Philippe Rousselot
Philippe Rousselot ( born September 4, 1945 in Briey ) is a French cinematographer.
Career
Rousselot made his debut as a camera assistant Néstor Almendros in the films My Night at Maud (1969) and Claire's Knee (1970 ) by Éric Rohmer. After some work as co- cinematographer Guy Gilles 1972 he photographed the film Absences répétées own. In the same year another collaboration with Nestor Almendros in Rohmer film Love followed in the afternoon.
Other well-known films in the 1970s were the small central Paris ( 1977) by Diane Kurys and a little bitch (1979 ) by Jacques Doillon. In 1981, he photographed for Jean -Jacques Beineix the film star, for which he won his first César.
From 1985 it also the success achieved in international film productions, when he took over the camera work for John Boorman's film The Emerald Forest and in 1986 was awarded the British Academy Film Award. In 1987 he was awarded a César for Thérèse by Alain Cavalier. In 1988 he got his first Oscar nomination for John Boomans Hope And Glory. In 1989, he contributed his recordings for the film The Bear by Jean- Jacques Annaud significantly to the success of this film at. In 1991 he received for Henry & June ( Director: Philip Kaufman ) his second Oscar nomination. In 1992 he was awarded for Robert Redford's film adaptation from the A River Runs the coveted trophy.
After working for Neil Jordan ( We are not angels, Miracle - A mysterious summer, Interview with the Vampire ), Jon Amiel ( Sommersby ), Miloš Forman (Larry Flynt - The Ugly Truth ) and Stephen Frears ( Dangerous Liaisons, Mary Reilly ) worked he in recent years strengthened with Tim Burton ( Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ). In 2005, he began filming for Brett Ratner's film X -Men 3, but was later replaced by Dante Spinotti.
In 1997, he put the film The Serpent's Kiss before his first and only directorial effort.