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Stéphane Fontaine

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Stéphane Fontaine
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1985–present

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.

Filmography

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Short film

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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

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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
  1. ^ Shared credit with Éric Gautier and Dominique Perrier-Royer

Documentary works

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Short 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

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César Awards

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

European Film Award

Year Title Category Result
2009 A Prophet Best Cinematographer Nominated

Lumières Award

Year Title Category Result
2013 Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian Best Cinematography Nominated

Decorations

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References

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  1. ^ "Stéphane Fontaine". IEC.
  2. ^ "Stephane Fontaine A.F.C." Focus Features.
  3. ^ "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.
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