23, 1965 (aged 68)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
24 on Motif · 67 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 40% in 30 days

What are Georges Périnal's films like?

Across their 24 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 67th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
33%
Bonds
23%
Power
14%
Society
12%
Self
11%
Ideas
6%
Deception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 9 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 17 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
7
Romantic
4
Absurd
4
Other
22

How their films linger

Bittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Georges Périnal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 24 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Georges Périnal's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

67 credits, 24 with a Motif page.

  • The Day They Robbed the Bank of England(1960)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Oscar Wilde(1960)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Once More, with Feeling! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • Serious Charge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Honeymoon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Tom Thumb(1958)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bonjour Tristesse(1958)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A King in New York(1957)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Saint Joan(1957)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Loser Takes All (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Satellite in the Sky(1956)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • La herida luminosa (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Three Cases of Murder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • The Man Who Loved Redheads (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover(1955)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The House in the Square (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1951)

    Cinematographer

  • No Highway in the Sky(1951)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Mudlark (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • My Daughter Joy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • El señorito Octavio (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • That Dangerous Age (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • The Forbidden Street (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fallen Idol(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • An Ideal Husband (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • A Man About the House (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Vacation from Marriage(1945)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Spitfire(1942)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Our Film (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • Suicide Squadron(1941)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Old Bill and Son (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • The Thief of Bagdad(1940)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Four Feathers(1939)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Prison Without Bars (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • The Challenge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • The Drum (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • Murder on Diamond Row(1937)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Dark Journey(1937)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Under the Red Robe (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Rembrandt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Things to Come(1936)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Escape Me Never (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1935)

    Cinematographer

  • Sanders of the River(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Rise of Catherine the Great(1934)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Private Life of Don Juan(1934)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Girl from Maxim's (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Private Life of Henry VIII(1933)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • La Dame de chez Maxim's (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • July 14 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Picador (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • Dainah the Mixed (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • The Chocolate Girl (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • The Blood of a Poet (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1932)

    Cinematographer

  • À nous la liberté(1931)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Scent of the Woman in Black (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • David Golder (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Le Million (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • My Friend Victor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Under the Roofs of Paris (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1930)

    Cinematographer

  • The Lighthouse Keepers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • The New Gentlemen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • "La Zône" au pays des chiffonniers (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1929)

    Cinematographer

  • La Tour (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1928)

    Cinematographer

  • Six and a Half by Eleven (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • Un tour au large (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • La Justicière (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

  • Chartres (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1923)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 66 titles from 1923 to 1960.

Biggest box office

Saint Joan (1957)

$400K worldwide

Highest rated

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography66 of 66: 66 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1920s8 · crew1930s27 · crew1940s12 · crew1950s16 · crew1960s3 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Georges Périnal's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 24; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 24 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 24 titles divides audiences: 15 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most loved · cinematographer

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 69/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 55. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Georges Périnal work with?

People who share at least 2 of Georges Périnal's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alexander Korda shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers