Benoît Debie (born 1968) Ariane Damain Vergallo, Benoît Debie, SBC, the attraction of opposites, 1 March 2018, at afcinema.com. is a Belgian cinematographer, known for his collaborations with Gaspar Noé.
Career Debie attended the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD), a Belgian film school. After graduating, he worked as a camera assistant before taking up cinematography jobs on various television series. He worked in television for ten years while also shooting short films and advertisements. The first feature film he was involved with as a director of photography was Irréversible, a controversial 2002 film directed by Gaspar Noé. Noé contacted him to shoot the film after seeing Debie's previous work, specifically a short film titled A Wonderful Love (1999) directed by Fabrice Du Welz. Debie's next project was Lucile Hadžihalilović's Innocence (2004), followed by The Card Player (2004), an Italian film directed by Dario Argento, and The Ordeal, another collaboration with Fabrice du Welz. In 2006 he photographed the French feature Locked Out.
Debie went on to film Day Night Day Night, Julia Loktev's first film, released in 2006, before returning to work with his previous collaborators: Vinyan (2008) with Fabrice du Welz and Enter the Void (2009) with Gaspar Noé. In 2010 he was cinematographer on The Runaways, a biopic about Joan Jett's first band, and by 2011 he had finished shooting Adrian Grunberg's action film Get the Gringo. The same year, he was named one of Variety magazine's "10 Cinematographers to Watch". He photographed Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers in 2012—which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography—and Wim Wenders' Every Thing Will Be Fine the following year. In 2013 he was hired by American actor Ryan Gosling (whom Debie had first met in 1998) to shoot Gosling's first film, Lost River, which was filmed in 2013 and premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Debie is a member of the Belgian Society of Cinematographers (SBC).
Filmography Short film Year Title Director Notes 1992 La Pureté Yvan Le Moine Segment of Les sept péchés capitaux 2008 New York, I Love You Yvan AttalShekhar Kapur 2 segments 2009 Passage Shekhar Kapur 2015 Heineken's the Chase Tom Kuntz 2023 Modern Jam Gaspar Noé Segment of Circus Maximus
Feature film Year Title Director Notes 2002 Irréversible Gaspar Noé Shared credit with Gaspar Noé2004 The Card Player Dario Argento The Ordeal Fabrice Du Welz Innocence Lucile Hadžihalilović2006 Locked Out Albert Dupontel Day Night Day Night Julia Loktev 2007 Joshua George Ratliff 2008 Vinyan Fabrice Du Welz2009 Enter the Void Gaspar Noé Carriers Àlex PastorDavid Pastor 2010 The Runaways Floria Sigismondi2012 Get the Gringo Adrian Grünberg Spring Breakers Harmony Korine 2014 Lost River Ryan Gosling Colt 45 Fabrice du Welz2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine Wim Wenders Love Gaspar Noé Also made a cameo as "Yuyo"2016 The Dancer Stéphanie Di Giusto The Beautiful Days of AranjuezWim Wenders 2017 Submergence2018 Climax Gaspar Noé The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard2019 The Beach Bum Harmony Korine Lux ÆternaGaspar Noé 2021 Vortex 2023 Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes Robert Schwentke2026 Outcome Jonah Hill Karma Guillaume Canet 2027 Nana Olivier Dahan
Documentary film Year Title Director Note 2016 One More Time with Feeling Andrew Dominik Shared credit with Alwin H. Küchler 2025 Something Beautiful Miley CyrusJacob BixenmanBrendan Walter Concert film
Music video Year Title Director Artist 2013 "Who Do We Think We Are" Paul Gore John Legend 2015 "Bitch Better Have My Money" MegaforceRihannaLeo Berne Rihanna 2018 "Apeshit" Ricky Saiz BeyoncéJay-Z 2025 "Big Sleep" Gaspar Noé The Weeknd
Awards and nominations Lumière Awards Year Category Title Result 2016Best Cinematography The Dancer 2018 Climax The Sisters Brothers
Magritte Awards Year Category Title Result 2016Best Cinematography The Dancer 2018 The Sisters Brothers
Other awards Year Award Category Title Result 2012 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography Spring Breakers 2018 César Awards Best Cinematography The Sisters Brothers
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