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Bruno Delbonnel is a Actor, Writer, Director of Photography and Cinematography French born on 1 january 1957 at Nancy (France)

Bruno Delbonnel

Bruno Delbonnel
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Nationality France
Birth 1 january 1957 (67 years) at Nancy (France)

Bruno Delbonnel (born 1957) is a French cinematographer.

Delbonnel was born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France and graduated in 1978 from the ESEC (Paris, Île-de-France).

He has collaborated twice with fellow French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain and A Very Long Engagement. He was the director of photography for the 2007 film Across the Universe and the 2009 fantasy-adventure film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. He worked on Tim Burton's 2012 film Dark Shadows, and with The Coen Brothers on their 2013 film " Inside Llewyn Davis".

He has been nominated three times for an Academy Award, for Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, A Very Long Engagement and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

His work tends to feature very stylized color palettes, often very warm and featuring yellows and greens as prominent and ubiquitous colors which often tint the whole image. Also often in his work, the film stock used has a very apparent, well-defined grain structure.

Biography

Bruno Delbonnel est diplômé de l'ESEC.

Il a obtenu le Prix du cinéma européen du meilleur directeur de la photographie en 2002 pour Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain et le César de la meilleure photographie en 2005 pour Un long dimanche de fiançailles, et a par ailleurs été nommé cinq fois à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie.

À la rentrée de septembre 2019 il succèdera au directeur de la photographie Pierre-William Glenn en tant que co-directeur du Département Image de La Femis. Il est également membre de l'AFC (Association française des directeurs de la photographie cinématographique).

Le chef-opérateur choisit les metteurs en scène avec qui il décide de travailler en fonction de leur "imaginaire". "Le réel à proprement parler m'intéresse peu" dira-t-il.

Best films

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
(Director of Photography)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
(Director of Photography)
Dark Shadows (2012)
(Director of Photography)
Amélie (2001)
(Director of Photography)
Darkest Hour (2017)
(Director of Photography)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bruno Delbonnel (20 films)

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Actor

The French Dispatch
Directed by Wes Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about journalists, Children's films
Actors Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Timothée Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright
Roles François-Marie Charvet
Rating70% 3.549673.549673.549673.549673.54967
Le quotidien de quelques correspondants de presse américains à Paris.

Scriptwriter

Things I Like, Things I Don't Like, 8minutes
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Dominique Pinon, Chick Ortega, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Diane Bertrand, Fabienne Chaudat, Philippe Paimblanc
Roles Writer
Rating75% 3.789083.789083.789083.789083.78908
Dominique Pinon talks to the camera describing his likes and dislikes, ranging from the simple such as "I hate men with a beard but no moustache" to the more touching, "I like to think that after death can't be worse than before birth." Each of his examples is accompanied by a visual demonstration.

