Stéphane Fontaine is a French

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1985, and began his career as

first assistant camera A focus puller or first assistant camera (1st AC) is a member of a film crew's camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens's optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed. "Pulling focus" refers to ...

on films directed by Arnaud Desplechin,

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, Leos Carax and

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, among others. He won the

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in 2006 for '' The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' and in 2010 for '' A Prophet''.

Filmography

Decorations

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and letters, Arts and Letters) is an Order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the w ...

(2015)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fontaine, Stephane Living people French cinematographers Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Year of birth missing (living people)