Bruno Nuytten (born 28 August 1945) is a French cinematographer turned director.
''
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...
'' which was Nuytten's first directorial and screenwriting effort, won the
César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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* Cesar, Portugal
* C ...
for Best film in 1989. The film starred and was co-produced by
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for ''Possession'' (1981), ''O ...
, with whom he had a son, Barnabé Saïd-Nuytten. Adjani won the
Silver Bear for Best Actress
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at the
39th Berlin International Film Festival for her role in the film.
His sophomore directorial effort, ''
Albert Souffre'', though also a heavily emotional movie, was set in contemporary times.
His 2000 film, ''
Passionnément'', starred
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon I ...
.
His films as cinematographer include ''
Les Valseuses
''Going Places'' is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel. Its original title is ''Les Valseuses'', which translates into English as "the waltzers" , a vulgar French slang term for "th ...
'', ''
Barocco
''Barocco'' is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a y ...
'', ''
La meilleure façon de marcher
''The Best Way to Walk'' (French: ''La meilleure façon de marcher'') is a 1976 French film directed by Claude Miller, his directorial debut. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu and Michel Blanc.
Plot
...
'', ''
The Bronte Sisters
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'', ''
Brubaker
''Brubaker'' is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richte ...
'', ''
Garde à vue
''Garde à Vue'' (also known as ''The Inquisitor'') is a 1981 French psychological crime drama directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It is based on the 1979 British novel ''Brainwas ...
'', ''
Possession
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Law
* Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance
* Drug possession, a crime
* Ownership
* ...
'', ''
Fort Saganne
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'', ''
So Long, Stooge
''So Long, Stooge'' (French language, French title: ''Tchao Pantin'') is a 1983 in film, 1983 film Film director, directed by Claude Berri. It is based on a novel by Alain Page.
Coluche, the lead, won the César Award for Best Actor. The film was ...
'' (''Tchao Pantin''), ''
Jean de Florette
''Jean de Florette'' () is a 1986 period drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is followed by '' Manon des Sources''. The story takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers plot to trick a newcomer o ...
'' and ''
Manon des Sources'' (US title: ''Manon of the Spring''). He won the
César Award for Best Cinematography
The following are the winners of the César Award for Best Cinematography ( French: ''César de la meilleure photographie'').
Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also
*Lumières Award for Best Cinematography ...
in 1977 and 1984, and was nominated in 1980, 1982, 1985 and 1987.
He is a professor at France's national film school
La Fémis
La Fémis (French: ''École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son''; "National Superior School for the Professions of Image and Sound", formerly known as the ''Institut des hautes études cinématographiques'', IDHEC) is a Fren ...
.
Biography
In his adolescence, Bruno Nuytten played in an amateur theater troupe. His education is varied: training for
Art Deco
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competitions, training for the
IDHEC competition, and unfinished training at the
Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion (
INSAS
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, Belgium, 1967-1969), then obtaining a BTS in "''prises de vues''" or "shooting" in Paris. He began by being assistant to
Ghislain Cloquet
Ghislain Cloquet (18 April 1924 – 2 November 1981) was a Belgian-born French cinematographer. Cloquet was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1924. He went to Paris to study and became a French citizen in 1940.
Cloquet is known for his work with Ro ...
(who had been his professor at INSAS), then to Claude Lecomte and to
Ricardo Aronovitch. He first worked on short films, then launched himself into the roles of cinematographer and director of photography. He seeks contrasting images, a moving camera, an active relationship with space. By listening to the directors, he learned how to use fixed shots and lighting without contrast when requested by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(La Femme du Gange (1974),
India Song
''India Song'' is a 1975 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. ''India Song'' stars Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann, Vernon Dobtcheff and Didier Flamand. The film centres on Anne-Marie (Seyrig), the pro ...
(1975),
Son nom de Venise (1976)), or an exaggeratedly expressionist style and a shoulder camera with
Andrzej Zulawski (
Possession
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* ...
, 1981).
Bruno Nuytten went into directing for ''
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...
'', at the express request of actress
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Yasmina Adjani ; born 27 June 1955) is a French actress and singer of Algerian and German descent. She is the only performer in history to win five César Awards for acting; she won the Best Actress award for ''Possession'' (1981), ''O ...
, who co-produced the film (with
Christian Fechner
Christian Fechner (26 July 1944 – 25 November 2008) was a French film producer, screenwriter and director.
After starting off as an illusionist, he became a music producer with French singer Antoine. He transformed Antoine’s musicians, ...
) and took the leading role. In 2013, she says: “His reason to be, it was the shadow. From the shadow, he made the light exist. He had told me that he would never go into directing.
