Manuel Dacosse

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Manuel Dacosse
Born1977 (age 4748)
Uccle, Belgium
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • camera operator
Years active2001–present
Website manudacosse.com

Manuel "Manu" Dacosse is a Belgian cinematographer. He is known for his work with directors Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani on the films Amer (2009), The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013), and Let the Corpses Tan (2017), the last two of which earned him the Magritte Award for Best Cinematography. [1]

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He collaborated with director François Ozon on L'Amant double (2017) and By the Grace of God (2019); the latter received five nominations at the 25th Lumières Awards, including Best Cinematography for Dacosse. [2] His film credits also include Torpedo (2012), Mobile Home (2012), Tasher Desh (2012), Alleluia (2014), The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015), Evolution (2015), Axolotl Overkill (2017), Adoration (2019), and The Silencing (2020). [3]

Selected filmography

YearTitleNotes
2009 Amer Nominated—Camerimage Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
2012 Torpedo
2012 Mobile Home
2012 The ABCs of Death Segment: "O is for Orgasm"
2012 Tasher Desh
2013 The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
Nashville Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
2014 Alleluia Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
2015 The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun
2015 Evolution San Sebastián Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—ICS Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—UK Horror Award for Best Editing/Visual Style
2016 Odd Job
2017 Let the Corpses Tan Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
2017 Axolotl Overkill Sundance Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
2017 L'Amant double
2018 The Emperor of Paris
2019 By the Grace of God Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Cinematography
2019 Adoration Sitges Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography
Nominated—Magritte Award for Best Cinematography
2020 The Silencing
2021 Inexorable
2022 Peter von Kant
2023 Vincent Must Die
2025 Reflection in a Dead Diamond

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References

  1. Richford, Rhonda (2 February 2019). "Belgium's Magritte Awards: 'Our Struggles' Takes Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. Goodfellow, Melanie (3 December 2019). "Les Misérables leads nominations in France's Lumière awards". Screen International. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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