Stéphane Fontaine is a French cinematographer. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1985,[1] and began his career as first assistant camera on films directed by Arnaud Desplechin, Jim Jarmusch, Leos Carax and Olivier Assayas, among others.[2] He won the César Award for Best Cinematography in 2006 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet.
Stéphane Fontaine | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Filmography
editShort film
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | À Venise | Emmanuel Bourdieu |
| 1999 | Rien à dire | Vincent Perez |
| C'était là depuis l'après-midi | Stéphane Metge | |
| 2001 | Le mal du pays | |
| 2002 | Juste au-dessus des trains | Jean-François Fontanel |
Feature film
edit| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument[a] | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2000 | Bronx-Barbès | Éliane de Latour |
| 2002 | La Vie nouvelle | Philippe Grandrieux |
| 2003 | Playing 'In the Company of Men' | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2004 | Look at Me | Agnès Jaoui |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Jacques Audiard |
| 2006 | Charlie Says | Nicole Garcia |
| Call Me Elisabeth | Jean-Pierre Améris | |
| 2007 | Talk to Me | Kasi Lemmons |
| 2008 | What Just Happened | Barry Levinson |
| 2009 | Espion(s) | Nicolas Saada |
| A Prophet | Jacques Audiard | |
| 2010 | L'Autre Dumas | Safy Nebbou |
| The Next Three Days | Paul Haggis | |
| 2011 | Goodbye First Love | Mia Hansen-Løve |
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | Jacques Audiard |
| 2013 | Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian | Arnaud Desplechin |
| 2014 | Samba | Éric Toledano Olivier Nakache |
| 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | |
| Jackie | Pablo Larraín | |
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Dan Krauss |
| My Zoe | Julie Delpy | |
| 2020 | Ammonite | Francis Lee |
| 2022 | Paris Memories | Alice Winocour |
| 2024 | Conclave | Edward Berger |
- ^ Shared credit with Éric Gautier and Dominique Perrier-Royer
Documentary works
editShort film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Les Trois Théâtres | Emmanuel Bourdieu | With Emmanuel Bourdieu |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Patrice Chéreau, le corps au travail | Stéphane Metge | TV movie |
| 2021 | Exterminate All the Brutes | Raoul Peck | Miniseries; With Kolja Brandt |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Best Cinematography | Won |
| 2009 | A Prophet | Won | |
| 2012 | Rust and Bone | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Elle | Nominated |
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | A Prophet | Best Cinematographer | Nominated |
| Year | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
Decorations
editReferences
edit- ^ "Stéphane Fontaine". IEC.
- ^ "Stephane Fontaine A.F.C." Focus Features.
- ^ "Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2015 - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication". www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.