Cameraman

The Woman in the Window
Directed by Joe Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Children's films
Actors Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8535252.8535252.8535252.8535252.853525
À New York, le docteur Anna Fox est une psychologue pour enfants. Agoraphobe, elle ne sort jamais de chez elle. Lorsque la famille Russell emménage, elle se met à les espionner. Elle va alors être témoin d'un crime.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2h12
Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Musical, Western
Actors Tim Blake Nelson, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Zoe Kazan, James Franco, Tom Waits
Roles "A" Camera Operator
Rating71% 3.5988153.5988153.5988153.5988153.598815
Le livre The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Other Tales of the American Frontier, illustré, s'ouvre pour raconter plusieurs histoires.
Darkest Hour, 2h5
Directed by Joe Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ronald Pickup, Lily James, Stephen Dillane
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6994053.6994053.6994053.6994053.699405
Se déroulant entre le 9 mai 1940 (la veille de l’offensive allemande) et début juin 1940, le film se focalise sur le personnage de Churchill et son entourage, en partie par l'œil de sa nouvelle secrétaire privée , chargée de taper télégrammes et courriers. D'abord pressenti comme prochain Premier ministre, Churchill se heurte à une opposition favorable à des pourparlers de paix (en premier Lord Halifax et Chamberlain). Puis on le suit à la tête du gouvernement, dans les affres de la douleur des choix difficiles. Notamment lorsque la guerre éclair refoule les 300 000 hommes de l'armée britannique à Dunkerque, le dos à la mer. Churchill ordonne le sacrifice d'une unité chargée d'une diversion (30e brigade motorisée commandée par le brigadier Nicholson à Calais) et la mobilisation des embarcations civiles pour secourir les armées française et anglaise encerclées à Dunkerque : c'est l'« opération Dynamo » qui débute le 26 mai.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, 2h7
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Time travel films, Temporal paradox, Children's films
Actors Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3531153.3531153.3531153.3531153.353115
A 16-year-old boy named Jacob Portman accidentally works himself onto a mysterious island where he helps a group of peculiar orphan children at Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, protecting them and leading them away from horrible creatures who are out to destroy them.
Francofonia, 1h30
Directed by Alexandre Sokourov
Origin France
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Peinture, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Vincent Nemeth, Alexandre Sokourov
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.298423.298423.298423.298423.29842
À Paris en 1940, alors que la France est occupée par l'Allemagne nazie, Jacques Jaujard, directeur du musée du Louvre, et le comte Franz von Wolff-Metternich, à la tête de la Kunstschutz (commission allemande pour la protection des œuvres d'art en France) unissent leurs forces afin de préserver les collections du plus grand musée français.
Big Eyes
Big Eyes (2014)
, 1h45
Directed by Tim Burton, Larry Karaszewski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Peinture, Political films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Reese Witherspoon, Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.499913.499913.499913.499913.49991
In 1958, Margaret leaves her husband and takes her young daughter Jane to North Beach, San Francisco. Supporting her daughter alone, Margaret gets a job painting illustrations at a furniture factory. While creating portraits at an outdoor art show, Margaret meets Walter Keane, who is selling his Parisian street scene paintings. Soon, Walter proposes to her and they marry.
Inside Llewyn Davis, 1h45
Directed by Frères Coen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Garrett Hedlund, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6983753.6983753.6983753.6983753.698375
In February 1961, Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a struggling folk singer in New York City's Greenwich Village. His musical partner, Mike Timlin, has committed suicide; his recent solo album Inside Llewyn Davis is not selling; he has no money and is sleeping on the couches of friends and acquaintances.
Dark Shadows, 1h52
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcote, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.098273.098273.098273.098273.09827
In 1760, the Collins family moves from Liverpool, England to Maine and establishes the fishing town Collinsport where they built their estate Collinwood.
Faust
Faust (2011)
, 2h14
Directed by Alexandre Sokourov
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Demons in film, Films based on plays
Actors Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla, Maxim Mehmet, Georg Friedrich, Andreas Schmidt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2508253.2508253.2508253.2508253.250825
Heinrich Faust (Johannes Zeiler) is driven by his longing for enlightenment. He seeks to understand the very nature of life and how it makes the world go round. Driven by his burning desire for cognition, he even unearths corpses and rummages in their guts just to localize the home of the soul.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2h33
Directed by David Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Werewolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76% 3.801393.801393.801393.801393.80139
Lord Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the wizarding and Muggle worlds and has chosen Draco Malfoy to carry out a secret mission. Severus Snape makes an Unbreakable Vow with Draco's mother, Narcissa, to protect Draco and fulfill the assignment if he fails.
Across the Universe, 2h13
Directed by Julie Taymor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Political films
Actors Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther McCoy, Teresa Victoria "T.V." Carpio
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6487853.6487853.6487853.6487853.648785
In 1966 Jude, a young shipyard worker from Liverpool, enlists in the Merchant Navy and jumps ship in New Jersey hoping to find his American G.I. father, whom he has never met ("Girl", "Hold Me Tight", "All My Loving"). Meanwhile, Lucy Carrigan worries about her boyfriend Daniel who is headed for service in the Vietnam War, while in Dayton, Ohio, Prudence pines for a fellow female cheerleader ("I Want to Hold Your Hand"). Jude meets his father, who is a janitor at Princeton University, and befriends Lucy's brother, the privileged and rebellious student Max ("With a Little Help from My Friends"). Lucy receives a letter from Daniel ("It Won't Be Long"), but when Max brings Jude home with him for Thanksgiving Jude becomes attracted to Lucy ("I've Just Seen a Face").
Paris Je T'aime, 1h55
Directed by Wes Craven, Gérard Depardieu, Bruno Podalydès, Alfonso Cuarón, Sylvain Chomet, Alexander Payne, Olivier Assayas, Christopher Doyle, Gus Van Sant, Richard LaGravenese, Walter Salles, Vincenzo Natali, Nobuhiro Suwa, Isabel Coixet, Gurinder Chadha, Oliver Schmitz, Tom Tykwer, Daniela Thomas, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Anthology film, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Fanny Ardant, Juliette Binoche, Julie Bataille, Steve Buscemi, Bruno Podalydès, Sergio Castellitto
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5979753.5979753.5979753.5979753.597975
Génération AMOUR...Au fil des quartiers, des histoires d'amour passager, voilé, mimé, vampirisé, malmené ou révélé...Un Pari(s) moderne émouvant et drôle, un film plein de vie(s) sur le thème de l'Amour.
Infamous
Infamous (2006)
, 2h1
Directed by Douglas McGrath
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.49713.49713.49713.49713.4971
Truman Capote, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices, Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany's, reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb, Kansas, in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16, 1959.