Marcel Ichac

Marcel Ichac (22 October 1906 - 9 April 1994) was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for "Karakoram" (1936) and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, "Nouveaux Horizons" (1953). He also accompanied the French Alpine Club's 1950 expedition that climbed Annapurna, which was led by Maurice Herzog, and include such climbing luminaries as Lionel Terray, Louis Lachenal and Gaston Rébuffat. See Annapurna by Maurice Herzog, pub. E P Dutton & Co.|date=1952
Filmography.
Ichac directed movies of French explorations during the years 1930–1950. Expeditions he directed include:
Additionally, Ichac captured images of mountain warfare in World War II and the liberation of Torino, Italy in "Tempête sur les Alpes" (1944-1945).