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CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1964 · FRANCE

Helene Louvart

Intimate, textured film naturalism for European and international directors.

Born
1964
Country
France
Field
Cinematographer
Helene Louvart
Portrait: Vera de Kok, CC BY-SA 4.0

KNOWN FOR

  1. 2018Happy as Lazzaro
  2. 2014The Wonders
  3. 2020Never Rarely Sometimes Always

WHY THEY MATTER

Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Berlinale (2023); Robby Muller Award (2023); Marburger Kamerapreis (2018); shot Wim Wenders's Oscar-nominated documentary Pina.

THE LIFE

Louvart graduated from the Ecole nationale superieure Louis-Lumiere in 1985 and shot her first feature the following year. She has worked with Wim Wenders, Agnes Varda, Claire Denis, Alice Rohrwacher and Leos Carax, among many others. With Wenders she shot the 3D documentary Pina, nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Her honours include the Marburger Kamerapreis and, in 2023, a Silver Bear at the Berlinale.

WHAT THEY SHOT WITH

35 mm film

Source: Wikipedia

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born 1961 · China · Cinematographer

Zhao Fei

Formal, disciplined compositions of Fifth Generation cinema.

Raise the Red Lantern, 1991Source: Wikipedia