..I told him that I would like to use the body of Camille Claudel to be able to personify my own disarray, my cry. He heard me.” A few years earlier, Nuytten had remarked: “The only interesting thing that I discovered while talking with a journalist is that in fact I had put myself in scene in the inversion of powers: at the end of the film I had become Camille Claudel and Isabelle Adjani had become Rodin. And there I am more and more Camille Claudel, even if I am not still in the asylum! One never escapes the delicate, fragile, and human things one touches…”
In 2015,
Caroline Champetier
Caroline Champetier (born 16 July 1954) is a French cinematographer. She has contributed to more than one hundred films since 1979. She won the César Award for Best Cinematography for her work on '' Of Gods and Men'' in 2011.
She was the presid ...
, also director of photography, devoted the documentary ''Nuytten/Film'' to him.
Bruno Nuytten wrote articles for the technical review ''Le cinema pratique'', animated conferences at the Ciné-club de Melun, and lectures at the
Université de Paris III. In Switzerland he founded a production company for advertising films.
Bruno Nuytten was the companion of Isabelle Adjani with whom he had a son, Barnabé, in 1979. Since 1996, he has lived with the director Tatiana Vialle, with whom he has had two children, Tobias and Galathée.
Filmography
As a director
* 1988: ''
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The ...
''
* 1992: ''
Albert Souffre''
* 2000: ''
Passionnément''
* 2002: ''
Jim, la nuit''
As a cinematographer
* 1969: ''
L'Espace vital'' by
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...
- short film
* 1971: ''
Les Machins de l'existence'' by
Jean-François Dion - short film
* 1971: ''
La Poule'' de
Luc Béraud
Luc Béraud (born 30 October 1945) is a French director, screenwriter and actor.
Career
He started as assistant director for Patrice Leconte, Jean Eustache and Alain Robbe-Grillet. He was nominated three times at the César Award for Best Writ ...
- short film
* 1972: ''
Tristan et Iseult
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'' by
Yvan Lagrange
* 1974: ''
Les Valseuses
''Going Places'' is a 1974 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and based on his own novel. Its original title is ''Les Valseuses'', which translates into English as "the waltzers" , a vulgar French slang term for "th ...
'' by
Bertrand Blier
Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
He is the son of famous French actor Bernard ...
* 1974: ''
Le Jeu des preuves'' by
Luc Béraud
Luc Béraud (born 30 October 1945) is a French director, screenwriter and actor.
Career
He started as assistant director for Patrice Leconte, Jean Eustache and Alain Robbe-Grillet. He was nominated three times at the César Award for Best Writ ...
- short film
* 1974: ''
La Femme du Gange'' by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
* 1975: ''
India Song
''India Song'' is a 1975 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. ''India Song'' stars Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann, Vernon Dobtcheff and Didier Flamand. The film centres on Anne-Marie (Seyrig), the pro ...
'' by Marguerite Duras
* 1975: ''
Souvenirs d'en France'' by
André Téchiné
André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors.
Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...
* 1976: ''
Les Vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur'' by Patrice Leconte
* 1976: ''
La meilleure façon de marcher
''The Best Way to Walk'' (French: ''La meilleure façon de marcher'') is a 1976 French film directed by Claude Miller, his directorial debut. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu and Michel Blanc.
Plot
...
'' by
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his fi ...
* 1976: ''
L'Assassin musicien'' by
Benoît Jacquot
Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Life and career
Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, inclu ...
* 1976: ''
Mon cœur est rouge'' by
Michèle Rosier
Michèle Lazareff Rosier (; 3 June 1930 – 2 April 2017) was a French fashion journalist and designer who founded the V de V sportswear label. In addition to this, she worked as a film director and screenwriter since 1973.
Early life and educat ...
* 1976: ''
Barocco
''Barocco'' is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a y ...
'' by André Téchiné
* 1976: ''
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
''Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta'' (french: Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert) is a French film directed by Marguerite Duras in 1976. The film is the soundtrack to her 1975 film '' India Song'' set to different images alongside an ...
'' by Marguerite Duras
* 1977: ''
Le Camion'' by Marguerite Duras
* 1977: ''
La Nuit, tous les chats sont gris
''At Night All Cats Are Crazy'' (french: La nuit, tous les chats sont gris, lit. ''At night all cats are grey'') is a French film by Gérard Zingg released in 1977.
Synopsis
Charles Watson tells Lily, his 10-year-old niece, a story about a c ...
'' by
Gérard Zingg
Gérard Zingg (7 June 1942 – 27 July 2021) was a French Painting, painter, screenwriter, and film director.
