#1: From interview [2011]

 

   


CHRISTOPHE BEAUCARNE   SBC/AFC

 

Born: 24 September 1965, Brussels, Belgium, as son of poet/singer Julos Beaucarne.

Education: INSAS, Brussels, Belgium [graduated in 1987].

Career: Ph commercials dir by Erick Zonca, Didier Barcelot, Alain Corneau, Jaco Van Dormael, Anne Fontaine, a.o. Ph music videos.

Member of the SBC and AFC.

Awards: Stockholm FF 'Best Cinematography Award' [2009], Manaki Brothers International Cinematographers' FF 'Mosfilm Special Camera 300' Award [2010] & Les Magritte du Cinéma 'Meilleure Image' [2011] for 'Mr. Nobody'; 'César' Award nom [2010] for 'Coco avant Chanel'; 'César' Award nom [2011] for 'Tournée'.


 

 FILMS

1993

Le condamné [Xavier Giannoli] c; short/20m

1994

Terre sainte [Xavier Giannoli] b&w; short/17m

1994

Pantoufles [Muriel Cravatte] c; short/24m; cph: Agnès Dybowski

1994

Bonjour [Guillaume Malandrin] c; short/8m

1994

Les anges gardiens/Guardian Angels [Jean-Marie Poiré] s35/c; cph: Jean-Yves Le Mener (replaced by C. Beaucarne)

1994

L'échappée belle [Étienne Dhaene] c; 2uc; ph: Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty

1995

J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites [Xavier Giannoli] c; short/17m

1995

Arthur [Félicie Dutertre & François Rabes] c; short/5m

1995

Dialogue au sommet [Xavier Giannoli] c; short/8m

1996

Il faut que ça brille! [Pascale Pouzadoux] c; short/8m

1996

Nous sommes tous encore ici/We're All Still Here [Anne-Marie Miéville] c; cph: Jean-Paul Rosa da Costa & Christophe Pollock

1996

Riches, belles, etc. [Bunny Schpoliansky] c

1997

Les couloirs du temps - Les visiteurs II/The Corridors of Time [Jean-Marie Poiré] s35/c; 2uc: Yves Cape, Christophe Legal, Thierry Jault, Rachel Perez (asst ?) & Manuel Henry (asst ?)

1997

Mon jour de chance [Pascale Pouzadoux] b&w; short/6m; cph: Alain Ducousset

1997

L'interview [Xavier Giannoli] b&w; short/18m

1997

Parole d'homme [Philippe Le Dem] c; short/8m

1998

La guerre dans le Haut Pays/War in the Highlands [Francis Reusser] Hawk Scope/c

1998

Tout baigne! [Éric Civanyan] s35/c

1998

La dilettante [Pascal Thomas] c

1999

La vie moderne/Modern Life [Laurence Ferreira Barbosa] c

1999

Après la réconciliation/After the Reconciliation/Reaching an Understanding [Anne-Marie Miéville] b&w-c

2000

Le stade de Wimbledon/Wimbledon Stage [Mathieu Amalric] c

2000

Mercredi, folle journée!/Day Off [Pascal Thomas] c

2000

De l'amour/All About Love [Jean-François Richet] c

2001

Les femmes... ou les enfants d'abord.../Women or Children First [Manuel Poirier] s35/c

2001

Le nouveau Jean-Claude/The New Jean-Claude [Didier Tronchet] c

2002

Un homme, un vrai/A Man, a Real One [Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu] c; + small part

2002

Le mystère de la chambre jaune/The Mystery of the Yellow Room [Bruno Podalydès] p/c

2003

Chemins de traverse/Byways [Manuel Poirier] c

2003

Bye Bye Blackbird [Robinson Savary] Hawk Scope/c; filmed 2003-04

2004

Le parfum de la dame en noir [Bruno Podalydès] scope/c; uwph: Christian Pétron, Alain Caer, a.o.

