Bruno Delbonnel

Bruno Delbonnel
Delbonnel in 2012
Born	1957 (age 66–67) Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Occupation	Cinematographer, Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1981–present

Bruno Delbonnel (born 1957) is a French cinematographer, director and screenwriter.

Life and career

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 2014's Big Eyes, and with The Coen Brothers on their 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis.

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

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.

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2001	The Cat's Meow	Peter Bogdanovich
	Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	European Film Award for Best Cinematographer Nominated–Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–César Award for Best Cinematography
2003	fr	Cédric Klapisch	International Title: Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases César Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–European Film Award for Best Cinematographer Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
2006	Paris, je t'aime	The Coen Brothers	Segment: Tuileries
	Infamous	Douglas McGrath
2007	Across the Universe	Julie Taymor	Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	David Yates	Nominated–Academy Award for Best Cinematography
2011	Faust	Alexander Sokurov	Nominated–European Film Award for Best Cinematographer Nominated–Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
2012	Dark Shadows	Tim Burton
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis	Joel and Ethan Coen	Boston Online Film Critics Association for Best Cinematography New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Satellite Award for Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Release Nominated–Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography Nominated–Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2014	Big Eyes	Tim Burton
	Francofonia: Le Louvre Under German Occupation	Aleksandr Sokurov
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Tim Burton	Filming

As director/screenwriter

Year	Title	Notes
1989	The Grand Circus	As director Documentary
1989	Things I Like, Things I Don't Like	As screenwriter Short film
2006	Paso doble	As director Documentary short

External links

• Bruno Delbonnel at the Internet Movie Database