Biography
Zingg studied cinema at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. In 1977, he directed the film ''At Night All Ca ...
* 1978: ''
L'Exercice du pouvoir'' by
Philippe Galland
* 1978: ''
La Tortue sur le dos'' by
Luc Béraud
Luc Béraud (born 30 October 1945) is a French director, screenwriter and actor.
Career
He started as assistant director for Patrice Leconte, Jean Eustache and Alain Robbe-Grillet. He was nominated three times at the César Award for Best Writ ...
* 1979: ''
Les Sœurs Brontë'' by André Téchiné
* 1979: ''
Zoo zéro
''Zoo zéro'' is a 1979 French film directed by Alain Fleischer and starring Klaus Kinski.
Plot
A singer at a nightclub seeks to evade the control of her agent by wandering the city at night..
Cast
* Catherine Jourdan - Eva
* Klaus Kinski ...
'' by
Alain Fleischer
* 1979: ''
French Postcards
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** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
'' by
Willard Huyck
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Career
Huyck and Lucas met as students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, film school ...
* 1980: ''
Brubaker
''Brubaker'' is a 1980 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. It stars Robert Redford as a newly arrived prison warden, Henry Brubaker, who attempts to clean up a corrupt and violent penal system. The screenplay by W. D. Richte ...
'' by
Stuart Rosenberg
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* 1981: ''
Hôtel des Amériques
''Hotel America'' (french: Hôtel des Amériques) is a 1981 French romantic drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve and Patrick Dewaere. The film, set in Biarritz, tells the ill-fated romance of mismatched lovers. T ...
'' by
André Téchiné
André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors.
Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...
* 1981: ''
Garde à vue
''Garde à Vue'' (also known as ''The Inquisitor'') is a 1981 French psychological crime drama directed by Claude Miller and starring Romy Schneider, Michel Serrault, Lino Ventura and Guy Marchand. It is based on the 1979 British novel ''Brainwas ...
'' by
Claude Miller
Claude Miller (20 February 1942 – 4 April 2012) was a French film director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his fi ...
* 1981: ''
Possession
Possession may refer to:
Law
* Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance
* Drug possession, a crime
* Ownership
* ...
'' by
Andrzej Żuławski
Andrzej Żuławski (; 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer. Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences.
In the late 1 ...
* 1981: ' by
Michel Vianey
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* Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...
* 1982: ''
Invitation au voyage
''Invitation au voyage'' is a 1982 French drama film directed by Peter Del Monte. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution.
Cast
* Laurent Malet - Lucien
* Aurore Clément - Th ...
'' by
Peter del Monte
Peter Del Monte (29 July 1943 – 31 May 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed fifteen films between 1969 and 2021. His 1982 film ''Invitation au voyage'' won the prize for the Best Artistic Contribution at the 1982 ...
* 1983: ''
Tchao pantin
''So Long, Stooge'' (French title: ''Tchao Pantin'') is a 1983 film directed by Claude Berri. It is based on a novel by Alain Page.
Coluche, the lead, won the César Award for Best Actor. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best Fo ...
'' by
Claude Berri
Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Early life
Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...
* 1983: ''
La Pirate
''The Pirate'' (french: La Pirate) is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jacques Doillon. It was entered in the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot summary
Cast
* Jane Birkin as Alma
* Maruschka Detmers as Carole
* Philippe Léotard as n° 5
* ...
'' by
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Ju ...
* 1983: ''
La vie est un roman'' by
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais (; 3 June 19221 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included ...
* 1984: ''
Fort Saganne
''Fort Saganne'' is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau and starring Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, and Sophie Marceau. Based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel, the film is about a soldier ...
'' by
Alain Corneau
Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer.
Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work ...
* 1985: ''
Les Enfants
''The Children'' (french: Les Enfants) is a French comedy film directed by Marguerite Duras. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention.
Cast
* Axel Bogousslavsky as Ernesto
* Daniel Gél ...
'' by
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
* 1985: ''
Détective
''Détective'' is a 1985 French crime film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
In a room of a grand Paris hotel, two detectives are keeping watch. One is William, who used to be the hotel dete ...
'' by
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
* 1986: ''
Jean de Florette
''Jean de Florette'' () is a 1986 period drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is followed by '' Manon des Sources''. The story takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers plot to trick a newcomer o ...
'' by
Claude Berri
Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Early life
Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...
* 1986: ''
Manon des sources'' by
Claude Berri
Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor.
Early life
Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), w ...
References
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1945 births
Living people
Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners
César Award winners
French cinematographers
French film directors
People from Melun