Robrecht Heyvaert

Robrecht Heyvaert
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2010–present

Robrecht Heyvaert is a Belgian cinematographer who has worked on films and TV series in Europe, the USA, the UK, Africa and the Middle East.

Career

Heyvaert is known for his work on films like Bad Boys for Life , Bad Boys: Ride or Die , Revenge and Black ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} and has worked on the pilot episodes of series Ms. Marvel , Snowfall ^[7] and The Kollective. ^[8]

He collaborated with director Robin Pront on The Ardennes (2015), for which he received the Best Cinematography Award at the Ensor Awards. ^[9] They teamed up again on Zillion in 2022. ^[10]

Heyvaert has collaborated with directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah on 3 Belgian features Gangsta (2018), Black (2015) and Image (2014), before working together on Bad Boys for Life . They have done 6 films and 2 TV series together. ^[11]

He has collaborated twice with Director Tim Mielants. Their first collaboration was the Belgian war drama Wil. In 2024, Heyvaert and Mielants worked on Steve, which will premiere at the 2025 edition of the Toronto Film Festival. ^[12]

Heyvaert was nominated seven times for the Best Cinematography Award at the Ensor Awards and won the award twice. ^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
2014	Image	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah
2015	Black
	The Ardennes	Robin Pront
2016	Everybody Happy	Nic Balthazar
2017	Blind Spot	Nabil Ben Yadir
2018	Revenge	Coralie Fargeat
	Gangsta	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah
	The Bouncer	Julien Leclercq
2019	Torpedo	Sven Huybrechts
2020	Bad Boys for Life	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah
2022	Rebel
2022	Zillion	Robin Pront
2023	Wil	Tim Mielants
2024	Meanwhile on Earth	Jérémy Clapin
	Bad Boys: Ride or Die [14]	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah
2025	Steve [15]	Tim Mielants

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2011-2012	2 Hollywood	Raf Roosens Cecilia Verheyden
2012	Bergica	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah
2012-2014	Vermist	Jan Verheyen Cecilia Verheyden Kobe Van Steenberghe	8 episodes
2017	Snowfall	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah	Episode "Pilot"
2021	Lockdown	Robin Pront
2022	Ms. Marvel	Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah	Episodes "Generation Why" and "No Normal"
2025	The Kollective		Episode "Pilot"

References

• The information in this article is based on that in its Dutch equivalent .

1. "Cinematograaf Robrecht Heyvaert blikte met 'Bad Boys for Life' dé kaskraker van 2020 in". 7 January 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2. "Drukke tijden voor Robrecht Heyvaert". 18 July 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
3. ""Tijdens het draaien bood Mel Gibson me een job aan": zonder cameraman Robrecht Heyvaert geen 'Bad Boys for Life'". 24 January 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
4. "'Bad Boys'-cameraman: 'Ik word aangetrokken door uitdagingen die angst inboezemen'". 19 January 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
5. "Filmfestival Oostende onthult duizelingwekkende dosis prijzen". 19 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
6. "'Bad Boys For Life' cinematographer Robrecht Heyvaert : Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are experts in comedy and action". 1 February 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
7. "Adil El Arbi et Bilall Fallah vont realiser un episode pilote de la serie snowfall". 10 May 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
8. Wiseman, Andreas (2024-01-31). "Hulu & A+E Join Bellingcat-Inspired Thriller Series 'The Kollective' From 'Gomorrah' Duo; Natascha McElhone, Celine Buckens, Felix Mayr, Gregg Sulkin & Grégory Montel Among Cast". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
9. "Robrecht Heyvaert on The Belgian Society of Cinematographers". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
10. "Robin Pront - Director of Zillion". 26 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
11. "De Belgische cameraman voor wie Adil en Bilall dwars gingen liggen". 20 January 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
12. Ntim, Zac (2025-07-22). "TIFF 2025: 'Steve' Starring Cillian Murphy Added To Lineup, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Among Jurors Set For Platform Competition". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
13. "The Ardennes wins big at the 2016 Ensors". 19 October 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
14. babrams (2024-06-10). ""Bad Boys: Ride or Die" DP Robrecht Heyvaert on Creating the Ride of a Lifetime". Motion Picture Association. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
15. Camaroto, Micaela Emanuela. "Steve: data di uscita e prime immagini del film Netflix con Cillian Murphy". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-08-14.

External links

• Robrecht Heyvaert at IMDb