Bruno Delbonnel, , (born 1957) is a French cinematographer, known for working with high-profile directors 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.
Style His work tends to feature stylised colour palettes, often featuring yellows and greens as prominent and ubiquitous colours, which 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 1993 Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents Jean-Jacques Zilbermann2001 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 brothers2014 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 Brothers2021 The Woman in the Window Joe Wright The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen 2025 The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson 2027 Jack of Spades Joel Coen
Television Year Title Director Notes 2024 Disclaimer Alfonso Cuarón Miniseries;Shared credit with Emmanuel Lubezki
Other credits Director The Grand Circus (1989) (Documentary film) Paso doble (2006) (Documentary short)
Writer Things I Like, Things I Don't Like (Foutaises) (1989) (Short film)
Actor The French Dispatch (2021) (As François-Marie Charvet)
Awards and nominations
Academy Awards Year Title Category Result 2001 AmélieBest Cinematography 2004 A Very Long Engagement 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 2017 Darkest Hour 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth
BAFTA Awards Year Title Category Result 2001 AmélieBest Cinematography 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 2017 Darkest Hour 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth
American Society of Cinematographers Year Title Category Result 2001 AmélieOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography 2004 A Very Long Engagement 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 2017 Darkest Hour 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth
César Awards Year Title Category Result 2001 AmélieBest Cinematography 2004 A Very Long Engagement
Satelitte Awards Year Title Category Result 2004 A Very Long EngagementBest Cinematography 2007 Across the Universe 2011 Faust 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis 2017 Darkest Hour 2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth
European Film Award Year Title Category Result 2001 AmélieBest Cinematographer 2004 A Very Long Engagement 2011 Faust
Other awards Year Award Category Title Result2013 Boston Online Film Critics Association Best CinematographyInside Llewyn Davis New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Cinematography Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography San Diego Film Critics Society Best Cinematography St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Chicago Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Online Film Critics Society Best Cinematography Florida Film Critics Circle Best Cinematography Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Cinematography 2017 Austin Film Critics Association Best CinematographyDarkest Hour Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Cinematography St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Cinematography 2018 San Diego Film Critics Society Best Cinematography The Ballad of Buster Scruggs North Carolina Film Critics Association Best Cinematography
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