Benoît Delhomme (born 28 August 1961) is a French film cinematographer and film director.
Career Delhomme graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1982.
He was assistant cameraman on Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources (1986) before becoming director of photography on feature films in the early 1990s. His filmography includes The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), What Time Is It There? (2001), The Theory of Everything (2014) and At Eternity's Gate (2018). In addition, Delhomme directed two commercials for Dior ("The Atelier of Dreams" and "The Garden of Dreams").
In 2024, he made his directorial debut with Mothers' Instinct, an English-language remake of the French film of the same name.
Filmography
Feature film Year Title Director Notes 1991 Le Syndrome de Peter Pan Kaloust Andalian 1992 Loin du Brésil Tilly1993 The Scent of Green Papaya Tran Anh Hung Comment font les gens Pascale Bailly1994 Grande Petite Sophie Fillières L'irrésolu Jean-Pierre Ronssin1995 Circuit Carole Emmanuelle Cuau Cyclo Tran Anh Hung1996 When the Cat's AwayCédric Klapisch Family Resemblances1997 Le Secret de Polichinelle Franck Landron Artemisia Agnès Merlet1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence Mike Figgis The Winslow Boy David Mamet With or Without You Michael Winterbottom Miss Julie Mike Figgis 2000 Sade Benoît Jacquot2001 Mortel Transfert Jean-Jacques Beineix What Time Is It There? Tsai Ming-liang2002 L'Idole Samantha Lang Adolphe Benoît Jacquot 2003 Rencontre avec le dragon Hélène Angel 2004 Podium Yann Moix The Merchant of Venice Michael Radford 2005 The Proposition John Hillcoat 2006 Breaking and Entering Anthony Minghella 2007 1408 Mikael Håfström 2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman2010 Chatroom Hideo Nakata Shanghai Mikael Håfström2011 The Son of No One Dito Montiel One Day Lone Scherfig Wilde Salomé Al Pacino With Robert Leacock, Denis Maloney, Richard Picano,Matt Steinauer and Jeremy Weiss 2012 Lawless John Hillcoat 2013 Salomé Al Pacino2014 A Most Wanted Man Anton Corbijn The Theory of Everything James Marsh 2016 Free State of Jones Gary Ross 2018 At Eternity's Gate Julian Schnabel 2020 Minamata Andrew Levitas 2022 Beauty Andrew Dosunmu Lady Chatterley's Lover Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre 2024 Mothers' Instinct Himself
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1997 César Awards Best Cinematography Artemisia 2001 Chicago International Film Festival Special Jury Prize What Time Is It There? 2005 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Best CinematographyThe Proposition American Film Institute Best Cinematography 2014 Satellite Awards Best Cinematography The Theory of Everything
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