Bruno Delbonnel
Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC, (born 1957) is a French cinematographer, known for working with high-profile directors including Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, the Coen brothers, Joe Wright, and Wes Anderson.
Bruno Delbonnel
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- Born
- 1957. · Nancy.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- cinematographer, screenwriter and film director.
- Education
- University of Paris.
- Honours
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer.
- Languages
- French.
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Life and career
Life and career
Delbonnel was born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France and graduated in 1978 from the ESEC (Paris, Île-de-France). Delbonnel's accolades include a César Award and a European Film Award, as well as six Academy Award nominations and four BAFTA Award nominations. He was appointed in 2019 as the head of the cinematography department of the Paris film school, La Fémis.
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Style
His work tends to feature stylised colour palettes, often warm and featuring yellows and greens as prominent and ubiquitous colours, which tint the whole image. Also, often in his work, the film stock has a very apparent, well-defined grain structure.
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Cinematographer
Short film Feature film Television
Other credits
Other credits
Director The Grand Circus (1989) (Documentary film) Paso doble (2006) (Documentary short) Writer Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (Foutaises) (1989) (Short film) Actor The French Dispatch (2021) (As François-Marie Charvet)
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards BAFTA Awards American Society of Cinematographers César Awards Satelitte Awards European Film Award Other awards
Bruno Delbonnel répondant aux questions des étudiants du ciné club Louis Lumière (Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris, juin 2012)
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