Bruno Delbonnel

Bruno Delbonnel
Delbonnel in 2012
Born	1957 (age 67–68) Nancy, France
Education	ESEC
Years active	1981–present

Bruno Delbonnel, ASC, AFC , (born 1957) is a French cinematographer, known for works from a number of high-profile directors, ^[1] including Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, the Coen brothers, Joe Wright and Wes Anderson.

Life and career

Delbonnel was born in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France and graduated in 1978 from the ESEC (Paris, Île-de-France).

Delbonnel's accolades include a César Award and a European Film Award, as well as six Academy Award nominations and four BAFTA Award nominations.

He was appointed in 2019 as the head of the cinematography department of the Paris film school, La Fémis. ^{[2] [3]}

Style

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 has a very apparent, well-defined grain structure.

Filmography

Cinematographer

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1984	Pas de repos pour Billy Brakko	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1993	Jour de fauche	Vincent Monner
1996	Regarde-moi	Gabrielle Lazure
2006	Tuileries	Coen Brothers	Segment of Paris, je t'aime
2016	Come Together: A Fashion Picture in Motion	Wes Anderson

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1993	Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents [a]	Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
2001	The Cat's Meow	Peter Bogdanovich
	Amélie	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2003	Not For, or Against	Cédric Klapisch
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2006	Infamous	Douglas McGrath
2007	Across the Universe	Julie Taymor
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	David Yates
2011	Faust	Alexander Sokurov
2012	Dark Shadows	Tim Burton
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis	Coen brothers
2014	Big Eyes	Tim Burton
	Francofonia	Aleksandr Sokurov
2016	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Tim Burton
2017	Darkest Hour	Joe Wright
2018	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Coen Brothers
2021	The Woman in the Window	Joe Wright
	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Joel Coen
2025	The Phoenician Scheme	Wes Anderson	Post-production

1. Shared credit with Thierry Jault

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1999	Chambre n° 13	Aruna Villiers Fabienne Berthaud	Episode "Chair en vie"
2001	Luis Miguel Dominguin: El Numero Uno	Marianne Lamour	Documentary film
2024	Disclaimer	Alfonso Cuarón	Miniseries; With Emmanuel Lubezki, also credited as executive producer

Other credits

Director

• The Grand Circus (1989) (Documentary film)
• Paso doble (2006) (Documentary short)

Writer

• Foutaises (1989) (Short film)

Actor

• The French Dispatch (2021) (As François-Marie Charvet)

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Amélie	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2004	A Very Long Engagement		Nominated
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince		Nominated
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis		Nominated
2017	Darkest Hour		Nominated
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth		Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Amélie	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis		Nominated
2017	Darkest Hour		Nominated
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth		Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Amélie	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Nominated
2004	A Very Long Engagement		Won
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis		Nominated
2017	Darkest Hour		Nominated
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth		Nominated

César Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Amélie	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2004	A Very Long Engagement		Won

Satelitte Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2004	A Very Long Engagement	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2007	Across the Universe		Nominated
2011	Faust		Nominated
2013	Inside Llewyn Davis		Won
2017	Darkest Hour		Nominated
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth		Nominated

European Film Award

Year	Title	Category	Result
2001	Amélie	Best Cinematographer	Won
2004	A Very Long Engagement		Nominated
2011	Faust		Nominated

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2013	Boston Online Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography	Inside Llewyn Davis	Won
	New York Film Critics Circle Awards	Best Cinematography		Won
	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Cinematography		Won
	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Florida Film Critics Circle	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2017	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography	Darkest Hour	Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2018	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Won
	North Carolina Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Nominated

References

1. "Teacher Profile - Bruno Delbonnel". Global Cinematography Institute. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
2. Afcinema (17 August 2020). "Nomination et renouvellement à la tête de La Fémis". Afcinema (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
3. "Département image". La Fémis (in French). 24 May 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

External links

• Bruno Delbonnel at IMDb