Yves Cape (born November 1, 1960) is a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

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 is a member of

French Society of Cinematographers The French Society of Cinematographers ( French: Association française des directeurs de la photographie cinématographique), or the AFC for short, is France's foremost professional organization of French cinematographers. Founded in 1990 by H ...

Career

Yves Cape studied at the INSAS film school in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. After having started out as an assistant he made his debut as cinematographer on short films in the 90’s. His encounter with

Alain Berliner Alain Berliner (born 21 February 1963) is a Belgian film director best known for the 1997 film ''Ma vie en rose'', which won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Golden Globe Awards in 1998. Born in Brussels, he also ...

on the short film Rose (1993) led to the signing for the photography of the feature Ma vie en rose. He has worked with notable film directors such as Bruno Dumont,

Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...

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and

Guillaume Nicloux Guillaume Nicloux (born 3 August 1966) is a French novelist, director and actor. He is the founder of the theatre company La Troupe. He has written crime fiction and directed films for cinema and French television. He won the Best Screenplay Awar ...

Selected filmography

* 2022: ''Un alibi'' * 2022: ''Irréductible'' * 2021: '' Sundown'' * 2021: '' Peaceful'' * 2020: '' New Order'' * 2019: '' Happy Birthday'' * 2019: ''

Zombi Child ''Zombi Child'' is a 2019 French drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello. It is based on the account of the life of a supposed Zombie, zombified man in Haiti, Clairvius Narcisse. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2019 Ca ...

'' * 2019: '' Twice Upon a Time'' * 2018: ''

Ad Vitam ''Ad Vitam'' is a 2018 French-language TV series starring Yvan Attal, Garance Marillier and Niels Schneider. The plot is set in a world where a highly effective medical treatment for aging called "Regeneration" has been discovered. A cop, Darius A ...

'' * 2018: '' The Prayer'' * 2017: '' April's Daughter'' * 2017: ''

The Midwife ''The Midwife'' (french: Sage femme) is a 2017 drama film directed by Martin Provost. It was screened out of competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Claire is a midwife at a maternity unit, that is due to close. She is ...

'' * 2016: ''

Orphan An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...

'' * 2016: ''

The Wounded Angel ''The Wounded Angel'' ( fi, Haavoittunut enkeli; sv, Sårad ängel; 1903) is a painting by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg. It is one of the most recognizable of Simberg's works, and was voted Finland's "national painting" in a vote held ...

'' * 2015: ''

Call My Agent! ''Call My Agent!'' (french: Dix pour cent, lit=Ten Percent) is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (''Agence Samuel Kerr'') and their ...

'' * 2015: '' Chronic'' * 2014: '' Two Men in Town'' * 2013: '' The Nun'' * 2012: ''

Holy Motors ''Holy Motors'' is a 2012 fantasy drama film written and directed by Leos Carax and starring Denis Lavant and Édith Scob. Lavant plays Mr. Oscar, a man who appears to have a job as an actor, as he is seen dressing up in different costumes and pe ...

'' * 2011: ''

Love Lasts Three Years ''Love Lasts Three Years'' (french: L'Amour dure trois ans) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Frédéric Beigbeder and starring Gaspard Proust. It is based on Beigbeder's novel '' Love Lasts Three Years''. Cast * Gasp ...

'' * 2011: ''

The First Man ''The First Man'' (french: Le Premier homme) is Albert Camus' unfinished final novel. On January 4, 1960, at the age of forty-six, Camus died in a car accident. The incomplete manuscript of ''The First Man'', the autobiographical novel Camus wa ...

'' * 2011: ''

Hors Satan ''Hors Satan'' (''Outside Satan'') is a 2011 French drama film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It was filmed under the production title ''L'Empire'', which means "The Empire". It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cann ...

'' * 2013: ''

Hadewijch Hadewijch, sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp) was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writings inc ...

References

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External links

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