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Haroun Tazieff

Haroun Tazieff

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Born May 11, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland

Died February 2, 1998

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Haroun Tazieff (born in Warsaw on 11 May 1914 – died in Paris on 2 February 1998) was a volcanologist and geologist of Tatar, Belgian, and French heritage. Renowned for his cinematography of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, he authored several books on volcanoes. He also served as a government adviser and French cabinet minister and was a member of the Belgian resistance during World War II.

His parents met and married in 1906 while studying in Brussels. They later returned to Warsaw, then part of the Russian Partition, where their first son, Salvator, died at two months old, and Haroun was born. His father, Sabir, a Muslim medical doctor of Tatar descent, and his mother, Zenita Iliyasovna Klupta, a Tatar chemist and doctor of natural science with a bachelor's degree in political science. Sabir was conscripted into the Russian Army and died during World War I, a fact unknown to the family until 1919. In 1917, Haroun emigrated to Brussels with his widowed mother.

Haroun earned a degree in agronomy from Gembloux in 1938 and another in geology from the University of Liège in 1944. He later served as Secretary of State in France, responsible for protection against major risks.

He took part in the first detailed exploration of the "Saint-Martin" La Verna cave system in the French Pyrenees. In 1952, while filming Marcel Loubens' ascent of the Pierre-Saint-Martin rock face, the hoist cable broke, causing Loubens to fall over 80 meters. Loubens died 36 hours later, and his body was only recovered from the cave in 1954.

Tazieff gained fame in France after publishing the book "Le Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin" in 1952.

He directed the 1966 documentary "Le volcan interdit," about Nyiragongo Mountain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which he first climbed in 1948.

The National Geographic film "The Violent Earth" was based on Tazieff's expeditions to Mount Etna in Sicily in 1971 and Mount Nyiragongo in 1972. During these trips, he attempted unsuccessfully to descend into the active lava lake to collect samples, a feat he had accomplished on a previous expedition in 1959.

Tazieff passed away in 1998 and was buried in Passy Cemetery in Paris.

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Filmography

Actor

23

Type

Year

Haroun Tazieff, le poète du feu Poster

Haroun Tazieff, le poète du feu Documentary2019Self

L'ultimo esploratore - Vita e avventure del barone Franchetti Poster

L'ultimo esploratore - Vita e avventure del barone Franchetti Feature Film2013Self

Le Monde de Gaston Rébuffat Poster

Le Monde de Gaston Rébuffat Documentary2009Self

Combien ça coûte? TV Series1991Self

Lest We Forget Poster

Lest We Forget Feature Film1991Self

Caractères TV Series1990Self

Stars 90 Poster

Stars 90 TV Series1990Self

Les 4 vérités Poster

Les 4 vérités TV Series1987Self

Sacrée soirée Poster

Sacrée soirée TV Series1987Self

Haroun Tazieff raconte 'sa' Terre TV Series1984Self - Host

Champs-Elysées Poster

Champs-Elysées TV Series1982Self

7 sur 7 TV Series1981Self

Un Noël, une vie Mini-Series1981Self

Passez donc me voir Poster

Passez donc me voir TV Series1979Self

Sur la sellette TV Series1978Self

Midi-Première Poster

Midi-Première TV Series1975Self

Le grand échiquier Poster

Le grand échiquier TV Series1972Self

L'invité du dimanche TV Series1968Self

Les dossiers de l'écran Poster

Les dossiers de l'écran TV Series1967Self

Entre terre et ciel Poster

Entre terre et ciel Documentary1961

Pariser Journal Poster

Pariser Journal TV Series1961Self

The Devil's Blast Poster

The Devil's Blast Documentary1959Self

Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin Short Film1953Lui-même

Cinematographer

5

Type

Year

The World About Us Poster

The World About Us TV Series1967

Le volcan interdit Poster

Le volcan interdit Documentary1966

National Geographic Specials Poster

National Geographic Specials TV Series1965

The Devil's Blast Poster

The Devil's Blast Documentary1959

Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin Short Film1953

Other Crew

4

Type

Year

Hu-Man Feature Film1975

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Poster

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Documentary1972

Crack in the World Poster

Crack in the World Feature Film1965

Hercules and the Captive Women Poster

Hercules and the Captive Women Feature Film1961

Director

3

Type

Year

Le volcan interdit Poster

Le volcan interdit Documentary1966

Fantomas Unleashed Poster

Fantomas Unleashed Feature Film1965

The Devil's Blast Poster

The Devil's Blast Documentary1959

Thanks

3

Genesis Documentary1986

Sans Soleil Poster

Sans Soleil Documentary1983

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Poster

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Documentary1972

Camera and Electrical Department

1

Hercules and the Captive Women Poster

Hercules and the Captive Women Feature Film1961

Writer

1

The Devil's Blast Poster

The Devil's Blast Documentary1959

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