Gaston Quiribet (1888–1972) was a French film director, cinematographer, and writer. He worked for Hepworth Studios. He used stop motion techniques to achieve cinematographic tricks.[1]

At the 2005 British Silent Film Festival, David Williams gave a presentation titled: Gaston Quiribet That Clever Frenchman.[2]

Filmography

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Director

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  • A Day with the Gipsies (1906)
  • Once Aboard the Lugger (1920), along with George Ames
  • The Malvern Hills (1920)[3]
  • Mr. Justice Raffles (film) (1921)
  • A Day with the Gypsies (ca. 1922)[4]
  • The Coveted Coat (1924)
  • Fugitive Futurist: A Q-Riosity (1924)
  • The Night of the Knight (1924)[5]
  • The Death Ray (1924 film), a Q-Riosity film
  • The Quaint Q's (1925)[5] Director
  • Q-riosities by 'Q' (1925)[5]
  • Plots and Blots (1925)[5]

Cinematographer

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  • Around Bettws-Y-Coed (1909)[6]
  • Autumn in the Forest (1909)[6]
  • Burnham Beeches (film) (1909)[6]
  • From the Woodland to the Sea (1915)[6]
  • Village and Wood (1915)[6]
  • Among the Mountains of North Wales (1915)
  • A Ramble in the New Forest (1915)[6]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, David Richard (Spring 2005), "Gaston Quiribet – The Life and Work of an Almost Unknown French Cameraman, Animator and Director" (PDF), Society for Animation Studies Newsletter, 18 (2): 11–12, archived from the original (PDF) on Nov 1, 2019
  2. ^ "The 8th British Silent Cinema Festival". April 8, 2005.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Malvern Hills, The (1920)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. ^ "BAM/PFA - Film Programs". archive.bampfa.berkeley.edu.
  5. ^ a b c d "Gaston Quiribet". BFI. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
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