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Marcel Grignon

Cinematographer · Died June 6, 1990, aged 75 · Paris, France

Marcel Grignon (November 9, 1914 – June 6, 1990) was a French cinematographer. Source: Article "Marcel Grignon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 9, 1914
Died
June 6, 1990 (aged 75)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 79 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 38 days to Oct 27Up 10% in 30 days

What are Marcel Grignon's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove 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
29%
Bonds
22%
Power
17%
Survival
14%
Self
10%
Society
7%
Justice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeWar3 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 16 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

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

Grounded 5 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 7

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

Gentle 8 · Charged 10 · Intense 7

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

Steady 9 · Shifting 14 · Whiplash 2

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 8 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 12

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
10
Tense
9
Absurd
10
Thrilling
7
Warm
8
Other
14

How their films linger

Fun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy17
  • Bittersweet6
  • 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 Marcel Grignon's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marcel Grignon's titles on MovieCove; 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

79 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page.

  • Why Not Us? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • La mer couleur de larmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • Un amour d'emmerdeuse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • Petit déjeuner compris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 6 episodes · Cinematographer

  • The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials(1979)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Seventh Company Outdoors(1977)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • The Seventh Company Has Been Found(1975)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Beast(1975)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Impossible Is Not French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Operation Lady Marlene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Bloody Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Le Concierge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Cinematographer

  • Shaft in Africa(1973)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?(1973)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • A Murder Is a Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Cinematographer

  • Meetings in the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Cinematographer

  • Madron(1970)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Hibernatus(1969)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fixer(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Gendarme Gets Married(1968)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Exchange Student(1967)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Million Dollar Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • The Looters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Cinematographer

  • Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard(1967)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Is Paris Burning?(1966)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117(1966)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Fantomas Unleashed(1965)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Rapture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Cinematographer

  • OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Cinematographer

  • Fantomas(1964)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • A Funny Boss(1964)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Greed in the Sun(1964)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • L'inconnue de Hong Kong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Vice and Virtue(1963)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • A Blonde Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Cinematographer

  • Les mystères de Paris(1962)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Where the Truth Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Cinematographer

  • The Miracle of the Wolves(1961)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Taxi for Tobruk(1961)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Le capitaine Fracasse(1961)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Shadows of Adultery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

  • Etude (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Cinematographer

  • The Pioneers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • America as Seen by a Frenchman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Cinematographer

  • The Hunchback of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • The Great Deception (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Cinematographer

  • Dangerous Liaisons(1959)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • School for Coquettes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • Sinners of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Cinematographer

  • The Parisian(1957)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • La Garçonne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • Love in Jamaica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Cinematographer

  • Mitsou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • It Happened in Aden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • The Blonde Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Cinematographer

  • Blackmail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Cinematographer

  • Cadet Rousselle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Cinematographer

  • The Three Musketeers(1953)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Slave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • My Husband Is Marvelous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • Rue de l'estrapade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Cinematographer

  • Les Bonnes Manières (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Cinematographer

  • Massacre in Lace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Cinematographer

  • Adventures of Captain Fabian(1951)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Prettiest Sin in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Cinematographer

  • The Strollers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • Minne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • Au P'tit Zouave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Cinematographer

  • Pilote de guerre… pilote de ligne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Camera Operator

  • Mission in Tangier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • Five Red Tulips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • The Murdered Model (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • The Lost Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • The Temptation of Barbizon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • The Liberation of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Camera Operator

  • L'Esprit de Sidi-Brahim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Cinematographer

  • Corsican Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 77 titles from 1939 to 1981.

Highest rated

Taxi for Tobruk (1961)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Is Paris Burning? (1966)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography75 of 77: 75 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thOther crew2 of 77: 2 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1930s2 · crew1940s7 · crew1950s24 · crew1960s27 · crew1970s13 · crew1980s4 · 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 MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Marcel Grignon's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 27; across their 25 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 25

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 27 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 27 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · cinematographer

The Beast (1975)

50th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Taxi for Tobruk (1961)

Midcredits 88th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 69/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; 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 MovieCove 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 Marcel Grignon work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marcel Grignon's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alain Poiré shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers