Haroun Tazieff

Haroun Tazieff

Nacimiento : 1914-05-11, Warsaw, Poland

Muerte : 1998-02-02

Historia

Haroun Tazieff (Warsaw, 11 May 1914 – Paris, 2 February 1998) was a Tatar, Belgian and French volcanologist and geologist. He was a famous cinematographer of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, and the author of several books on volcanoes. He was also a government adviser and French cabinet minister. He also served in the Belgian resistance during world war 2. His parents met and married in 1906 while they were both students in Brussels. They later returned to Warsaw, Russian Partition, where their first son, Salvator, died at two months and where Haroun was born. His father, Sabir, was a Muslim medical doctor, of Tatar descent and his mother, Zenita Iliyasovna Klupta, was a Tatar[dubious – discuss] chemist and doctor of natural science and holder of a bachelor's degree in political science. His father was conscripted into the Russian Army and died during the First world war, a fact that did not reach the family until 1919. In 1917 Haroun emigrated to Brussels with his widowed mother. Haroun received a degree in agronomy in Gembloux in 1938, and another degree in geology at the University of Liège in 1944. He was later a Secretary of state in France, in charge of protection against major risks. Haroun Tazieff participated in the first detailed exploration of the "Saint-Martin" La Verna cave system in the French Pyrenees. In 1952, while he was filming Marcel Loubens' ascent of the Pierre-Saint-Martin rock face, the cable of the hoist broke and Loubens fell over 80 meters. Loubens died 36 hours later but his body could only be recovered from the cave in 1954. He became famous in France after publishing a book entitled, "Le Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin" in 1952. He directed the documentary movie Le volcan interdit (1966) about the Nyiragongo Mountain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which he was the first to climb in 1948. The National Geographic film, The Violent Earth, was based on Tazieff's expeditions to the volcanoes Mount Etna on Sicily in 1971 and Mount Nyiragongo in 1972. In these expeditions he attempted, unsuccessfully, to descend into the active lava lake in order to collect samples — something he had managed to achieve on a previous expedition in 1959. Tazieff died in 1998 and was buried in the Passy Cemetery in Paris. Source: Article "Haroun Tazieff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Haroun Tazieff

Películas

Haroun Tazieff: The Poet of Fire
Self (archive footage)
Documentary on the famous French/Belgian pioneer volcanologist.
Le Monde de Gaston Rebuffat
Self (archive footage)
Directed by Gilles Chappaz.
Against Oblivion
Self
En 1991, la ONG Amnistía Internacional encargó 30 cortometrajes a 30 realizadores franceses, para montar un film colectivo que denunciara casos concretos de violación de los derechos humanos por razones políticas.
Etna
Director
Documentary about Etna volcano based on Haroun Tazieff volcanology investigations done in 1975.
Afar, Continental Drift
Documentary by the famous volcanologist on platetectonics.
Afar, Continental Drift
Director
Documentary by the famous volcanologist on platetectonics.
L'Erta Ale
Short documentary on the volcano Erta Ale.
L'Erta Ale
Director
Short documentary on the volcano Erta Ale.
The Forbidden Volcano
Set in Zaire, the film follows an expedition exploring the crater of the Niragongo volcano of the Virunga chain, whose eruptions are known for their violence and their massive lava flows.
The Forbidden Volcano
Director
Set in Zaire, the film follows an expedition exploring the crater of the Niragongo volcano of the Virunga chain, whose eruptions are known for their violence and their massive lava flows.
Fantomas vuelve
Co-Director
Cuando el profesor Marchand, un célebre científico, desaparece misteriosamente, el comisario Juve sospecha inmediatamente de Fantomas. Mientras tanto, el periodista Fandon se hace pasar por Lefèbvre, el ayudante de Marchand, y es capturado por Fantomas. Pero también Juve cae en la trampa que el criminal, disfrazado de Lefèvre, le ha tendido. Fantomas se propone acabar con sus prisioneros durante un congreso científico que se celebra en Roma.
Entre terre et ciel
Self
For Gaston Rébuffat, a passionate and generous guide, a summit is much more beautiful when you look at it in the eyes of his climbing companions. Rébuffat talks to us about his profession and his conception of mountaineering, based on transmission and the love of his client. We follow him in the footsteps of the pioneers of the mountains, in the ascent and crossing of the Matterhorn.
The Devil's Blast
Director of Photography
Haroun Tazieff's documentary on the lava lake in the depths of the Nyiragongo Crater.
The Devil's Blast
Writer
Haroun Tazieff's documentary on the lava lake in the depths of the Nyiragongo Crater.
The Devil's Blast
Self
Haroun Tazieff's documentary on the lava lake in the depths of the Nyiragongo Crater.
The Devil's Blast
Director
Haroun Tazieff's documentary on the lava lake in the depths of the Nyiragongo Crater.
Les Eaux souterraines
Director
Short Belgian documentary on volcanos.