2004

Peindre ou faire l'amour/To Paint or Make Love [Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu] c

2005

Quelques jours en septembre/A Few Days in September [Santiago Amigorena] c

2005

Irina Palm [Sam Garbarski] c; uncred aph: Jeremy Braben; filmed 2005-06; released 2007

2006

The Inner Life of Martin Frost [Paul Auster] b&w-c

2006

Paris [Cédric Klapisch] Hawk Scope/c; 2uc: Guillaume Deffontaines & Eric Bialas; filmed 2006-07; released 2008

2007

Mr. Nobody [Jaco Van Dormael] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Eric Bialas; uwph: Mike Valentine; + small part; released 2010

2008

Coco avant Chanel/Coco Before Chanel [Anne Fontaine] p/c

2009

Hors-la-loi/Outside the Law [Rachid Bouchareb] Hawk Scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2009

Tournée/On Tour [Mathieu Amalric] c

2010

Ma part du gâteau/My Piece of the Pie [Cédric Klapisch] Hawk Scope+HD (Canon EOS 1D)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2010

Poulet aux prunes/Chicken with Plums [Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud] Hawk Scope (+ digital)/c

2011

Superstar/Talk Show [Xavier Giannoli] HD (ARRI ALEXA/Master Scope)/c

2011

Une histoire d'amour/Les adorés/Tied [Hélène Fillières] scope/c

2012

Adore/Two Mothers/Perfect Mothers/The Grandmothers [Anne Fontaine] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; ph surf unit: Marc Spicer; uwph surf unit: Rick Rifici

2012

L'écume des jours/Mood Indigo [Michel Gondry] RED Epic-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Javier Ruiz Gomez

2012

La belle & la bête/Beauty and the Beast [Christophe Gans] s35+HD (Sony F65/Master Scope)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c

2013

La faille [Jérôme de Gerlache] HD (ARRI ALEXA/scope)/c; short/12m

2013

La chambre bleue/The Blue Room [Mathieu Amalric] HD (Sony F65)-to-digital/c; filmed July & November/December

2013

Gemma Bovery [Anne Fontaine] HD (Sony F65/p)-to-digital/c

2014

A Royal Night Out [Julian Jarrold] HD/c; 2uc: Christophe Legal

2014

Le tout nouveau testament/La fille de Dieu [Jaco Van Dormael] HD (Sony F55 & F65) scope/c

2015

Alone in Berlin [Vincent Perez] c

2015

Mal de pierres [Nicole Garcia] RED Epic Dragon/Hawk Scope/c

 

 TELEVISION

1994

Les chercheurs d'or du Liptako [Roch Tran] doc/52m/s16

2011

Just Like a Woman [Rachid Bouchareb] tvm/HD scope

 

 FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1988

À suivre [Robinson Savary; short] 1st c.asst; ph: Mustapha Barat

1988

L'union sacrée/Brothers in Arms [Alexandre Arcady] co-c.asst; ph: Robert Alazraki

1989

Le pavillon des passions humaines [Claude François & Françoise Lombaers; short] c.asst; ph: Raymond Fromont

1989

La gloire de mon père/My Father's Glory [Yves Robert] co-c.asst (cred as co-'image' [in end titles]); ph (cred as 'image' [in opening titles]): Robert Alazraki

1989

Faux et usage de faux [Laurent Heynemann] 1st c.asst; ph: Robert Alazraki

1990

Le château de ma mère/My Mother's Castle [Yves Robert] co-c.asst (cred as co-'image' [in end titles]); ph (cred as 'image' [in opening titles]): Robert Alazraki

1991

Les clés du paradis/The Keys to Paradise [Philippe de Broca] co-c.asst; ph: Jean-Yves Le Mener

1991

Le bal des casse-pieds [Yves Robert] c.asst; ph: Robert Alazraki

1991

La belle histoire/The Beautiful Story [Claude Lelouch] co-1st c.asst; ph: Jean-Yves Le Mener

1992

La crise/The Crisis [Coline Serreau] 1st c.asst; ph: Robert Alazraki

1992

L'inconnu dans la maison/Stranger in the House [Georges Lautner] co-c.op; ph: Jean-Yves Le Mener

1992

Les visiteurs/The Visitors [Jean-Marie Poiré] c.op 2u; 2uc: Philippe Ros & Jean-Pierre Sauvaire; ph: Jean-Yves Le Mener

1992

Fanfan/Fanfan & Alexandre [Alexandre Jardin] co-c.asst; ph: Jean-Yves Le Mener

1993

Les marmottes/The Groundhogs [Élie Chouraqui] 1st c.asst; ph: Robert Alazraki

1994

La machine/The Machine [François Dupeyron] 1st c.asst; ph: Dietrich Lohmann

1994

La cité des enfants perdus/The City of Lost Children [Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet] co-c.asst; ph: Darius Khondji

1996

Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi [Claude Lelouch] c.op 2nd cam; ph: Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty

1996

Love in Paris/Another 9½ Weeks [Anne Goursaud] c.op 2u; ph: Robert Alazraki

1996

Ma vie en rose/My Life in Pink/Tic Tac Too [Alain Berliner] c.op 2u Belgium; ph: Yves Cape